Travel reviews by Ms C & Mr S from London

"Tam and Sacha have created a fabulous safari experience. The facilities are luxurious yet cosy, the staff are wonderful but what sets it apart is the personalities of the guides. They are all genuinely interested in the flora and fauna around them, they convey that enthusiasm in everything that they do. The mix of walking, driving and boat trips means that you are never bored. We were never crowded or hurried and there was no problem if we wanted to stop and look at a bird or what often turned out to be a bit of bush!

The accomodation and the service was fantastic. The rooms were perfect, and the little touches like the size and quality of the towels, made all the difference. The food was wonderful, the only thing I had to worry about was how much weight I had put on by the end of the week! The staff could not have been nicer.

We went fly camping. I had never been camping before and If this is camping I can do it again!

I would like to mention tam and Julia in particular. i had lots of fum with the girls discussing a whole variety of topics and it just made the experience feel like a very hot and exotic trip with friends.

We also thorughly enjoyed general chat with the guides and our fellow guests. We will be back but next time to see Beho in a different season."

"If this is camping I will do it again!! It was something I was apprehensive about as I had never camped in my life.

I really did not need to worry.

i cannot recommend it highly enough."

"A lovely, quiet lodge that has been designed to make the most of it's exquisite location. There is not much to do, but doing nothing has never felt quite so good.

It is not luxury but it is very, very nice.

The only downsides are the shock of seeing the poverty in Zanzibar and in the neighbouring vilage on the way to the lodge, and the fact that the toilet does smell a bit but you stop noticing it after a couple of hours.

The food was very nice as were the staff."

"The location is lovely opposite the Serena Inn. The rooms give you a sense of what it must have been like to stay in Zanzibar 80 years ago with the shutters and the ambience.

Russell the manager could not have been more helpful and the rest of the staff were very nice.

The retaurant is wonderful, the air con welcome and the food absolutely lovely.

The big downside is the shower in the room. It is completely out of keeping with a high quality hotel. The bathroom looked lovely but the shower was awful. It was the sort of shower I would expect in a bad B&B in Wales! I dont know when the hotel is due for refurbishment but the showers really cannot wait."

"We had one evening in Dar. We arrived at about 6ish in the evening. We had had this hotel recommended to us but spent nearly 2 hours in rush hour traffic to get there.

It was the wrong recommendation for an overnight stay in Dar.

We therefore did no more them eat, sleep and shower to leave at 6am the following morning. Therefore the review is inevitably slightly skewed.

The room was lovely, although the air con is loud. The shower, whem there was any water [which had failed when we got back from dinner] was brilliant.

Front of desk staff were a little stand-offish but the waiters were very nice
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The location was great if you were staying in Dar for a couple of days but very bad for an overnight stop before the early flight home to the UK. The grading is therefore based on what we were looking for not on what was actually a very nice part of Dar."