Reviews of Ila Safari Lodge
Wildlife sightings and reviews
1 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Ila Safari Lodge and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa
"Ila Safari Lodge review"
Our guide (who was excellent) had arranged for us to have our afternoon activity on the boat on the river, but this was cancelled at short notice as a large group seemed to be given preference over us by the manager. This was disappointing and not handled well. (No apology from the manager - and it was not our guide's fault).
Seeing this part of Kafue was interesting, but the amount and variety of wildlife was somewhat limited, so that if it was someone's first experience of a safari, they might be a bit underwhelmed.
Although Ila couldn't be faulted for food, accommodation, guiding etc, we felt it lacked the atmosphere and 'soul' of a smaller camp, which is our preference, and we would not visit again." See all these reviews: 13n in Zambia
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Mukambi Safari Lodge
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Fig Tree Camp
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