Travel reviews by Mr & Mrs S from Bristol

"We went canoing on the Zambezi, had a sunset boat trip, a sundowner with a view, walked with their Cheetah and met the elephants. Each event was magnificant!

The setting of the lodge is perfect as were the food and drinks."

"Our third visit here. As excellent as ever.

Advised on splendid restauraunts.

We hope to return!"

"Our second visit here and as splendid as ever.

Great advice about activities and restaurants.

We will return if we can!"

"Wonderful location, with great views and activities.

Fantastic dining in their restaurant and also in room.

The dams were empty because of the drought so no birds to be seen from the hide, but plenty when walking on the trails.

We will return when the dams are full again!"

"Our third stay at a Last Word this trip and our first at this location.

It was wonderful! Fantastic view and beach which was perfect for walking along.

The pool was warm unlike the ocean!!"

"It is the 'Last Word' in relaxed luxury! As brilliant as last year and we will return as often as we can"

"Lovely old characterful building in a great location for the West Coast National park."

"Another 'Last Word' in relaxed luxury in a tremendous location. We will return again if possible!"

"A lovely self catering cottage in a superb site in the park. Couldn't be bettered for scenery and game."

"A splendid hotel in a tremendous location with terrace views to die for, but slightly more 'corporate' than we usually choose."

"Wonderful lodge accommodation and fine dining.
They gave us a truly memorable New Year's Eve party!
Excellent access to the airport and Jozani forest minimizing transfer times.
Wonderful Sunset Dhow sail and excursion by dhow to sand bar for lunch via snorkeling site.
The only downside is that the fringing reef is so degraded by over fishing that the diving was disappointing. Not their fault, just how it is."

"Stunning lodge 45 minutes from airport via a game drive in Nairobi Park where we saw Rhino, lion and herbivores on our route out!
Excellent food and drink.
Excellent rooms.
If we had known it was so good we would have stayed longer, not just an overnight stop between flights form Zanzibar to UK!"

"So well looked after especially the champagne in our breakfast picnic hamper for our trip to Cape Peninsular.

We were booked into fabulous restaurants each night."

"Expert Africa pre booked the Tasting Room for us. What an evening and such an event.

Wonderful hotel in a wonderful place"

"Fantastic throughout for location, view, comfort, dining, service, activities and the superb Pizza bar for watching the rugby!"

"Another wonderful lodge with fantastic views, dining, activities and rooms beyond expectation.

We looked in on the 'garden lodge' on leaving and will have a difficult choice if we return."

"6 days at Pole Pole over New Year 2014. The best way ever to bring in a New Year. Wonderful new year party arranged on the beach brought the new year in in memorable style.

Superb food. Local fresh fish with every meal and they catered for my non fish eating son seamlessly.
Superb complementary outings arranged daily i.e snorkelling +/- picnic lunch / sunset dhow rides.

Next door is an excellent diving operation 'Mafia Island diving'. They recognized our names from our trip in 2013, and so kept places assuming we were still keen ++ divers. We had not pre-booked so without this we would have had problems as the season was so busy. Typical of the detail that they look after us with.

We went on a Whale Shark snorkeling trip with Kitue Kiblu as advised by Mafia Diving. It was a totally professional organization so well worth paying the extra over the local guides. The experience was truly awesome. They are magnificent creatures and the contact was long and detailed even though we felt like Jonah for much of the time!

This experience was 100 USD per person, and they only take cash, so it would have been helpful to budget for this before departure. Fortunately Pole Pole accepts tips in Sterling otherwise we would have had a cash crisis. All other add-on's use Visa cards."

"Brilliant.
We went for relaxation and diving. Both parts were superb, but the highlight was whale watching up close in a Dow and then having a private lunch on a sand bank!
Can't imagine a better time for any of us.
Can't wait for the time for all of us to return!"