Travel reviews by Dr T from Suffolk

"Very pleasant staff. Room excellent.

Restaurant food and ambience very good."

"An amazing camp - I hesitate to call it a camp! Superb room with luxurious facilities.

Only problem was being kept awake by the aircom(!) as I could not find the control to turn it off the first night.

Wonderful location and particularly enjoyed the expansive terrace - a great location for the excellent meals, beautifully served. Delightful staff, nothing too much trouble.

Just a little worried that it was not my idea of a traditional camp !!"

"Beautiful position on the bank of the Zambesi.

Very good facilities and excellent staff.

Amazing barbecue supper with all the trimmings on an island in the Zambezi !

Excellent walking safari and game drives."

"A delightful, small and intimate camp in a superb location on the bank of the Zambezi, complete with hippo and elephant.

Much more my idea of a traditional camp, notwithstanding the excellent food and facilities.

Wonderful wildlife enhanced for me by the excellent birding knowledge of the leader Mark."

"A superb lodge in a wonderful setting. Lovely staff.

A really good place to start your safari if you have already seen Vic Falls."

"lovely thatched cottages set in the heart of Hwange.

A particular delight was the pool literally feet in front of the veranda where literally dozens of Elephant came to drink in a continuous stream.

Elephants everywhere and had some wonderful close encounters."

"A most impressive lodge with individual houses scattered in a camelthorn tree wood.

Super staff and excellent food. Had quite the best cheetah experience I've ever had -- two brother setting off on the hunt and later that day devouring a waterbuck calf.

Also enjoyed a delightful 2 hour walk through beautiful country."

"a safari lodge with some of the best aspects of a hotel.amazed to find aircon. excellent food and wine.

a very extensive and varied all-day tour -- two game drives and a 3 hour cruise on chobe river."

"my room was more like a one bed apartment ! Lots of elephant noise as a continuous stream passed to the waterhole.

This is in the Savuti channel and overlooked by the dining terrace --magic. The staff were lovely and gave us a terrific song and dance introduction to dinner.

Lots of wildlife including a large pride of lions which despatched a buffalo jn front of us!"

"Nice people but a slightly tired appearance to the camp.

Room facilities good. Good wildlife including a freshly killed large kudu being consumed by a pride of 9 lions.

My guide was rather quiet and had to be asked for information but when it came it was very good."

"weather hot and humid, typically low 26 C high 35 C , with one or two brief storms but mostly sunny. Camp delightful but furthest tents might be a bit of a trek if one was a bit disabled? Loo gets a bit damp if there is a downpour and wildlife invaded -- a frog fell onto my shoulder, several geckos appeared and fireflies - all inside the tent ! Shower worked well and bed very comfortable. Food very good . Some areas of the bush very rough and you get thrown about quite a bit.

Widlife excellent --breakfast visit from Lagos the elephant, lions mating, clouds of carmine beeeaters, masses of other birds, pack of wild dogs, numerous giraffes and elephants.
Good walking safari and boat trip as well as all-day game drives.

Guiding and driving very good."

"Same weather as at Lake Manze. A longish walk to #1, my tent, in the heat. Very nicely situated above the river and good facilities. Camp buildings very smart and spacious. Food very good.

However, I was not very happy with the individual seating for dining (although there was a very nice pre-dinner gather round the fire). I raised this with Fausto the manager and he did manage to pair me up with 3 others once and the ranger once which was very nice. ( the chat is part of the dining experience and for a single traveller to be on his own "in the corner" was not so nice).

Widlife and birds excellent, particularly enhanced by excellent knowledge of guide Andrew. Excellent drives, boat trips and walks. Particularly nice to complete a walk and arrive at a laid out breakfast table overlooking the river!

Highlights - 2 leopards, hundreds of carmine beeeaters, unearthly cackles of the bush babies, huge herd of giraffes

Highlights -- 2 leopards, hundreds"

"Weather different here - cooler (21) at night but still up to 35 C daytime as less humid. Unfortunately the area has tsetse flies and its almost impossible to avoid getting bitten in some areas (both geographically and physically !!)

Landscape very different with rolling countryside and big hills. Camp is more rustic but still attractive and food is adequate.

