Botswana: reviews from our travellers

"Exceeded all our expectations and got better as the trip progressed. Well worth the huge outlay.

Never to be forgotton but will loose all our friends raving about it!

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Hard to think how you could have improved it. I think it was a shame we did not listen to the advice regarding our last camp in Botswana and feel she should have told us how little wild life ther was at Selinda. She did inform us the wild life was not as good here but there was very little." Read full review: 33 nights in Africa; 16 on a Namibia trip

"A trip of a lifetime! It was even more than we hoped for, romantic, adventurous, many new experiences with wonderful game viewing. We enjoyed the people in Botswana, dignified, skilled in their professions and enjoyable companions.

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Expert Africa's service was personal, customized and very informative." Read full review: 10 nights in Africa; 9 on a Botswana safari

"Fantastic :-)" Read full review: 19 nights in Africa; 13 on a Namibia trip

"Anyone who can put up with being fed 6 times a day, bone shaken in a Landrover or baked in the sun in a motorboat/mokoro must be mad but we keep going back because we absolutely love it. Expert Africa's planning and execution were, as ever, faultless. Any criticisms of the camps must be viewed in the light of consistently high standards across the board and are made when things are 99.9% rather than 101%.

This was the first time we had noticed a significant difference between the Wilderness Classic camps in tems of room size and facilities. It might be worth making this point in the brochure. People will still go because each camp has its unique charm or attraction.

This year was special because the annual flood was so high that there was still considerable water in places normally dry in September and a lot of the big game has moved. Is it worth considering bringing major weather/natural events to client attention in time for them to perhaps change their itinerary? We planned wet, dry, wet, dry and were not disappointed but we met a number of guests (not Expert Africa) who were deeply disappointed that they had been expecting the big 5 and had to be satisfied with mostly birds.

We had another 5 star holiday. Thank you. In overview, both Xigera and Tubu Tree feted us with extra activities. Jacana had none, not even a traditional evening while the 4 nights ay Chitabe Lediba provided just a traditional evening. Interesting contrast reflecting management styles?" Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 13 on a Botswana safari

"The whole trip was excellent. All the complex transfers worked smoothly. The camps were very good and all the activities very exciting.

Expert Africa know their stuff and were able to recommend what we really wanted to do.

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We found everything went as planned.

We decided to travel with hand luggage only. This made transfers and small plane flights much easier. With the washing facilities at each camp and a bit of planning on our part we had plenty for the trip. This is something you might like to convey to other travellers" Read full review: 10 nights in Africa; 6 on a Botswana safari

"Holiday of a lifetime!" Read full review: 17 nights in Africa; 11 on a Botswana safari

"We were very pleased with Lucy's planning.

Wonderful wildlife experience - and we have learnt a lot. Now to sort the photos - some of which are truly fantastic e.g. looking down the throuat of a yawning lion, and, later, a cheetah too, ellephant having a dust bath after their wallow - a never-ending list!

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Difficult to grade, I find, always, as it is all good!
No, no suggestions." Read full review: 18 nights in Africa; 11 on a Botswana safari

"Fantastic trip - it all worked out really well and everyone had a great time. Great itinerary.

Lucy very helpful, patient and knowledgable." Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 2 on a Botswana safari

"Our 'holiday of a lifetime' was just that! Our experiences in the Delta were unforgettable - great accommodation and fantastic guiding.

The tranquility and beauty of being out on the water in a mokoro; a close encounter with a hippo; driving through 1m of floodwater to reach the camp; tracking lions; spotting a leopard on a night drive; and the total darkness with no electric lights visible other than those at our camp...........Our memories will stay with us for ever. And then the number of animals at Muchenje! Elephant, giraffe, zebra, buffalo, hippos, antelope ....... it was amazing!

With hinsight, it was definitely a good choice to experience the Delta first and visit Chobe National Park second. Our boys loved the thrill of tracking and searching in the Delta, but then welcomed the opportunity to be so close to such a huge numbers of animals at our final camp.

Thanks, Expert Africa, for organising such a memorable trip!

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Lucy was very helpful, working with us until we identified exactly the trip we wanted, and answering all of our many questions. Her patience really paid off - we had a fantastic holiday. Keep up the good work!" Read full review: 9 nights in Africa; 9 on a Botswana safari

"The trip was to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary, and it was fabulous.

We have been to Namibia and Zambia before, but this was so very different.

We loved every bit of it and all the arrangements ran like clock work." Read full review: 14 nights in Africa; 6 on a Namibia trip