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Reviews of Kwara Camp

Wildlife sightings and reviews

232 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Kwara 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 May-2018, 60 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Kwara Camp.
Lion

97% success

Leopard

67% success

Cheetah

78% success

Wild dog

75% success

Elephant

100% success

Giraffe

100% success

Wildebeest

100% success

Zebra

98% success

Hippo

98% success

Spotted Hyena

85% success

Buffalo

82% success

Sable antelope

33% success

Roan antelope

21% success

Sitatunga

20% success

Aardvark

0% success

Black Rhino

0% success

Pangolin

0% success

White Rhino

0% success

Showing 171-180 of 232
Duration
Arrival date
Mrs & Mr H
Canada

"Kwara Camp review"

2 nights Arrived 27 Apr 2011
"Our guides everywhere in Botswana were very knowledgeable and professional but Tom at Kwara was outstanding.

We enjoyed the game drives with him and loved the mokoro trip and walking safari. Kwara has excellent camp facilities." See all these reviews: 6n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mrs A
London

"Best time at Kwara"

3 nights Arrived 21 Apr 2011
"This is an old camp which is showiing its age. Actually I enjoyed this camp the best of the whole trip, but my tent could have had cleaner straw mats on the floor. Also the water comes from a bore hole here and it is very brown. Although I was warned about not drinking it it would have been useful to know about the staining as to begin with I thought that the loo in my tent was dirty. I did also have drain problems, but they were fixed promptly and with no hassle.

The camp is on a private reservie so going off road and night driving were great. The guide and spotter, IP and Justice, were the best of the trip, with everything being pointed out. I saw lots of lion here, new varieties of game( warthog, hyena, tsessebe, red lechwe, genet, african wild cat, python amongst others) and excellent birds. As well as game drives I went on a boat trip in the Delta (saw lots of hippos) a jungle walk and in a mokoro - where again we saw lots of hippo: one so close we had to take evasive action.

This is a great camp for people who are serious about seeing the wildlife. The staff were friendly and very welcoming and although certain things could be immproved it would be a great shame if it were tarted up too much." See all these reviews: 11n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Good
Family JB
New Malden

"Kwara Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 12 Apr 2011
"Everything was lovely. We really enjoyed getting back to the Bush. Guides/trackers- Bali and Baruti excellent. `Service friendly. Food disappointing. There was plenty of it but the cooks were not very good. Having been to many different safari camps, and understanding the logistical problems of running a camp in the Bush, this was the worse for food, in our experience. The tents were basic (which we loved) and we had an elephant almost at the end of our bed on the first night!!

Due to the time of the year of our trip, Fishing was not available and Mokoro's were not encouraged, so apart from a boat trip to see Hippo, we were only really offered safari by jeep. However, they were fantastic!" See all these reviews: 3n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Average
Facilities:
Average
Mr M & Mr E
USA

"Kwara Camp"

3 nights Arrived 6 Jan 2011
"Best place for game drives as you can go off road and at night. Excellent guides.

Tents could use a makeover but nice all the same." See all these reviews: 8n in Botswana; 2n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Good
Mrs & Mr A
London

"Kwara Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 28 Nov 2010
"Cats, cats and more cats! In fact, that is pretty much all we saw, which was a wonderful contrast to our other camps. Every day people at the camp had new and exciting stories of things they had seen.

Fantastic boat trips but the contrast with being able to go by jeep across the plains, due to it being dry season, made it for us.

Luxurious rooms, with great views. Extremely friendly staff. More of a 'tyring to please the punters' place than some of the other camps, but if that's why you've come to Botswana, then that's no bad thing!" See all these reviews: 8n in Botswana; 6n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs L
Lincoln

"Kwara Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 6 Nov 2010
"A very friendly camp with lovely staff who made us very welcome. The driver and tracker were enthusiastic and knowledgable. In common with other camps they tended to concentrate on big game while we were sometimes interested in stopping for birds and smaller wildlife but we suspect this is what most visitors want. We did often have a 'sunalreadydowner' as they tracked something big.

Overall the game viewing was very good and we had a couple of very close encounters with lions, a hippo who made it clear he did not like us so close when we were in a mokoro and the tracker made a spectacular jump from the spotting seat to the safety of the truck when we nearly ran over a 8 foot black mamba. All very memorable stuff.

The food and drink were very good considering this is a bush camp. Lots of bottled water is consumed but one really needs plenty of liquids in the heat. Hopefully the empty bottle are recycled.

The only quibble was that our tent (number 6) did not seem very insect proof, as at night we had plenty of wildlife in the tent if the light was on." See all these reviews: 8n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Mrs & Mr F
Paris

"Kwara Camp review"

2 nights Arrived 5 Nov 2010
"Great atmosphere - very friendly camp - lot of wildlife even in the camp! - amazing game drives and boat cruise with wery professionnal guide and tracker" See all these reviews: 4n in Botswana; 1n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Mr & Mrs A
Cumbria

"Kwara Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 5 Sep 2010
"This is in a lovely spot looking out on a lagoon.

Our tent was very comfortable, but unfortunately the electricity was not working. It failed each night about two minutes after we had been taken to our tent in the dark. It was mended every day but failed again in the same way each night. It would not have been a problem if the camp had accepted it was not working and given us some oil lamps.

The safaris were excellent with some exciting tracking of animals. Both the guide and tracker were very helpful. We also did a walk, a speed boat trip and a canoe trip so there was plenty of variety. The food was excellent.

The communal area was too small to seat everyone and the swimming pool was out of action so everyone tended to sit by there own tent during free time." See all these reviews: 6n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Average
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Mr & Mrs S
Herts

"Honeymoon at Kwara"

3 nights Arrived 18 Aug 2010
"We spent 3 nights at Kwara, having flown in from Lebala. Kwara's location in the trees in front of the lagoon is amazing and it seems to attract all sorts of great wildlife which The General & Kebe were only too happy to track down for us.

The waterside location affords extra activities and both the mokoro and delta-boat trips were very special experiences. The hosts at Kwara (Thuso and Janet in particular) really do go the extra mile for their guests and put on a private dining experience to celebrate our last night in the bush, and we were sad to leave the lovely people and their wonderful camp.

The only real surprise at the Kwando camps was that there were no other English guests whilst we were there. Not a problem at all, just a little unexpected." See all these reviews: 6n in Mozambique; 5n in Botswana; 2n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs D
NL

"Kwara Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 6 Aug 2010
"A similar experience as earlier in Lagoon. [Ed: this traveller commented: 'A fantastic experience in a real bush camp with a good and enthusiastic team.' about Lagoon Camp.]

The camp is great, beautifully set and very friendly staff and a good informal atmosphere. Our guide (Ona) and tracker (Kent) managed to find cheetahs, lions and leopards. Fantastic!

We also enjoyed the boat ride and the many birds we watched.

A great place to be!" See all these reviews: 9n in Botswana; 2n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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