Travel reviews by PancDoc from Swansea
Review Distribution
Total number of trips
1
Countries visited
1
Lodges stayed in
4
Excursions taken
0
Amazing first safari experience
Botswana between 7 Jun 2019 and 21 Jun 2019
The opportunity to see many animals in their natural setting, and having knowledgeable guides and trackers helping us to enjoy the experience, made for a great trip.
The accommodation and food exceeded our expectations. We expected to get great animal sightings, but did not expect such outstanding food and accommodation.
We would have enjoyed some experience of local food, as we were in Botswana."

Lagoon Camp
"short stay but great introduction to Botswana"

Buffalo
2 sightings

Elephant
5 sightings

Giraffe
3 sightings

Hippo
10+ sightings

Lion
3 sightings

Wildebeest
10+ sightings

Zebra
5 sightings

Lebala Camp
"Great experience of Africa in a lovely settin"
The location was good, despite not being near water, and the accommodation, food, service and welcome was again very good.
Our highlight was seeing three young (2-3 months old) lion cubs chasing a honey badger. Fortunately for them they didn't catch it!
As well as the sightings mentioned below we also saw jackals, a mongoose and a bat-eared fox.
Again, despite only being there for two nights, we saw a lot of wildlife and had a great time."

Buffalo
2 sightings

Elephant
3 sightings

Giraffe
3 sightings

Hippo
3 sightings

Lion
2 sightings

Roan antelope
1 sighting

Wildebeest
10+ sightings

Zebra
3 sightings

Machaba Camp
"Great camp, disappointing crowding of animals"
The guide was good but limited as he was the only one in the vehicle (other sites had guide and tracker). This meant following the crowd at times.
Outside the camp was not a private franchise. This meant large numbers of vehicles at animal sightings: 9 vehicles around a leopard, 13 vehicles watching wild dogs. This meant that, despite a large number of animal sightings, we felt that the crowding was detrimental to the animals, and this detracted from our enjoyment of seeing the animals."

Buffalo
3 sightings

Elephant
10+ sightings

Giraffe
8 sightings

Hippo
10+ sightings

Leopard
3 sightings

Lion
1 sighting

Spotted Hyena
1 sighting

Wild dog
2 sightings

Wildebeest
4 sightings

Zebra
9 sightings

Splash Camp
"Outstanding experience of a safari"
We had an outstanding guide and tracker, T J and Mike. They tracked down animals with their knowledge and expertise, and showed great delight when finding one (a cheetah). They were knowledgeable and very helpful. T J was less jovial than some guides, but he more than made up for this by his knowledge - giving us tutorials in the field!
Again the accommodation, food, welcome and site were all excellent. I enjoyed being able to see zebra, wildebeest and wart hogs whilst taking an outside shower!
We also enjoyed a boat ride, and canoe ride (mocorro) and a helicopter ride (a surprise gift from our children!).
We saw one cheetah four times (2 at night), multiple lion sightings, two packs of wild dogs (4 and 8 adults) the first with three baby pups, and a small group of hyenas on our last morning!"

Buffalo
2 sightings

Cheetah
4 sightings

Elephant
10+ sightings

Giraffe
10+ sightings

Hippo
10+ sightings

Lion
5 sightings

Sitatunga
1 sighting

Spotted Hyena
2 sightings

Wild dog
2 sightings

Wildebeest
4 sightings

Zebra
10+ sightings
Excellent food.
Very good guide and tracker with good information.
Despite only staying one night we saw a number of animals in that 24 hours.
Beautiful location by a river, close to hippos and elephants, and one or two crocodiles."