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Reviews of Lagoon Camp

Wildlife sightings and reviews

282 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Lagoon Camp and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa

Wildlife sightings by our travellers
Starting in Jun-2018, 78 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Lagoon Camp.
Lion

92% success

Leopard

71% success

Cheetah

58% success

Wild dog

52% success

Elephant

100% success

Giraffe

100% success

Hippo

100% success

Wildebeest

99% success

Zebra

95% success

Buffalo

86% success

Spotted Hyena

64% success

Sable antelope

54% success

Roan antelope

45% success

Brown Hyena

10% success

Pangolin

4% success

Aardvark

3% success

Showing 241-250 of 282
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Arrival date
The R family
Berks

"Lagoon Camp review"

2 nights Arrived 11 Aug 2009
"we did not have the best of guides (too old too stiff) but a good spotter" See all these reviews: 7n in Botswana; 2n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Average
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Good
Ms W & Mr M
LA

"Lagoon Camp review"

2 nights Arrived 22 Jul 2009
"We loved our two days at Lagoon. The guides and trackers were excellent: they located various types of wildlife, provided us with detailed information, and were excellent hosts. The highlights for us included multiple wild dog sightings, as well as three cheetah brothers and seven lions. We really appreciated that Alberto and Bede, our guide and tracker, were willing to wait with us for over an hour at the wild dog den so that we could see the puppies, as well as staying out late the night before to observe a lion hunting buffalo. Even during the "slower" game drives, we enjoyed the time we spent with them and felt that they made the best of whatever situation we encountered.

Our room and the facilities were very nice -- everything we needed and nothing excessive. The staff was welcoming and always very helpful, and we enjoyed our meals at Lagoon.

We would recommend Lagoon to anyone focused on quality game and guiding." See all these reviews: 7n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
P & B,
UK

"Lagoon Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 15 Jul 2009
"What a beautiful place. BD and Alson, our two guides were terrific. Following wild dogs hunting, although not for the faint-hearted, was tremendous fun.

Incidentally there is no longer a double decker boat here, which I had seen commented on in previous reviews - it is just a small motorboat." See all these reviews: 7n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs W
Devon

"Lagoon Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 28 Jun 2009
"We transferred by game drive with OC a guide from Lebala, who was then to be our guide at Lagoon, we had James as our tracker.
Lagoon is a camp in a beautiful riverside position. Once again we were made to feel very welcome.

The tents are old and worn out, but they were clean and comfortable.The hot water was instant and reliable.

We saw wild dog, tracked and found 3 lions off road. Also 3 beautiful cheetah bothers. Again we saw large herds of elephants
and buffalo. We very much enjoyed our stay here." See all these reviews: 9n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Excellent
Mrs P
Arizona

"We found the wild dogs!"

3 nights Arrived 23 Jun 2009
"As at the other Kwando camps we stayed at, the staff were terrific. Our guide, TK and tracker, James, were wonderful--cheerful, patient and knowledgeable. It was very special to find the pack of wild dogs, since they had not been seen for a couple weeks prior to our visit, and it the dogs were the main reason we had chosen this camp.

It was so fun to drive off road and track the animals--TK and James not only found the dogs, but also the 3 cheetah brothers. I loved sitting on the deck of the camp during the day--great birdwatching!

The tents were older; we understand that they are due to be redone." See all these reviews: 13n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Good
Mr & Mrs W
Exeter

"Lagoon Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 23 May 2009
"Camp location, facilities and staff were all that we expected.

Everybody was helpful and friendly and the communal dining and the use of the fire as a focal point at breakfast and for after dinner drinks made the experience all the more rewarding, as you were able to get to know other guests and staff.

Our guide, Thabo, and his tracker, AT, were excellent, both knowledgeable and tireless in searching out game." See all these reviews: 9n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Mr & Mrs E
NorthHumb

"Great camp in lovely setting"

3 nights Arrived 4 May 2009
"All the staff and guides worked very hard to make our stay memorable
The setting was very pretty looking out on to the river
A highlight was seeing the hippos walking on the river bed viewed from the double decker boat

As such importance is placed on first names it would be helpful if ALL staff wore name badges because it gets very confusing when moving from camp to camp to remember names and reciprocate the great friendliness that the Batswana showed to us. This comment applies to all the camps we visited" See all these reviews: 9n in Botswana; 3n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Good
Mr & Mrs B
Westerham

"Lagoon Camp review"

1 night Arrived 25 Feb 2009
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Mr & Mrs B
Westerham

"Lagoon Camp review"

1 night Arrived 22 Feb 2009
"After the speedboat transfer from Lianshulu which was great fun through the papyrus. Comimg ashore at the best international border ever, a small tent, an official and the Botswana flag . I think we were the only people he saw that day !

Lagoon camp was magnificent , there were only 4 guests as it was low season and grass and undergrowth so thick that in certain areas you could not see more than 5 yards . James and Dijou worked so hard in tracking and to find the Lagoon pride of wild dogs twice was amazing in totally different areas . Another highlight were the roan albeit fleetingly.

The staff were totally attentive and the food was fine . The tent was showing signs of age ,but was satisfactory." See all these reviews: 9n in Namibia; 4n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Mr B
Bristol

"Lagoon Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 20 Feb 2009
"Thanks to a smooth transition from London/Jo'berg/Maun and the light aircraft(Moremi Air), I arrived at Lagoon camp. The wonderful 'team' of staff at Lagoon, created a harmony of professionalism, courteousness and genuine light hearted banter. This was home from home!

My guide and tracker(Dishoe and James) were incredibly motivated to find the game and their skills produced fantastic photo opportunity, when against the odds(this was the rainy/green season and the grasses were tall, hence the game so much harder to find. Both African wild hunting dog packs(Lagoon and Lebala) were found in the same day, cheetah stalking, killing and then eating a young osterich, elephant, most of the antelope and birdlife in abundance. Very good location, friendly staff and great food!

Thankyou to all concerned." See all these reviews: 8n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Good
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282 reviews of Lagoon Camp by travellers since August 2007
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