Travel reviews by Mr & Mrs D from Mansfield
Review Distribution
Total number of trips
1
Countries visited
1
Lodges stayed in
3
Excursions taken
0
Southern Tanzania
Tanzania between 11 Nov 2013 and 22 Nov 2013
"We really enjoyed the trip. We were very glad we did part of the trip by road, we enjoyed seeing and meeting people going about their daily lives, we will always try to incorporate this in any future safaris. The game is certainly more spread out and less abundant than many other parks, but with patience and good guides, it is all there somewhere.
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
Try to get a member of your staff to Hondo Hondo, we know you will be happy to recommend it when you have been there."
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
Try to get a member of your staff to Hondo Hondo, we know you will be happy to recommend it when you have been there."
Arranged By Elizabeth Chapman
Udzungwa Forest Camp
"Excellent in every way."
3 nights
Arrived
12 Nov 2013
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Excellent
Lake Manze Adventure Camp
"Water activities a highlight."
4 nights
Arrived
15 Nov 2013
"We found the lake and channel trips at Manze a real highlight. For anyone wanting to look at waterbirds, they are exceptional. The sunset trip on the lake is as beautiful as anything you will ever see.
Game is generally harder to find than in many other parks, though the elephant come to you at the camp. The excellent guides and drivers work very hard to find the animals and we did see a good variety thanks to them."
Game is generally harder to find than in many other parks, though the elephant come to you at the camp. The excellent guides and drivers work very hard to find the animals and we did see a good variety thanks to them."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Good
Facilities
Good
Mdonya Old River Camp
"Hot and dry."
3 nights
Arrived
19 Nov 2013
"We enjoyed our stay at Mdonya, we particularly loved the animals around the tents at night, it was full moon, so we had some lovely sights.
The concentration of game was at the river, where the elephant herds added up to hundreds. Away from the water you could travel for hours without seeing any animals, but the park is scenic and we enjoyed the rides anyway.
It was exceptionally hot, any breeze was like being blown by a hairdryer."
The concentration of game was at the river, where the elephant herds added up to hundreds. Away from the water you could travel for hours without seeing any animals, but the park is scenic and we enjoyed the rides anyway.
It was exceptionally hot, any breeze was like being blown by a hairdryer."
Good
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location
Good
Service
Good
Activities
Good
Rooms
Good
Food
Good
Facilities
Good
The only thing guests really need to know is that if you want to do the boat trip on the Kilombero river you need to have enough shillings, as you can't pay in dollars. With haggling, and depending how busy the fishermen are, this seems to range from 60,000-100,000TSh. luckily we had changed a bit of money at Nairobi airport, so could cover it."