Reviews of Baines' Camp
Wildlife sightings and reviews
17 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Baines' Camp and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa
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The highlight was the "walking with Elephants" experience which We would recommend as unmissable if visiting Baines. It is an emotive experience being up so close with such interesting and beautiful animals and one that we will never forget." See all these reviews: 8n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
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Slight hiccough on departure as airline hadn't informed camp that our departure time had been delayed so we waited 1.5 hours on airstrip with no information (being about an hour from Baines due to other airstrip being repaired, we had no chance to go back). This was remedied next time we flew with a little gift from airline by way of apology.
Baines was the only camp which gave advice about tipping in their in-room brochure but even this wasn't clear as to whether this was per person or in total." See all these reviews: 11n in Botswana; 3n in Zambia
"Luxury at Baines' Camp"
Star beds are great - sleeping under the stars with hippos grunting all around you is quite an experience!
Food was exceptional, with lots of choice. Staff were very friendly. We also loved the nice touches of drinks on arrival back to camp and the watercolour painting set in the room!" See all these reviews: 10n in Botswana; 5n in Seychelles
We went back to Sanctuary regarding this point made by these guests and they came back to us with the following explanation:
Thank you for the positive feedback and the observation re the tracker. In NG32 the "tracker" is not a "tracker" as we normally understand it, but what is called an "escort guide" who represents the communities, to ensure Sanctuary (Baines parent company) are adhering to their rules etc.
Part of our standard guest briefing includes an explanation of the role of the escort guides, that is they are not employed by Sanctuary but are community trust employees. We will advise the managers to underpin this to guests, in the briefings
We are happy to hear that Sanctuary have reiterated the importance of correctly and adequately explaining the role of escort guides to guests and are satisfied that this will be better communicated to guests in the future.
"Wonderful Camp"
Food was good though on the whole the main courses could have been better, and we particularly enjoyed the hot croissants at breakfast.
Justin and Jackie are enthusiastic and sociable managers, we felt very well looked after. Excellent game drives." See all these reviews: 8n in Botswana; 3n in Namibia; 2n in Zambia
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Staff, service, food, facilities were all first rate." See all these reviews: 10n in Botswana; 2n in Zambia
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Also loved listening to the hippos walking past our room at night!" See all these reviews: 6n in Botswana; 1n in Zambia; 1n in South Africa
"Baines' Camp review"
That said, when we left Kwara we had seen everything we wanted to see except a leopard in daylight and cheetah cubs. On the drive from the airstrip to Baines we saw a leopard in a tree! We saw her again in the afternoon initially on the ground then she went into a different tree.
We did the elephant activity the following morning which was a great experience but considering the cost of that activity plus the cost of the stay at Baines it wasn't really worth it. I would have rather had a couple more days at Kwara." See all these reviews: 11n in Botswana
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