Reviews of safaris to Kwando-Linyanti area
620 holiday reviews from our travellers of holidays which include Kwando-Linyanti.
Mr & Mrs H
Avon
"Long awaited dream"
I visited Botswana between 16 Jul 2010 and 2 Aug 2010
"For many years we have waited to visit Botswana & after reading the brochure & researching the comprehensive website, it was obvious that Expert Africa could fulfil the dream.
The timing of the holiday & the camps we chose with help from Chris & his knowledgeable staff would hopefully maximise our chances of realising our ambitions. Within days of our final selection all the bookings had been confirmed & helpful informative literature followed in due course.
Apart from the unnecessary holdup at Jo burg airport, where the number of manned desks was quite incapable of processing the amount of passengers in transit, all arrangements went like clockwork.
Our main ambitions for the trip were to see & hopefully take good photographs of sable antelope, cheetah, a leopard in daylight & wild dogs. Due to the expertise of our guides at all six camps we fulfilled these ambitions beyond all expectation with many magic moments, the highlights being the leopard draped along a horizontal branch in bright sunlight - the classic pose & the interaction between the wild dogs at their den.
We found the food & accommodation to be good to excellent, staff & guides friendly & ever ready to help. Apart from what we felt was undue harassment of a leopard at Kwara & the irresponsible use of fishing tackle at Lagoon, our wildlife experience was an utter delight. Our many special memories will last forever.
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
No, as the service was excellent & trip exceeded expectations." Read full review: 17 nights in Africa; 15 on a Botswana safari
The timing of the holiday & the camps we chose with help from Chris & his knowledgeable staff would hopefully maximise our chances of realising our ambitions. Within days of our final selection all the bookings had been confirmed & helpful informative literature followed in due course.
Apart from the unnecessary holdup at Jo burg airport, where the number of manned desks was quite incapable of processing the amount of passengers in transit, all arrangements went like clockwork.
Our main ambitions for the trip were to see & hopefully take good photographs of sable antelope, cheetah, a leopard in daylight & wild dogs. Due to the expertise of our guides at all six camps we fulfilled these ambitions beyond all expectation with many magic moments, the highlights being the leopard draped along a horizontal branch in bright sunlight - the classic pose & the interaction between the wild dogs at their den.
We found the food & accommodation to be good to excellent, staff & guides friendly & ever ready to help. Apart from what we felt was undue harassment of a leopard at Kwara & the irresponsible use of fishing tackle at Lagoon, our wildlife experience was an utter delight. Our many special memories will last forever.
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
No, as the service was excellent & trip exceeded expectations." Read full review: 17 nights in Africa; 15 on a Botswana safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr H & Ms G
Loughton
"First safari trip to Botswana"
I visited Botswana between 14 Jul 2010 and 22 Jul 2010
"A wonderful trip which I will never forget."
Read full review: 8 nights in Africa; 6 on a Botswana safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr J & Mr B
London
"A memorable experience,exceeding expectations"
I visited Botswana between 27 May 2010 and 8 Jun 2010
"This was a memorable holiday which exceeded expectations.
Botswana is a wonderful country with charming, joyful people.The organisation of the safari experince is first rate and the abundance of wildlife..animals and birds..ensures that every day offers a great experience.
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
You seem to have the right formula. Thanks and good luck" Read full review: 12 nights in Africa; 10 on a Botswana safari
Botswana is a wonderful country with charming, joyful people.The organisation of the safari experince is first rate and the abundance of wildlife..animals and birds..ensures that every day offers a great experience.
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
You seem to have the right formula. Thanks and good luck" Read full review: 12 nights in Africa; 10 on a Botswana safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr & Mrs M
Wandsworth
"Trip to Victoria Falls & Botswana Safaris"
I visited Botswana and 1 other country between 24 May 2010 and 9 Jun 2010
"We had an excellent holiday that exceeded expectations. Saw loads of animals and birds plus wonderful scenery. Ate well, too much and too often. While this was our first visit to sub-saharan Africa and our firast safari we met manyother first-time travellers but also several seasoned safari riders who were on their tenth trip!"
