Travel reviews by Mrs D from France
Review Distribution
Total number of trips
1
Countries visited
1
Lodges stayed in
5
Excursions taken
0
My Jul 2011 trip
Tanzania between 27 Jul 2011 and 7 Aug 2011
"very good averall experience.
It started not so well with kearsley (the agency in Dar) driving us to the wrong hotel and then failing to call back the hotel to confirm the time of our pick up the next day for the airport and we had a big disappointment and surprise when we found out we could not dive everyday of our stay in Matemwe because it was fully booked.
Apart from that, it was great, no worries and everything seems to be in palce and taken care of... which is great when you are on holiday!"
It started not so well with kearsley (the agency in Dar) driving us to the wrong hotel and then failing to call back the hotel to confirm the time of our pick up the next day for the airport and we had a big disappointment and surprise when we found out we could not dive everyday of our stay in Matemwe because it was fully booked.
Apart from that, it was great, no worries and everything seems to be in palce and taken care of... which is great when you are on holiday!"
Arranged By Elizabeth Chapman
Sea Cliff Hotel
"Sea Cliff Hotel review"
1 night
Arrived
27 Jul 2011
"nice rooms, very helpfull staff."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location
Good
Service
Good
Activities
Good
Rooms
Good
Food
Good
Facilities
Good
Lake Manze Adventure Camp
"Lake Manze Tented Camp review"
3 nights
Arrived
28 Jul 2011
"great atmosphere, love the overall camp, with the elephants around the tents! Like the idea of sharing tables for meals.
Only regret: we had a trainee guide for all our drive safaris, and, having been on safari before, he did not bring much new with his comments. It was more a "chat with him" than real information or anecdotes about the animals...
the drive boat was great, in a quite small boat near quite big animals!"
Only regret: we had a trainee guide for all our drive safaris, and, having been on safari before, he did not bring much new with his comments. It was more a "chat with him" than real information or anecdotes about the animals...
the drive boat was great, in a quite small boat near quite big animals!"
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Good
Rooms
Good
Food
Good
Facilities
Good
Impala Camp
"Selous Impala Camp review"
2 nights
Arrived
31 Jul 2011
"very good overall impression. We enjoyed the stories about the stars told by Andrea every night around the fire and did used the pool every day! Very nice boat safari with the surprise on our arrival. The food was excellent and all the staff very friendly."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Good
Rooms
Good
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Good
Matemwe Beach Village, Zanzibar (this camp has since closed)
"Matemwe Beach Village review"
4 nights
Arrived
2 Aug 2011
"very nive hotel and very good food (especially when served at the table): the buffet style food was not as good (in the boma or around the pool) .
the suite was very nice (colorfull and spacious) but not very confortable: we missed chairs we could move around and a table to play cards with our kids, for example...
We had not been told by expert africa that it was advisable to book the diving before coming (we meet an English couple the first day who had been advised by their agent, africa travel, to do so), and as it turned out, the diving center was fully booked for the first 2 days of our stay so we could only dive once with the hotel... We managed to get a dive on day 2 with the hotel next door (new one, Azenzi, with same diving center) but were disappointed to miss a day diving!"
the suite was very nice (colorfull and spacious) but not very confortable: we missed chairs we could move around and a table to play cards with our kids, for example...
We had not been told by expert africa that it was advisable to book the diving before coming (we meet an English couple the first day who had been advised by their agent, africa travel, to do so), and as it turned out, the diving center was fully booked for the first 2 days of our stay so we could only dive once with the hotel... We managed to get a dive on day 2 with the hotel next door (new one, Azenzi, with same diving center) but were disappointed to miss a day diving!"
Good
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location
Excellent
Service
Average
Activities
Average
Rooms
Good
Food
Good
Facilities
Average
Not currently featured by Expert Africa
Asmini Palace, Zanzibar (this camp has since closed)
"Asmini Palace review"
1 night
Arrived
6 Aug 2011
"nice hotel, very helpfull staff and they seem to cope quite well with the continuous power break downs of Stone Town!"
Good
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location
Excellent
Service
Good
Activities
Average
Rooms
Good
Food
Average
Facilities
Good
Not currently featured by Expert Africa
