Travel reviews by Sisters from London

"Good location near to Arusha National Park, with grounds. Service was quite good and the food was tasty and generous. The packed lunches were delicious.

The rooms were clean and spacious and nets over beds. Great bathroom with a huge bath!

The Colobus monkeys were very entertaining to watch in the trees."

"A beautifully located lodge in kitchen gardens with a view up to the crater escarpment. A lovely terrace for drinks. A large restaurant serving buffet food, good quality and choice. Staff entertainment, dancing and music pre dinner.

A lovely pool if there is time to use it.

Rooms spacious and comfortable with water cooler/heater (slightly annoying as noisy), terrace with glass doors.

Great bird watching on the colourful flowers and trees."

"A fabulous camp in the heart of the Serengeti near to the Mara river crossings. All day and split day drives, provided some exciting encounters. Leopards, cheetah brothers, lioness and cub and a family group. A lion kill, a hyena kill, jackals and of course, the amazing wildebeest.

Seeing the sheer scale of the wildebeest numbers across the plain was incredible, and of course the terrifying excitement of seeing them cross the river, sadly not always managing to avoid the crocodiles.

The camp itself was great and the food, drinks and service top notch. Our driver guide Barnabas was really good too. The tent was fantastic, and we enjoyed the room service coffee with our early wake up call, and the 'talk to me' bucket showers!"

"The experience at Mdonya Old River was very special due to the location. It was very remote and at one with nature, the animals being part of daily life, particularly the elephants.

We expected no frills at this camp, but it was a bit more than that, dining al fresco under the stars with great food and good wine. No electricity in the tents added to the feeling of being less intrusive on the habitat and environment. Candles and lanterns provided atmosphere. Masai guides walked you to and from your tent after dark. Great hot showers in the 'open' bathroom.

We had great game drives here with our wonderful driver and guide, Thomas and Henry, who were both great birders too and went out of their way to find us some great sightings. We had some really wonderful leopard time too and the elephant groups here were extraordinary, searching for water in the dry river bed.

Along with the matriarchal elephant groups with young, there were lots of young and old male bulls, two of whom decided to take large bush down next to our tent at 3am, which was an interesting experience!

The only negative were the tsetse flies, which are very annoying and vicious, although the elephant muffin burning on the back of the jeeps in the area did help somewhat.

The management Kings and Iris, were very friendly and relaxed and were always around joining the group for meals, along with the elephants!"

"Very pleasant big hotel - ideal for a short stop over. Loved seeing the zebras in the grounds."

"The most amazing location with the view over the Namibian Plains across the Chobe River. Great food-relaxed atmosphere. Great game drives and guides.

The full day drive/boat is a great experience and nice to have the options of walks and early morning activities as well."

"Another great location with views across the lagoon. Full on game drives-slightly hair raising (and slightly surprising that guides go out without compasses and get lost - luckily radio contact and engine revving help to locate us!) but the ferrari safari paid off with great sightings of the wild dogs.

Generally good food and snacks although slight critisism of arriving mid morning and nothing to eat until afternoon tea but the delicious cakes made up for it.

Disappointing that the boat was out of order but luckily we were booked into other delta camps with boats so didnt matter too much. Overall good."

"Great deck and campfire but not much of a view from the tents but plenty of night hippo activity. Good plunge pool. Great food.

Good activities and drives although quite quiet when we were there. Macorro boat trips good. Lovely singing and dancing from the staff and great atmosphere at night.

Also rated highly by everyone we met who had been there."

"Very special as is so small and quite a 'family' feeling. Made to feel very welcome.

Great game drives and some very special sightings. Lovely brunch and evening meal, but breakfast could be better with fruit/porridge or toast. Great guides and team.

Will always remember the lionesses walking through the camp at night after following them home!!"