Highlights -- leopard with small kudu kill up a tree, mating pair of lions, getting hit by a torrential thunderstorm, massive herd of elephants - about 100, cheetah with impala kill, Jumanne's guiding and Edmond's driving."

"A lovely setting, with good food and excellent game drives, including a "very serious charge" from a hippo (our guide's words!)

Lots of birds. Only drawback is the longish hack to get to the Park gate."

"My first walk on this trip, which was lovely and a delight to come back to a shower with lashings of hot water ! How do they do it ?

Quality of guiding very good indeed which made the walks even better. A superb setting with an amazing night chorus of lion, hyena ,honey badger, hippo and wild dog !"

"More excellent walks with another very knowledgeable guide and varied terrain. Very good food."

"A super game drive with a staring match with a lone bull Ellie and a sighting of an AARDVARK (!) with our guide Aubrey ecstatic !

Excellent food and brilliant guiding."

"We walked in to Mchenja from Kakuli with lots of very close lion tracks - quite exciting...... Another excellent game drive in the evening - TWO leopards.

The next day we were lucky enough to meet a pride just setting out on the hunt - 4 lionesses and 9 cubs (!) and followed them to witness the kill from 20 metres or so in front of us. Loud snarls and crunches of bones as they all dived in. What an experience ! Food excellent again. A superb end to my trip."

"As this was my first camp on the trip I didn't know exactly what to expect, but I was delighted with the friendly staff and super food and accommodation.

The wildlife was wonderful, including a pair of lions mating and a very close daylight encounter with a beautifully photogenic leopard !"

"A delightful location with super staff and excellent food and the "room" was great. The wildlife was prolific and I was delighted to see carmine beeeaters ahead of their season.

Also experienced a close encounter of the elephant kind when engaged in a loo break behind a tree!"

"Outstanding wildlife and wonderful walks. The camp was super - lovely people, excellent food .

I didn't think it could get better but this was the best -- to stand 50 metres from a curious bull Giraffe was amazing and we also saw elephant close up and a buffalo herd."

"Too large and impersonal. On arrival they had me mixed up with another Turner which took time to sort out and it was late and I was tired so not good.

In the morning they had the bill wrong - charged me for the room - which again had to be sorted out. Although I had breakfast included I had to leave at 06.20 so it was really too early to have it."

"All the moves worked well, except Air Botswana routed us via Kasane from Maun to Joburg adding 2hrs - it was lucky I had a 4hr stopover at Joburg or I would have had a mad panic making the London flight- not your fault but worth knowing! All three camps were excellent with Sandibe particularly good. Food and drink good. Game drives very extensive and superbly guided. Particularly impressed with Gift at Sandibe who found us Wild Dogs who we followed on the hunt and next day a leopard that we followed for half an hour! Things for note ---- it was the Summer and mostly hot which meant it was very hot in the camps under canvas around midday. Game drives on very rough tracks were quite tiring and might have been a bit much for an older or not so fit person. More difficult to spot things in December as the rains produced a green explosion, but more than compensated for by the plethora of birds -I saw 125 species in 6 days ! I never ceased to be amazed at the expert knowledge of the guides and their fantastic eyesight."

"Things for note ---- it was the Summer and mostly hot which meant it was very hot in the camps under canvas around midday.

Game drives on very rough tracks were quite tiring and might have been a bit much for an older or not so fit person. More difficult to spot things in December as the rains produced a green explosion, but more than compensated for by the plethora of birds - I saw 125 species in 6 days !

I never ceased to be amazed at the expert knowledge of the guides and their fantastic eyesight."

"Chef very good. Beautiful countryside - extremely varied. Things got pretty damp when storm hit camp and yet the staff managed to produce an excellent dinner!"

"All three camps were excellent with Sandibe particularly good. Food and drink good. Game drives very extensive and superbly guided. Particularly impressed with Gift at Sandibe who found us Wild Dogs who we followed on the hunt and next day a leopard that we followed for half an hour!

More difficult to spot things in December as the rains produced a green explosion, but more than compensated for by the plethora of birds - I saw 125 species in 6 days ! I never ceased to be amazed at the expert knowledge of the guides and their fantastic eyesight."