Read full review: 16 nights in Africa; 11 on a Botswana safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr & Mrs B
London
"Superb Safari Experience"
I visited Botswana between 22 May 2010 and 3 Jun 2010
"Expert Africa's arrangements all went perfectly. The camps we visited at their suggestion were all very good and we'd happily recommend all of them.
We would like to thank Lucy in particular. We were affected by the BA strike and though we had booked our flights independantly, Lucy was quick to assist us with reserving SAA flights as an alternative, should they be required; she also did some last minute research on camps in Maun, with the associated flight changes, in case we needed to bring our trip forward due to the strike.
Everything went smoothly, each camp knew when we were due to move on and informed us of flight times and our guides were always waiting for us at the airstrips. It was professional and reassuring.
As a holiday, it exceeded our expectations. We had limited experience of safari from a trip to Namibia two years earlier. In Botswana, we loved how we quickly felt at home at the camps and we lost track of the days. Each day was so full that something that we saw the morning before felt like days ago and by the time we left each camp (particularly the Kwando concessions) we felt like we'd been there a week and become part of the furniture.
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
No - everything worked well except issues with our e-mails being rejected as junk." Read full review: 12 nights in Africa; 9 on a Botswana safari
We would like to thank Lucy in particular. We were affected by the BA strike and though we had booked our flights independantly, Lucy was quick to assist us with reserving SAA flights as an alternative, should they be required; she also did some last minute research on camps in Maun, with the associated flight changes, in case we needed to bring our trip forward due to the strike.
Everything went smoothly, each camp knew when we were due to move on and informed us of flight times and our guides were always waiting for us at the airstrips. It was professional and reassuring.
As a holiday, it exceeded our expectations. We had limited experience of safari from a trip to Namibia two years earlier. In Botswana, we loved how we quickly felt at home at the camps and we lost track of the days. Each day was so full that something that we saw the morning before felt like days ago and by the time we left each camp (particularly the Kwando concessions) we felt like we'd been there a week and become part of the furniture.
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
No - everything worked well except issues with our e-mails being rejected as junk." Read full review: 12 nights in Africa; 9 on a Botswana safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr D & Ms J
Botswana
"Trip to Botswana"
I visited Botswana between 22 May 2010 and 10 Jun 2010
"Had a great trip and was well organised.
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
Worth explaining there's no guarantee of seeing lions, leopards etc and that different camps have different resident animals - eg wild dogs at Lagoon" Read full review: 19 nights in Africa; 6 on a Botswana safari
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
Worth explaining there's no guarantee of seeing lions, leopards etc and that different camps have different resident animals - eg wild dogs at Lagoon" Read full review: 19 nights in Africa; 6 on a Botswana safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr & Mrs M
Queensland
"Best ever. Showed the benefits of research"
I visited Botswana between 22 May 2010 and 4 Jun 2010
"Almost flawless.
We had selected our camps with care, and were very pleased with the outcome. This was our 4th trip to Botswana, and we are quite particular in our requirements. Our comments are a realistic appraisal of our experience, and are not gushy or over the top.
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
Not really, everything went so well. All connections/arrangements went like clockwork.
One minor point would be that the request of Lucy that we be housed in tents away from noisy areas did not reach any of the camp managers.
As it turned out we had no problems in this regard," Read full review: 13 nights in Africa; 13 on a Botswana safari
We had selected our camps with care, and were very pleased with the outcome. This was our 4th trip to Botswana, and we are quite particular in our requirements. Our comments are a realistic appraisal of our experience, and are not gushy or over the top.
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
Not really, everything went so well. All connections/arrangements went like clockwork.
One minor point would be that the request of Lucy that we be housed in tents away from noisy areas did not reach any of the camp managers.
As it turned out we had no problems in this regard," Read full review: 13 nights in Africa; 13 on a Botswana safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Three
Manchester
"Expert Africa"
I visited Botswana between 21 Apr 2010 and 1 May 2010
"We had a real nightmare with the Volcano Ash and had to cancel the first part of our trip to SA. Ann worked tirelessly to sort out options if ourre-scheduled flights to Botswana fell through and I was very impressed tat Kwando agreed to let guests affected by the flight ban to re-book at not extra cost.
