Travel reviews by Mr & Mrs D from France
Review Distribution
Total number of trips
1
Countries visited
1
Lodges stayed in
3
Excursions taken
0
Great trip
Tanzania between 1 Feb 2013 and 10 Feb 2013
"This was a real great trip. Thanks to the advice of Claire, we were in the right area in the right season to see birds and animals while being able to see a bit of green in Africa (we had always gone in Africa in dry season before).
I would nevertheless make a suggestion: Siwandu is such a wonderful place that you should always end the trip by staying there. We stayed first in Siwandu and second in Impala and I’m afraid Impala couldn’t meet the comparison with Siwandu (though Impala was globally OK)."
I would nevertheless make a suggestion: Siwandu is such a wonderful place that you should always end the trip by staying there. We stayed first in Siwandu and second in Impala and I’m afraid Impala couldn’t meet the comparison with Siwandu (though Impala was globally OK)."
Arranged By Claire Scott
Siwandu
"Wonderful stay in Siwandu Camp"
4 nights
Arrived
1 Feb 2013
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Excellent
Impala Camp
"Nice camp with nice people"
4 nights
Arrived
5 Feb 2013
"Impala Camp is quite a nice camp. The tents are well equipped and comfortable and they have a veranda with a view on the river.
The management is doing every effort to accommodate the guests’ needs … and do succeed in that matter. For instance, when they figured out that I had quite important photo equipment and that I was interested in birding, they managed to give us a guide and a car exclusively for us, so that we could stop each and every time a bird was spotted without annoying other guests.
The camp is a bit remote from “the center” of the game reserve, which can be sometimes a problem when you have a lot of driving to do to access the place where animals are spotted. It’s then advisable to choose “early departure” game drives in the morning (6:30) rather than normal departure ones (8:00) to have the time to go to the places where “action” is taking place. They have several land rovers and several boats, so that you always can choose the activity you want to engage in.
We were lucky to have a guide named Dennis, who is a wonderful bird “spotter”. He is a very nice person and he showed us a lot of things.
The only average element was the food. Nothing terrible, of course, but nothing very good either."
The management is doing every effort to accommodate the guests’ needs … and do succeed in that matter. For instance, when they figured out that I had quite important photo equipment and that I was interested in birding, they managed to give us a guide and a car exclusively for us, so that we could stop each and every time a bird was spotted without annoying other guests.
The camp is a bit remote from “the center” of the game reserve, which can be sometimes a problem when you have a lot of driving to do to access the place where animals are spotted. It’s then advisable to choose “early departure” game drives in the morning (6:30) rather than normal departure ones (8:00) to have the time to go to the places where “action” is taking place. They have several land rovers and several boats, so that you always can choose the activity you want to engage in.
We were lucky to have a guide named Dennis, who is a wonderful bird “spotter”. He is a very nice person and he showed us a lot of things.
The only average element was the food. Nothing terrible, of course, but nothing very good either."
Good
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location
Good
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Good
Food
Average
Facilities
Excellent
Southern Sun Dar
"Southern Sun Dar: Good hotel"
1 night
Arrived
9 Feb 2013
"Comfortable rooms, food OK. Nothing special to say, as we only stayed one night between two flights."
Good
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location
Good
Service
Good
Rooms
Good
Food
Good
Siwandu Camp is real luxury in the bush. The camp itself is beautiful, the luxury tents are large, extraordinarily well furnished, cleaned several times a day, with two verandas and a superb view to the lake. The food is delicious, prepared and served by such a nice team. All the lunches and dinners we had there were exquisite, let alone the breakfasts served in the middle of the bush when you choose to make an early game drive.
The management is doing every effort to accommodate the guests’ needs … and do succeed in that matter. They manage to insufflate a nice atmosphere in the camp and between the guests.
The camp is really well situated in the middle of the game reserve, so that you’re never too far of the action when animals are spotted. They have several land rovers and several boats, so that you always can choose the activity you want to engage in.
Last but not least, they have wonderful guides-drivers. We’ve been lucky to be all the time with a guide named Allen, who spots and knows every animal, bird or snake of this game reserve and who taught us such a lot of things about them.
If I once have the opportunity to go back to the Selous Game Reserve, I will definitely choose to stay again in Siwandu."