Reviews of Bougainvillea Lodge
Wildlife sightings and reviews
7 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Bougainvillea Lodge and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa
"Very nice stay at Bougainvillea Safari Lodge"
Throughout their time in Tanzania, we organised a private driver-guide and 4WD for these travellers. They commented:
What can I say about Fazo? He was the most amazing guide I think anyone could have had. He was patient, pleasant and kind and his driving was extremely safe and sensible. He seemed to know everything about every animal in Tanzania, without exception. He also seemed to know where all the animals were and within 2 hours of arriving in Tanzania we had seen 4 of the big 5.
We saw 4 leopards, three cheetahs, dozens of lions and cubs and we even saw a pack of wild dogs, twice, which hadn't been seen in the Serengetti for 10 years. I don't know whether we were just lucky or not, but Fazo just seemed to know where to go to see the animals we wanted to see.
One day he took us to a remote part of the Serengetti where there were few other tourists. It was great to be out on the planes and we saw lots of different animals there which we didn't see around the touristy areas.
Fazo was genuinely superb and we would definitely like to use him again if we ever went back to the Serengetti." See all these reviews: 9n in Tanzania; 4n in Rwanda
"Bougainvillea Safari Lodge"
"Extremely friendly staff and lovely lodge"
The boxed lunch ( not sure if this came from Bouganvillea or Asiliia were" See all these reviews: 8n in Tanzania; 5n in Zanzibar
"Excellent Ngorongoro crater safari"
Fairly close to the crater to enable us to have a full day safari." See all these reviews: 7n in Zanzibar; 6n in Tanzania
"Bougainvillea Safari Lodge review"
The food was top notch." See all these reviews: 6n in Tanzania; 4n in Zanzibar
"An excellent base for the Ngorogoro Crater"
The cabins were very comfortable with the only negative being that the lighting around the wardrobe area not good enough to find things easily at night.
The food was slightly different and delicious and we enjoyed the staff coming around offering us dishes from which we served ourselves. Some of the staff lacked the polish of other places we stayed but I felt the lack of smiles was often shyness." See all these reviews: 9n in Tanzania
"Bougainvillea Safari Lodge review"
We liked that the Lodge was Tanzanian owned and operated. The chef was quite outgoing and friendly and provided outstanding breakfasts and dinners. It was an ideal location between Lake Manyara and the crater and very reasonable." See all these reviews: 9n in Tanzania; 8n in Zanzibar
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