Travel reviews by Mr & Mrs T from Sevenoaks

"A welcome overnight stay, pleasant staff, nice room, but the security was OTT.

We called in here on the way home and had a very nice meal and again the staff were really helpful with the bags and getting the shuttle to JKIA."

"We came here for the rhinos and we were not disappointed - we saw 27 on one game drive !!.

On arrival the weather took a turn for the worse and we had a thunderstorm with heavy rain for two hours but thankfully that was the last rain we had here but the weather was generally cooler and cloudier than we have been used to on safari.

The camp itself was lovely and the staff were very friendly and helpful - special mention to Zion, Andrew and Martin who looked after us.

First class food, excellent game viewing, stunning scenery with good staff - this camp for us was very near perfect."

"The weather was a main feature on this part of the trip - every day in the mid afternoon we experienced a very loud and windy thunderstorm with some fairly biblical amounts of rain !!!

However we always managed to get out on two drives per day with the afternoon drive usually requiring our guide to exhibit some top level Rally Cross skills!

Again, the staff here were excellent and did their very best to look after us in very trying circumstances. Moses, Francis, Jefferson, Robert and Dickson were class acts and deserve a huge amount of credit.

The accommodation and facilities here are simple but effective, the food is first class and the game viewing given the adverse conditions was very good. We had two of the best leopard sightings we have ever experienced together with a host of the usual safari suspects"

"An ideal lodge in which to relax after tiring international travel - the staff, rooms, dining and facilities are all first class and for a short stay to view the Falls and its surrounds it ticks all the boxes."

"A very well run ABC camp with comfortable tents, good food and very friendly staff.

A special mention should be made about our guide Mike who is a larger than life character with a seemingly inexhaustible knowledge of the bush and a wicked sense of humour.

This is the park to come to if you are a fan of elephants - we have never seen so many and I would estimate that we saw literally hundreds every day !

Just a small point on the tents - we were in Tent 5 and when the wind got up, the noise from the guy ropes and stanchions was deafening and kept us awake - structural issue ??"

"This lodge and surrounding area are very unique and different from anywhere else we have stayed.

The views, levels of personal service, food, facilities etc are all at the very top end and the wildlife viewing turned out to be miles better than we expected.

Special mention to Tatenda or guide and Sasha, Tabs and Anusa who looked after us in the lodge - all of them are class acts."

"Sadly Mana Pools NP and this camp were underwhelming. The park where we were was very low on wildlife numbers and many of the game drives were bordering on tedious as there is a limit on how many impala you can see!

We were also surprised to find so many vehicles especially self drivers - we counted over 30 on one game drive. This turned out to be a problem when something interesting was found as every truck in the area turned up within minutes.

The camp was not the best organised - the trip from the airstrip to the lodge with 6 guests, the pilot, the driver and luggage for everybody in one vehicle was ridiculous.

Silly and annoying things persisted during our stay - the loo that needed 3 flushes to work, cheese platters at dinner with no crackers and no knife - the pipeline work all around the camp which made it look like a construction site.

Our guide Chris tried really hard to find animals for us but even he could not find what is not there.

The crowning glory was the trip home where we had to leave camp before 7 to fit in with Safari Logistics schedule and then spent over 6 hours waiting around at Harare airport"

"Does exactly what it says on the tin - a good overnight hotel with a nice restaurant which allows you to recuperate after tiring air travel"

"This is a class camp with good facilities and very good staff working to the Asilia template.

There are a couple of small things that they could maybe change - more choice on dinner menu? - reorganize the morning coffee routine ? but really this is nitpicking and overall the camp works to a very high standard for the benefit of their guests"