Travel reviews by Mr D from Essex
Review Distribution
Total number of trips
1
Countries visited
1
Lodges stayed in
4
Excursions taken
0
An excellent holiday and experience.
Botswana between 29 Jan 2015 and 9 Feb 2015
"A few niggles, but very enjoyable overall. The whole experience flew by, and finished all too soon"
Own Arrangements (Not currently featured by Expert Africa)
"Livingstone and Victoria Falls were wonderful"
3 nights
Arrived
29 Jan 2015
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Excellent
Feedback response
These transfers usually work like clockwork. So we were alarmed that this transfer didn't happen as planned. Having investigated, we learned there was an unfortunate mix up with clients by the same name being transferred by two different operators to the same destination. The wrong company (who charge on a 'pay direct' basis) mistakenly collected these travellers instead of their own clients. Wild Horizons, the company that we work with, have since apologized for any confusion on their part, and we have refunded the traveller for the transfer.
We are very happy these clients had a smoother onward journey with Wild Horizons to Kasane! It's exactly what we have come to expect from them.
We are very happy these clients had a smoother onward journey with Wild Horizons to Kasane! It's exactly what we have come to expect from them.
Not currently featured by Expert Africa
Pom Pom Camp
"Excellent"
2 nights
Arrived
1 Feb 2015
"Jack, the stand-in Manager, was perfect. Low key management, but very effective. Good food.
An excellent guide in Max - all 6'9" of him!"
An excellent guide in Max - all 6'9" of him!"
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Excellent
Kwara Camp
"Disappointing compared to Pom Pom"
3 nights
Arrived
3 Feb 2015
"Atmosphere was spoilt by a dominant group of Germans who hogged the safari vehicles, and remained allof at meal times.
Camp management was lacking. Guides and trackers seemed to have their own fiefdom, and we were made to feel like tourists."
Camp management was lacking. Guides and trackers seemed to have their own fiefdom, and we were made to feel like tourists."
Average
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average
Location
Good
Service
Average
Activities
Good
Rooms
Good
Food
Average
Facilities
Good
Feedback response
Both the teams here at Expert Africa and the camp were very sorry that the behaviour of the group in camp negatively impacted on this traveller's stay. The camp's managers and guides acknowledged that they found the group particularly difficult to manage and through the constructive comments received from these travellers, they've devised a training workshop to help their team deal more effectively with this type of issue in the future.
Tau Pan Camp
"Very enjoyable, but food was lacking"
3 nights
Arrived
6 Feb 2015
"Excellent guide (Joe) and Tracker (Voter). Food was disappointing."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location
Excellent
Service
Good
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Average
Facilities
Excellent
Feedback response
Its really great to hear that these client enjoyed their guiding team, a very important aspect of a safari! On further investigation the travellers commented that the menu was fine, but execution of the dishes needed work. We've passed these comments on to the camp and based on their response, we are confident this is something they will strive to keep improving.
We were collected by a company called Safari4Africa displaying a sign saying "SMITH x 2". When we arrived at the Zambezi Sun we were charged US$ 30.00 for the priviledge. When we queried this, and then tried calling the company the ZS receptionist told us the telephone number was in Zimbabwe.
Only later did we discover that it was Wild Horizons that should have done the transfer....which they later did to Kasane."