Travel reviews by Mr BG from Newport Coast
Review Distribution
Total number of trips
6
Countries visited
6
Lodges stayed in
23
Excursions taken
1
My Nov 2023 trip
Kenya between 16 Nov 2023 and 30 Nov 2023
Arranged By Lyndsey Marris
Laikipia Wilderness
"Laikipia Wilderness review"
Offbeat Mara
"Offbeat Mara review"
Very good guiding and good food as well."
Kicheche Bush Camp
"Kicheche Bush Camp review"
Great guiding and loads of animals, good food as well."
My Nov 2021 trip
Kenya between 16 Nov 2021 and 30 Nov 2021
Arranged By Lyndsey Marris
Lewa Safari Camp
"Lewa Safari Camp review"
Elephant Bedroom
"Elephant Bedroom review"
Kicheche Mara
"Kicheche Mara review"
My Jan 2019 trip
Tanzania and 1 other country between 20 Jan 2019 and 4 Feb 2019
Arranged By Jessica Plumb
Offbeat Mara
"Offbeat Mara review"
Nairobi Elephant Orphanage visit
"Nairobi Elephant Orphanage visit review"
20 Jan 2019 • Morning excursion
Rivertrees Country Inn
"Rivertrees Country Inn review"
Ngorongoro Farmhouse Lodge
"Ngorongoro Farmhouse Lodge review"
Lake Manyara Safari
"Safari in Lake Manyara National Park review"
25 Jan 2019 • All-day excursion
Safari in Ngorongoro Crater
"Safari in Ngorongoro Crater review"
26 Jan 2019 • All-day excursion
Ndutu Kati Kati
"Nice camp"
Namiri Plains Camp
"Namiri Plains Camp review"
My May 2018 trip
Zimbabwe and 1 other country between 5 May 2018 and 19 May 2018
Otherwise the trip was well done and worked as planned.
This is the second time we've used Maruska and were very pleased before, so perhaps it was poor communication on my part."
Arranged By Maruska AdyeRowe
City Lodge OR Tambo
"City Lodge OR Tambo review"
The Elephant Camp
"The Elephant Camp review"
Food was incredible, and of course, having time with Sylvester the cheetah was great.
Highly recommend!"
Camp Hwange
"Camp Hwange review"
Our guide Nigel was exceptional and contributed to us having one game drive that was just great, we saw everything from Cape Buffalo running to being surrounded by six lions."
Vundu Camp
"Vundu Camp review"
This meant we have far fewer sightings than we expected, but the camp still was a pleasure to visit. It's in a beautiful spot on the Zambezi River, the people are very warm and friendly, and the guide Henry was excellent.
We did three approaches on foot to lions, and since we stayed fairly far away it was actually pretty tame!"
My Feb 2017 trip
Botswana and 1 other country between 13 Feb 2017 and 26 Feb 2017
Arranged By Maruska AdyeRowe
Nxai Pan Camp
"Nxai Pan Review"
The rooms are expansive, and zebra plentiful as their migration was in the area."
Kwara Camp
"Kwara Camp review"
The area was just beautiful and lush, and we did see a pack a wild dogs as a bonus. Other game was somewhat hard to find, our guide worked really hard to track cheetahs and lions with limited results, though.
We did have a leopard kill an impala about 20 feet from our tent, though!"
Savute Under Canvas
"Savute Under Canvas review"
We were the only guests for several days, and found the facilities somewhat neglected. Our vehicle broke down while on safari, they did a good job coming to tow it back to camp though. The shower also was broken and wasn't fixed while we're there, perhaps it was a victim of the constant moving of the camp."
The Elephant Camp
"The Elephant Camp review"
This is not a safari camp, rather a lodge that uses canvas as walls for their large guest suites."
Great trip
Rwanda and 1 other country between 21 Jul 2016 and 2 Aug 2016
Nkorombo Serian (Not currently featured by Expert Africa)
"River Crossings"
Not currently featured by Expert Africa
Serian
"Serian in the concessions"
Kigali Serena Hotel
"Kigali Serena, mixed review"
Mountain Gorilla View Lodge
Otherwise the camp is pretty basic, and our vehicle had no windshield or side curtains so several of our drives were just cold and soaked, even the guide was soaked.
There isn't a lot of other wildlife other than loads of dik dik so anyone going there should be prepared for that."