Thankfully we made our Botswana leg, but Anna really showed just how good Expert Africa are in a crisis and that is exactly what you want from an agent. Well done EA we will definitely choose you again!" Read full review: 10 nights in Africa; 8 on a Botswana safari
Thankfully we made our Botswana leg, but Anna really showed just how good Expert Africa are in a crisis and that is exactly what you want from an agent. Well done EA we will definitely choose you again!" Read full review: 10 nights in Africa; 8 on a Botswana safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr & Mrs P
Waterloovi
"vic falls & botswana safari"
I visited Botswana and 1 other country between 2 Apr 2010 and 13 Apr 2010
"outstanding trip - botswana has more than lived up to expectations and compares very favourably to other safari's i have been on (south africa/kenya)
the game is superb and the camps/staff outstanding
if going to victoria falls it is more than worthwhile upgrading to royal livingstone
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
as mentioned if staying over in joburg ensure stay is in an onsight airport hotel" Read full review: 11 nights in Africa; 7 on a Botswana safari
the game is superb and the camps/staff outstanding
if going to victoria falls it is more than worthwhile upgrading to royal livingstone
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
as mentioned if staying over in joburg ensure stay is in an onsight airport hotel" Read full review: 11 nights in Africa; 7 on a Botswana safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr & Mrs H
Bucks
"Our Botswana Holiday"
I visited Botswana between 19 Feb 2010 and 3 Mar 2010
"We had a wonderful time. Other than small observations made in the feedback, we couldn't fault the trip.
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
The only observation I can make is that it was a bit of a shock going from Xaranna (top luxury boutique style accomodation) to Little Kwara (more rustic African experience). It made Little Kwara seem very basic, when in fact it was lovely in its own right.
Overall, we were delighted with our trip and thank you to you and your staff for making everything run so seemlessly." Read full review: 12 nights in Africa; 10 on a Botswana safari
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
The only observation I can make is that it was a bit of a shock going from Xaranna (top luxury boutique style accomodation) to Little Kwara (more rustic African experience). It made Little Kwara seem very basic, when in fact it was lovely in its own right.
Overall, we were delighted with our trip and thank you to you and your staff for making everything run so seemlessly." Read full review: 12 nights in Africa; 10 on a Botswana safari
Overall trip
Excellent
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Where to stay in Kwando-Linyanti
Our suggestions for safari camps in Kwando-Linyanti area
Lagoon Camp
Within the vast Kwando Reserve, renowned for its wild dogs, Lagoon Camp offers excellent game viewing that focuses on predators.
Lebala Camp
With enthusiastic guides and trackers, Lebala – in a vast private reserve – is particularly well-placed for seeking wild dogs.
Selinda Camp
In an attractive area that is particularly rich in game between June and November, the luxurious Selinda Camp caters particularly well for photographers.
DumaTau
DumaTau, in the private Linyanti Reserve, offers game drives, seasonal boat cruises and walks. Wildlife safaris here are quite seasonal, and are at their best during the height of the dry season, between June and October.
Linyanti Bush Camp
An increasingly rare find in Botswana, Linyanti Bush Camp blends relative simplicity with numerous activities and very good guiding.
Selinda Explorers Camp
The luxurious, traditional tented Selinda Explorers Camp offers a mix of walking, canoeing and game drives led by really top notch guides in a game-rich area.
Savuti Camp
For years the Savuti Channel ran dry, but it's now flowing again and this newly refurbished, 7-room lodge has pride of place to witness the spectacle.
Zarafa Camp
Zarafa is an exclusive camp overlooking the scenic Zibadianja Lagoon within the Selinda Reserve, a particularly game-rich area between June and early November.
Kings Pool
King’s Pool is a top-end luxury safari camp with a price tag to match; the game viewing can be very good during the dry season.
Linyanti Ebony
Independently owned and run, the small Linyanti Ebony sits on the same site as Linyanti Bush Camp, with similarly high standards of guiding, and a strong emphasis on the wildlife experience.
Linyanti Expeditions
Tip-top guiding. In tune with the habitat. Down-to-earth, authentic camp comfort. A place of wilderness safari harmony.
Little DumaTau
Small and sophisticated, Little DumaTau lies adjacent to its larger sibling in the private Linyanti Reserve, overlooking a beautiful lagoon.
