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Duba Explorers Camp
Duba Explorers Camp
Duba Explorers Camp
Duba Explorers Camp
Duba Explorers Camp
Duba Explorers Camp
Duba Explorers Camp
Duba Explorers Camp
Duba Explorers Camp
Duba Explorers Camp
Duba Explorers Camp
Duba Explorers Camp
Duba Explorers Camp
Duba Explorers Camp
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Reviews of Duba Explorers Camp

Wildlife sightings and reviews

19 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Duba Explorers 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 Nov-2018, 19 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Duba Explorers Camp.
Lion

89% success

Leopard

89% success

Cheetah

19% success

Wild dog

74% success

Elephant

100% success

Giraffe

100% success

Hippo

100% success

Wildebeest

100% success

Zebra

100% success

Buffalo

89% success

Spotted Hyena

71% success

Sable antelope

69% success

Roan antelope

25% success

Pangolin

6% success

Aardvark

0% success

Black Rhino

0% success

White Rhino

0% success

Showing 11-19 of 19
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Dr B
Canada

"Duba Explorers Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 17 Apr 2022
"Lodge is set beside a stream that floods with the annual inundation of water into the Delta.

The individual tented rooms are well spaced with outer decks overlooking the stream and at the time we visited a grassy area visited by elephants, eland and hippos. Breakfast is served as part of the morning game drive.

Evening meals are taken at a communal table on the large deck at the main lodge and there is a large fire pit to sit around before dinner and share stories. There is a cute plunge pool set up on the back of an old truck that is great for cooling down in.

Our guide, Zac, was excellent finding animals and birds. Excellent sightings of leopard, lion, giraffe and elephants." See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia; 8n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Sightings Report

Buffalo

Multiple sightings

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Hippo

Multiple sightings

Leopard

1 sighting

Lion

1 sighting

Wildebeest

1 sighting

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Ms B and Mr C
Montana

"Duba Explorers Camp review"

4 nights Arrived 31 Jul 2021
"We were warmly welcomed by the camp hosts Marine and Ryan. a gorgeous setting overlooking a lagoon area.

Our first night was in tent 1, absolutely perfect view over the water but marred by a terrible smell from the toilet. Moved to tent 2 which had as grand a view and as comfortable and elegant as could be.

The bird-life and game around the river made time spent in camp enjoyable. The game out on the game drives was a bit scarce. Oddly in 4 days we never saw a buffalo or a lion which of course Duba is famous for. The roads felt quite rough, not sure if it was the washboarding or the condition of our vehicle. Instead of drives we chose a couple of mokoro rides which were lovely.

There were highlights however. We spent many hours on night drives and saw great sightings of wild cat, a leopard, genet, Giant Eagle Owl, and just totally thrilled by the brilliant stars in the dark skies.. and an elephant came by and gave us a wake=up call one morning.

The lunches were good, a variety of salads and other interesting dishes. The French style dinners were a bit fussy for us, though the chef did the best sticky toffee pudding ever." See all these reviews: 11n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Hippo

Multiple sightings

Leopard

1 sighting

Sable antelope

1 sighting

Spotted Hyena

Multiple sightings

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Mr F
Amsterdam

"Duba Explorers Camp review"

4 nights Arrived 20 May 2021
"Overall the most satisfying camp of our trip. Great tents, excellent food, very knowledgeable guides and good wildlife sightings. A spectacular arrival and departure by helicopter to the otherwise inaccessible Omdop airstrip as the Vumbura airstrip was closed due to flooding.

Our guide Isaac is a true gentleman, kind and caring, with very extensive knowledge, using in vehicle guidebooks to illustrate certain wildlife sightings, always positioning the vehicle for the best photography light. His trainee KG is lucky to have him as a mentor. The highlight wasn’t the numbers of wildlife but the upclose encounters: we followed a leopard for 1,5 hours and a lion for over an 1 hour, gaining a real insight in their behavior instead of just a snapshot photo moment.

The water activities, mekoro and boat trip, were a welcome diversion from the gamedrives. Camp managers Anastasia and Teddy were always there to send us off or welcome us back and always in for a good conversation at the campfire, we felt taken care of. A minor detail: apparently the forms we filled out at home and were sent by email did not come through as we had to redo everything on arrival." See all these reviews: 13n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Buffalo

4 sightings

Elephant

4 sightings

Giraffe

6 sightings

Hippo

4 sightings

Leopard

1 sighting

Lion

2 sightings

Roan antelope

1 sighting

Sable antelope

4 sightings

Wild dog

3 sightings

Wildebeest

3 sightings

Zebra

6 sightings

Mrs M.
Amsterdam

"Duba Explorers Camp review"

