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Travel reviews by Mr C from Hale

Review Distribution

Excellent
Good
Average
Poor
Terrible

Total number of trips

4

Countries visited

5

Lodges stayed in

10

Excursions taken

0

My Aug 2022 trip

Zambia between 17 Aug 2022 and 27 Aug 2022

Trip rating: Excellent
"Please see my comments about pairing traveller fitness for the walking safari"

Arranged By Lucy Copson


Latitude 15

Latitude 15

"Latitude 15 review"

1 night Arrived 18 Aug 2022
"Perfect for a one night stopover near the airport"
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Good
Facilities
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Luangwa River Camp

Luangwa River Camp

"Luangwa River Camp review"

1 night Arrived 19 Aug 2022
"Nice camp, was only there one night prior to starting walking safari"
Good
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location
Good
Service
Good
Activities
Good
Rooms
Good
Food
Good
Facilities
Good
Robin Pope Safaris bush-camp

Robin Pope Safaris bush-camp

"Robin Pope Safaris bush-camp review"

5 nights Arrived 20 Aug 2022
"A really great and different experience. Very well organised with Kanga, an excellent guide. No other camps or vehicles in the area so if you are looking for an exclusive experience, this is it.

Whilst on foot saw lions at moderately close quarters and stumbled across 3 wild dogs bringing down an impala. Also many antelope/zebra/elephant

Walked on average about 8 miles a day on 4 successive days. Showers/long drop facilities clean and well organised.

We were in a group of 4 who were relatively well matched in terms of fitness and it worked really well. We noticed that the group taking over from us included an 88 year old and I'm not sure how well that would work if paired for instance with a younger couple. Its unclear to me how Robin Pope deal with that situation and whether all parties are aware prior to the start of the trip.

Food was incredibly good

Long drops and bucket shower are communal but clean and with a system that works well"
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Good
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Excellent
Nsefu

Nsefu

"Nsefu review"

1 night Arrived 25 Aug 2022
"Incredible sightings in the short time we were there.

Lion, leopard and cub up a tree with impala kill, which eventually was taken by hyenas at the bottom of the tree!

Saw wild dog pups at play too."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Excellent

My Feb 2022 trip

Botswana between 26 Feb 2022 and 9 Mar 2022

Trip rating: Excellent
"Difficult to see how it could have been improved"

Arranged By Tracy Lederer


Thamalakane River Lodge

Thamalakane River Lodge

"Thamalakane River Lodge review"

1 night Arrived 27 Feb 2022
"The Lodge provided exactly what we wanted after our long flight from the UK.

The room, restaurant and service generally were excellent"
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Average
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Excellent
Lagoon Camp

Lagoon Camp

"Lagoon Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 28 Feb 2022
"We travelled in the middle of March post-COVID and for half the time we had the Camp to ourselves.

We had fabulous leopard and cub, lion and wild dog sightings and even a couple of springhares fighting in the daytime.

Food and room were excellent."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Excellent
Kwara Camp

Kwara Camp

"Kwara Camp review"

5 nights Arrived 3 Mar 2022
"We travelled in the middle of March post-COVID and for most of our time there was just one other couple in the camp.

Wildlife was pretty incredible as far as I was concerned, with multiple lion and wild dog sightings, and prolonged single sightings of leopard and cheetah. Guiding was very high quality, food extremely good and the room luxurious.

We saw wild dogs hunting through the camp, an elephant slept 10 yards from our room and there were leopard visits too.

Whilst we were having dinner one evening, a hyena sauntered over and laid its chin on the deck. What more can I say?"
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Excellent

My Namibia trip

Namibia between 7 Aug 2013 and 14 Aug 2013

Trip rating: Excellent
"Please see comments on Schoemans safaris. Tracy was extremely helpful in the planning of this trip."

Arranged By Tracy Lederer


Schoeman's Skeleton Coast Safaris

Schoeman's Skeleton Coast Safaris

"Wonderful experience"

3 nights Arrived 9 Aug 2013
"My daughter and I had a great time and it is a trip that neither of us will ever forget.

The highlight for me was seeing the dunes at Sossuvlei from the air. I do suffer from motion sickness and this is usually made worse when I am trying to compose pictures in my camera viewfinder. Andre was brilliant at getting the plane in the right positions and even landed the plane next to the dunes so that I could recover and then carry on afterwards.

The Schoemanns are incredibly hard-working and passionate about the area. I have seen some amazing things in Africa and, although I find it impossible to rank things that are very different, this was very much up there with the best"
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Excellent

My Apr 2008 trip

Rwanda and 1 other country between 14 Apr 2008 and 18 Apr 2008

Trip rating: Excellent
"An amazing wildlife experience and my eyes were opened to the beauty of Rwanda.

My guide (William) was simply excellent in every way. [local guide for Rwanda trip]

The big plus when dealing with Expert Africa is that you can speak to people who have experienced the trips. I would suggest you make sure this continues."

Arranged By Tracy Lederer


Gorilla's Nest

Gorilla's Nest

"Mountain Gorillas Nest review"

4 nights Arrived 14 Apr 2008
"As it was the low season, there were very few guests indeed.

The staff went out of their way to make me feel welcome and do whatever they could to help. The food/service was excellent. The setting and views were great.

The only adverse comment I would make was that the rooms had no heating at all, and this was a disadvantage when cold and wet!"
Good
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Average
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Good
Macushla House

Macushla House

"Macushla House review"

1 night Arrived 18 Apr 2008
"In the end I didn't go there. I have posted an overall experience rating simply to allow me to move to the next page."
Good
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

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