Travel reviews by Seema from USA
Review Distribution
Total number of trips
1
Countries visited
1
Lodges stayed in
5
Excursions taken
0
Our June 2024 trip to LZ and SL
Zambia between 19 Jun 2024 and 3 Jul 2024
This was a special trip to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary and she delivered on all counts - we were able to get the chalets of our choice, were treated to a couple of romantic private dinners at Old Mondoro and Tafika, and had amazing guides at all our camps.
A trip we will hold close to our hearts forever!"
Arranged By Amanda Bond
![Latitude 15](/images/background-image/585cc13db27642748a3db57ecf44e149.jpg)
Latitude 15
"Latitude 15 review"
![Old Mondoro Bushcamp](/images/background-image/48318700fba84ddb96fa0a7c24a26eed.jpg)
Old Mondoro Bushcamp
"Old Mondoro Bushcamp review"
Ours was chalet 3 that overlooked the lagoon and winterthorn forest beyond, and also had a view of the river. We spent our midday hours watching eles mud bathing in the lagoon after stopping at the river for a drink, huge baboon families scampering around as well as impalas, warthogs, waterbuck and many different birds milling about. There were eles wandering around camp everyday and we even had a leopard on the other side of the staff quarters one afternoon perched high up on an acacia.
Mark and Madelein were exceptional hosts and fun to hang out with, and the staff was fantastic. Our guide Boaz was wonderful with a great sense of humor. We did a canoe safari one afternoon and game drives on all days. The landscapes in this part of the park are just gorgeous and the highlight apart from the eles were the multiple wild dog sightings (15 dogs ripping through an impala one night) and seeing aardvarks (one very close to the jeep that decided to hide and burrowed a hole and then came out backwards and hung around for a few mins before running away).
What we loved most about Old Mondoro was the attention to detail, all the little touches that make a place extra special and memorable."
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Aardvark
3 sightings
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Buffalo
3 sightings
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Elephant
10+ sightings
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Hippo
10+ sightings
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Leopard
3 sightings
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Lion
2 sightings
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Wild dog
3 sightings
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Zebra
6 sightings
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Nkwali
"Nkwali review"
The vehicle density in this part of the park is high, especially around the dogs and big cats, although our guide Sebastian Jr, understanding our reluctance to be a part of the sighting frenzy, did his best to keep us away from other vehicles as much as possible.
Our highlight at Nkwali was a large buffalo herd at a watering hole with the sun setting behind them, as well as the large numbers of amazing birds we saw in our two days."
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Buffalo
2 sightings
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Elephant
10+ sightings
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Giraffe
5 sightings
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Hippo
10+ sightings
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Leopard
Many sightings
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Lion
3 sightings
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Spotted Hyena
Many sightings
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Wild dog
Many sightings
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Zebra
6 sightings
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Kaingo Camp
"Kaingo Camp review"
The tastefully appointed chalet and sit out at the water’s edge was lovely, as was our night in the Elephant Hide sleepout. We saw incredible flora (the ebony grove, flowering wild gardenias, sweet smelling wild jasmines and varied habitats), fauna and birds in our three days and the most leopards of our trip, including some special and intimate moments with Chisomo and Mwezi. We also enjoyed the Hippo hide (saw 10 carmines on a tree branch) and Wild Dog Lagoon hide (lots of bird life including several love birds on a tree).
We were lucky to have the vehicle to ourselves for all game drives and saw few other vehicles during our time there."
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Buffalo
6 sightings
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Elephant
10+ sightings
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Giraffe
10+ sightings
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Hippo
10+ sightings
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Leopard
6 sightings
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Lion
3 sightings
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Spotted Hyena
3 sightings
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Wildebeest
Many sightings
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Zebra
10+ sightings
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Tafika
"Tafika review"
We loved the very rustic and open reed and thatch chalets built around trunks of the sausage tree with eles walking around camp on both days. We were the only jeep most of the time given the remote location of the camp and there is no radioing between camp jeeps which makes for a truly serene safari experience. We ran into the BBC jeep with Will and Lianne who are still tracking and filming Olimba, and were able to see her a couple of times and speak with them a little about all the leopard activity in the area one morning.
Our highlight here was seeing a flap necked chameleon on a night drive and our time spent with Olimba at the end of our very last game drive of the trip.
Tafika was the perfect cherry on the top ending to our trip."
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Buffalo
2 sightings
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Elephant
10+ sightings
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Giraffe
4 sightings
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Hippo
10+ sightings
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Leopard
3 sightings
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Spotted Hyena
7 sightings
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Zebra
6 sightings
We spent a lovely first afternoon and night in Zambia here, had a great meal of nshima and grilled fish/goat stew at the restaurant and relaxed with some Mosi at the bar afterwards."