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Travel reviews by Mr and Mrs W from GLOS

Review Distribution

Excellent
Good
Average
Poor
Terrible

Total number of trips

2

Countries visited

3

Lodges stayed in

9

Excursions taken

0

My Oct 2024 trip

South Africa between 18 Oct 2024 and 30 Oct 2024

Trip rating: Excellent
"Excellent trip. Good blend of exploring / sightseeing / safari.

Was specifically designed to sync with our son's cricket tour and that worked well."

Arranged By Tracy Lederer


Oude Werf

Oude Werf

"Oude Werf review"

3 nights Arrived 18 Oct 2024
"Lovely rooms.
Great situation.
Helpful staff.
Good breakfast."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Facilities
Good
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Good
Vineyard Hotel

Vineyard Hotel

"Vineyard Hotel review"

6 nights Arrived 21 Oct 2024
"Beautiful hotel.
Excellent food.
Lovely swimming pool and gardens and gym.
Quite busy with majority of guests seeming to be business customers / using the conference centre.
(We didn't find this to be a problem).
Staff very helpful."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Good
Facilities
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Kwandwe Great Fish River Lodge

Kwandwe Great Fish River Lodge

"Kwandwe Great Fish River Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 27 Oct 2024
"Amazing experience.
Beautiful game reserve.
Excellent accommodation and food and service.
Game drives also excellent.
We had a guide and a tracker and our guide was particularly brilliant.
Excellent game viewing."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Excellent
Hotel Verde

Hotel Verde

"Hotel Verde review"

1 night Arrived 29 Oct 2024
"We only stayed overnight but comfortable interconnecting rooms, helpful reception staff and very efficient shuttle to the airport.
The only slight difficulty was finding the pick up point at the airport as it was signposted in opposite directions at the same time!"
Good
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location
Excellent
Service
Good
Rooms
Good

My Oct 2022 trip

Botswana and 1 other country between 16 Oct 2022 and 28 Oct 2022

Trip rating: Excellent
"Our trip was fantastic. Thoroughly enjoyed by all members of the family. The 15 year old who usually struggles to get out of bed was first on the truck for the early morning game drive. The wildlife was obviously the highlight and it did not disappoint. We saw a lot and learnt a lot. We found the guides extremely pleasant and knowledgeable.

All our guides also commented on what a well constructed itinerary we had with contrasting environments for all the different places that we stayed.

The lodges were all extremely comfortable with very friendly and helpful staff.

The food was without exception excellent and we enjoyed meeting other guests over dinner.

We had requested a swimming pool/plunge pool in all our accommodation and we found this a very pleasant way to cool off in the middle of the day.

Our 13 year old found the early starts and long days tough as he normally sleeps for 9 hours a night and it's difficult to achieve that when you get up at 0500 and dinner is not til 2000. We were able to have our evening meal a little earlier at Hyena Pan which was helpful from that point of view.

The only thing I would consider changing if I went again would be to insert a night's sleep either in Jo'burg or in Maun prior to starting the actual safari as we were all quite tired following the trip out from the UK. This of course would have occurred if we had started in Vic Falls as is normal procedure but we deliberately arranged the trip in reverse due to the requirement for Covid testing before crossing borders."

Arranged By Tracy Lederer


Hyena Pan

Hyena Pan

"Hyena Pan review"

2 nights Arrived 17 Oct 2022
"Staff were great. Our guide was excellent and was the same for our whole stay there.

He managed to find a leopard with cubs on our first game drive followed by 2 sets of lion cubs and wild dogs!

Food was good and accommodation comfortable but not flashy. Described as "rustic" which I think is probably a good term for it.

We didn't go to Sky Beds due to risk of rain on that particular night. We did however visit the hide which was particularly memorable.

There was a drive through the Mopana forest from camp every time we went out for a game drive but actually we didn't find that a problem. It's not that far and we saw animals in the forest too.

Highlight was arriving and within minutes elephants walking right up to the lounge area - amazing!"
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Skybeds

"Skybeds review"

1 night Arrived 19 Oct 2022
"As described previously we didn't stay at sky beds due to the threat of rain.

There was a freak storm about 24 hours after we arrived and we had to decide whether to go knowing that if it did rain we would have to relocate back to Hyena Pan in the middle of the night so we decided not to go and stayed at hyena pan for an extra night.

It was a shame not to experience Sky Beds but I don't think it detracted from our stay as Hyena Pan was a wonderful experience."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Splash Camp

Splash Camp

"Splash Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 20 Oct 2022
"Very comfortable accommodation.
Beautiful location.
Surrounded by wildlife.
Good food with communal dining.
Very helpful staff.
Excellent guide and tracker.
Saw a wealth of wildlife including many birds.
We were able to watch wild dogs hunting which was exciting and watched them eating a kill. We saw 3 different lion prides and a cheetah and a leopard.
Also went on a boat trip which we all enjoyed and a short mokoro excursion as water level was very low"
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Excellent
Muchenje Safari Lodge

Muchenje Safari Lodge

"Muchenje Safari Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 23 Oct 2022
"Completely different type of game viewing from previous 2 camps. Game seen more in herds and large numbers.
More game vehicles here than in Okavango Delta but we were expecting that and it wasn't a problem.
Beautiful view from Safari lodge.
Particularly nice swimming pool.
Lovely staff.
Communal dining and good food.
The owners were very present at the lodge and talked to the guests at mealtimes.
Again excellent guiding.
We watched lionesses stalking 2 warthogs though they didn't make a kill.
The vast herds of buffalo were particularly spectacular and elephants playing in the mud was also a memorable sight.
We went on a boat trip along the Chobe river which made for excellent wildlife viewing and was very relaxing.
Lodge owners arranged for Covid tests for children which were seamlessly added to the days programme and only took approx 20 mins and they took us back later in the day again without any major deviation so we could physically pick up the results.
The driver who took us to the crossing into Zimbabwe was very helpful and made sure we got in the correct queues etc."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Excellent
Victoria Falls Hotel

Victoria Falls Hotel

"Victoria Falls Hotel review"

3 nights Arrived 25 Oct 2022
"Beautiful hotel.
Staff very helpful and welcoming.
Fabulous breakfast buffet.
Great swimming pool.
We tried the exclusive dining experience which was fun. Fortunately the men had trousers and shirts and I had a dress so we were allowed in!
Very comfortable rooms.
Falls themselves were stunning.
We very much enjoyed the helicopter ride over the Falls.
My younger son and I went zip wiring which was fun and particularly well run and my older son and my husband went white water rafting which they thoroughly enjoyed."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

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