4 nights Arrived 20 May 2021
"Our third camp in completely diferent surroundings; also very beautiful.
A warm welcome by Corine and Anastasia. And off on our first evening drive with Isaac and K.G. Right from the start it was evident that Isaac was a special, different sort of guide. Apart from being very pleasant company, his ability to inspire you with his narratives, his knowledge and love for the country was very impressive. K.G. is a lucky person to have Isaac as his tutor.
I also loved the boattrips, with on our last evening the sundowner where the staff had set up a complete bar and Anastasia was present as well. Wonderful memories." See all these reviews: 13n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Elephant

3 sightings

Giraffe

6 sightings

Hippo

4 sightings

Leopard

1 sighting

Lion

1 sighting

Roan antelope

1 sighting

Sable antelope

4 sightings

Wild dog

3 sightings

Wildebeest

3 sightings

Zebra

6 sightings

Mr S & Mrs S
UK

"Duba Explorers Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 6 Oct 2019
"It didn't start well. The vehicle that came to pick us from the airstrip had a problem. The guide said he had radioed for another vehicle, but after over 2 hours and no contact or vehicle we were getting worried. It was also not long till dark.

However he eventually got through and another vehicle was sent. There is a zone near the airport where the radio has no connection. This needs to be addressed either technically or by avoiding that area in future as obviously mobiles dont work either!

the camp itself was lovely and so were the staff. Animal sightings were scarcer here. We did see some leopard, cheetah, hyena etc but we also had some fairly fruitless game drives.

What stopped the review being average or less was the camp itself but also we probably saw/ videoed/ photoed the most iconic leopard photo of the whole trip here!" See all these reviews: 6n in Botswana; 5n in South Africa; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Good
Sightings Report

Buffalo

10 sightings

Cheetah

Multiple sightings

Elephant

10 sightings

Giraffe

10 sightings

Hippo

Multiple sightings

Leopard

5 sightings

Sable antelope

1 sighting

Spotted Hyena

1 sighting

Wild dog

1 sighting

Wildebeest

3 sightings

Zebra

10 sightings

Mr & Mrs TM
Utah, USA

"3 Nights at Duba Explorers Camp in Late June"

3 nights Arrived 23 Jun 2019
"An excellent location with a wide variety of sightings.

It felt that the furnishing of the tents was a bit "overboard" attempting to recreate the setting of a camp in Africa many years ago.

Wonderful staff and guide (Matt).

Able to get good photos of malachite kingfishers near camp via mokoro.

Encountered the tail of a leopard, a sleeping cheetah at 40 meters, and large groups of impala and zebra on a walking safari.

Absolutely classic sighting of a leopard on a dead tree branch en route to depart at the air strip." See all these reviews: 8n in Zambia; 7n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Buffalo

6 sightings

Cheetah

1 sighting

Elephant

10 sightings

Giraffe

7 sightings

Hippo

3 sightings

Leopard

1 sighting

Lion

1 sighting

Pangolin

1 sighting

Wild dog

4 sightings

Wildebeest

1 sighting

Zebra

10 sightings

Mrs M
Japan

"Duba Explorers Camp review"

4 nights Arrived 27 Apr 2019
"Beautiful and very comfortable camp. Our room had a terrace with sofa and very spacious bathroom. There was a small waterhole in front of our room, we enjoyed to see some animals coming to drink water in the daytime.

Game viewing was wonderful. We stayed here for 4 nights and saw wild dogs and leopards every day.

Staff were friendly and food was excellent." See all these reviews: 7n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Buffalo

Multiple sightings

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Hippo

Multiple sightings

Leopard

Multiple sightings

Lion

Multiple sightings

Sable antelope

1 sighting

Spotted Hyena

1 sighting

Wild dog

Multiple sightings

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

D party
Belgium

"Beautiful Camp and location"

3 nights Arrived 8 Nov 2018
"The location and the rooms are super at Duba explorers camp.

We saw several cats which was super to end our holliday .

The staff was very friendly and the food and service exellent." See all these reviews: 10n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Buffalo

Multiple sightings

Cheetah

Multiple sightings

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Hippo

Multiple sightings

Leopard

Multiple sightings

Lion

Multiple sightings

Sable antelope

1 sighting

Spotted Hyena

1 sighting

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Mr & Mrs D
Oxon

"Duba Expedition Camp review"

4 nights Arrived 14 Sep 2016
"An excellent camp but the game viewing was disappointing. Game has moved due to the change in the water table.

No buffalo had been seen for a long time - although this was usually when they were around. Only a few lions but masses of red lechwe and warthogs.

The birdlife was amazing. Tents were excellent but food was average" See all these reviews: 8n in Botswana; 8n in Mozambique; 4n in Zimbabwe; 1n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

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