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Travel reviews by Mrs L. from London

Review Distribution

Excellent
Good
Average
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Total number of trips

3

Countries visited

3

Lodges stayed in

12

Excursions taken

1

My Nov 2023 trip

Namibia between 6 Nov 2023 and 13 Nov 2023

Trip rating: Excellent
"Our third trip booked by Expert Africa, and as always it was wonderful!"

Arranged By Sabina Hekandjo


BullsPort Lodge and Farm

BullsPort Lodge and Farm

"BullsPort Lodge and Farm review"

1 night Arrived 6 Nov 2023
"Basic rooms but convenient place to stop"
Good
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Rooms
Average
Food
Average
Service
Good
Facilities
Average
Kwessi Dunes

Kwessi Dunes

"Kwessi Dunes review"

1 night Arrived 7 Nov 2023
"Absolutely incredible place - beautiful scenery and a stunning lodge. The outside bedroom was a highlight.

All the staff were professional and the guides were knowledgable."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent
Desert Breeze Lodge

Desert Breeze Lodge

"Desert Breeze Lodge review"

1 night Arrived 8 Nov 2023
"Rooms were basic but the views were incredible"
Good
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Rooms
Good
Facilities
Good
Service
Good
Ai Aiba Lodge

Ai Aiba Lodge

"Ai Aiba Lodge review"

1 night Arrived 9 Nov 2023
"Beautiful scenery and staff very professional.

Would highly recommend a visit to the San living museum next door"
Good
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Rooms
Good
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Good
Service
Good
Activities
Good
Okaukuejo Camp

Okaukuejo Camp

"Okaukuejo Camp review"

2 nights Arrived 10 Nov 2023
"The waterhole here is incredible - even saw an African rock python next to me in a tree!

Check in is chaotic and rooms are basic, but can’t beat the location"
Good
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Rooms
Average
Food
Poor
Facilities
Average
Service
Poor
Activities
Average
Okonjima Plains Camp

Okonjima Plains Camp

"Okonjima Plains Camp review"

1 night Arrived 12 Nov 2023
"The guides here were incredible and we learnt a lot.

It was amazing to get so close to lions, a leopard and cheetahs. Very interesting learning about Africat.

The lodge is very nice and food is excellent. Staff were very friendly."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Rooms
Good
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Good
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent

Great trip

Tanzania between 1 Nov 2020 and 9 Nov 2020

Trip rating: Excellent
"Great trip. We were really lucky with our sitings and saw so many.

Unfortunately I moved on too quickly and missed the section on which animals we saw on safari. [Ed: this comment refer to how this traveller filled out our feedback form.]

Our guides Zachary, Omari and James were first class, their knowledge of the animals, birds, flora and habitat was encyclopaedic."

Arranged By Claire Scott


The Slipway

The Slipway

"The Slipway review"

1 night Arrived 1 Nov 2020
"Fine for our short overnight stay.

Also gave us a packed breakfast to take away, due to our early start."
Good
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location
Average
Food
Average
Rooms
Good
Lake Manze Adventure Camp

Lake Manze Adventure Camp

"Great carbon neutral camp"

3 nights Arrived 2 Nov 2020
"As we were the only 2 guests for the first few nights, we were thoroughly spoilt!

Malcolm was very accommodating and welcoming, but also incredibly knowledgable about all aspects of African life and his passion for carbon neutrality was infectious!"
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Good
Food
Good
Facilities
Good
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Sandies Baobab Beach Lodge (Not currently featured by Expert Africa)

"Sandies Baobab Beach Lodge review"

3 nights Arrived 5 Nov 2020
"Comfortable accommodation and pretty good food.

We were joined by a large party of Russians at very short notice, who clearly loved karaoke, but only caused a bit of a disturbance on one night!

Would recommend Spanish Dancer Diving School for snorkelling and diving trips, very good."
Good
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location
Good
Service
Average
Activities
Good
Rooms
Good
Food
Average
Facilities
Good

Nov 18 Safari

Kenya between 13 Nov 2018 and 20 Nov 2018

Trip rating: Excellent
"Kenya was our second safari, and we had the most amazing experience.

Special thanks to Richard for answering my myriad of questions with patience, and putting together such a fabulous holiday. Everything ran to schedule, there were no issues whatsoever, and it was all planned in meticulous detail by Richard. I contacted a few firms when booking the trip, and was very impressed with Richard, and intended to book with Expert Africa even if they didn't give the cheapest quote - but in fact they did, the price was really excellent considering it included so many flights and transfers and excursions.

We really enjoyed the different experiences in Samburu and the Mara, and can highly recommend this combination. To sum up, Saruni was the best experience in terms of lodge and stay, but the wildlife was much much more prolific at Ol Seki, and so it was great to combine the two.

All in all it was amazing, and now we cannot wait to return."

Arranged By Richard Trillo


Crowne Plaza Nairobi Airport

Crowne Plaza Nairobi Airport

"Conveniently located airport hotel"

1 night Arrived 13 Nov 2018
"A very conveniently located hotel (within the security cordon).

The rooms were modern and clean. The perfect place to spend a night before safari."
Good
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location
Excellent
Service
Good
Rooms
Good
Saruni Samburu

Saruni Samburu

"Beautiful lodge in a fantastic location"

2 nights Arrived 14 Nov 2018
"Saruni Samburu is situated on the top of a rocky ridge, with the most breathtaking views over the Kalama conservancy. You can enjoy the views from everywhere - one of the infinity pools, the lodge, your bedroom, living room or bathroom! The outdoor showers with a view are simply amazing.

Zoe and Johan are the managers, and do a fantastic job. As soon as you mention their names they appear, and are clearly on top of everything that happens in the lodge to ensure a great experience. All the staff are professional and friendly, special mention must be made of Kennedy in the restaurant who took excellent care of us. Don't miss a scorpion night safari with Johan and his ultra-violet light - it'll encourage you to stop wearing flip flops at night!

I think our stay coincided with a period of drought, so the wildlife in the Kalama reserve itself was fairly sparse - on an evening drive we only saw dik diks and guinea fowl. In the Samburu national park there is much more to see, but that is a fairly bumpy 45 minute drive away. We were only there for a couple of nights, and so there wasn't time to go to the reserve on the last morning, so I would encourage guests who want to see a lot of wildlife to take every opportunity to go to the reserve itself, as the wildlife in the conservancy is much less visible.

Also highly recommended is a visit to the local village (which can be combined with a drive). It was fascinating to learn about the Samburu way of life, see inside a home, and meet some of the villagers."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Good
Facilities
Excellent
Hemingways Ol Seki Mara

Hemingways Ol Seki Mara

"Amazing wildlife sightings"

3 nights Arrived 16 Nov 2018
"The wildlife in the vicinity of this camp was amazing. I think we were lucky, but we saw cheetahs, lions (including two sets of cubs and three of the four male lions in the conservancy), a leopard kill, lots of hippos, plenty of giraffes (including lots of babies), and too many other things to mention. Our guide Mike was brilliant, he always seemed to know where to position our jeep in order to get the best sighting. On several occasions he parked in a different place to another jeep, and I thought to myself why is he parking so far away, only for the leopard/ cheetah/ lion to end up walking within touching distance.

I would highly recommend the day trip to the Masai Mara, Richard recommended this and included it in our trip, and it was phenomenal. Yes it does mean quite a lot of driving, but what a shame to miss out on lunch by the river, close to hippos, crocodiles, elephants and buffalo for the sake of a couple more hours in the car. We saw the five cheetah brothers hunting warthog babies (a bit sad as the babies were so cute!), as well as a prolonged leopard sighting. The sheer scale of the reserve is amazing, at one point we drove for two hours without seeing anyone else. Having said that, at the leopard sighting, we were soon joined by about 30 other jeeps, which made us appreciate our stay in the conservancy even more.

Ol Seki offers night drives for free, and we did two. Don't miss these, we saw nocturnal species, and a leopard on a hunt.

The tents are comfortable and large, and there is a view of the watering hole from the deck. the camp is not the most luxurious, but the staff are very friendly and the sightings were amazing.

Would also recommend the trip to the village, our guide took us to his village, so we got to meet his beautiful wife and daughters (who we had heard lots about already). It was really interested to learn about the Masai culture and compare it to the village we visited in Samburu. Take money for local crafts, they were very reasonably priced."
Good
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Good
Food
Good
Safari in Maasai Mara National Reserve

Safari in Maasai Mara National Reserve

"Safari in Maasai Mara National Reserve review"

17 Nov 2018 • All-day excursion

I would highly recommend the day trip to the Masai Mara, Richard recommended this and included it in our trip, and it was phenomenal. Yes it does mean quite a lot of driving, but what a shame to miss out on lunch by the river, close to hippos, crocodiles, elephants and buffalo for the sake of a couple more hours in the car. We saw the five cheetah brothers hunting warthog babies (a bit sad as the babies were so cute!), as well as a prolonged leopard sighting. The sheer scale of the reserve is amazing, at one point we drove for two hours without seeing anyone else. Having said that, at the leopard sighting, we were soon joined by about 30 other jeeps, which made us appreciate our stay in the conservancy even more.
Excellent

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