Reviews of Lolebezi

"Lolobezi is an extremely stylish camp with amazing interior design in both the main camp and the beautiful rooms. The main camp is huge for the number of guests with great facilities. We loved the boma with views out over the Zambezi/channel. The colours of the camp blend into the surroundings and animals freely wander.

The rooms are beautiful and comfortable with every convenience including a two way butler hatch through which we had cappuccinos and a "healthy shot" placed at wake up time. The camp has its own impressive solar power plant and is 100% powered by this.

The guiding was superlative, some of the best we've ever had. We had Chandra, who was a very knowledgeable and intuitive guide despite only having been at Lolebezi and in the Lower Zambezi for one year - he knew each of the predators/predator packs we saw intimately down to knowing how they would behave and placing the safari vehicle appropriately to get the best view as to where the animal(s) would be going next. The Lower Zambezi in October is probably one of the best places on earth to see predator behaviour and it didn't disappoint - we saw a leopard and her 2 month old cub, the same leopard stalking impala on a night drive and trying to kill, a pack of lions with three small cubs who we watched playing for about an hour and a pack of wild dogs (31 in total with 12 puppies) feeding on an unlucky impala. Sometimes you have to drive 20 minutes quite quickly to get to the action but it was worth it.

The food in the camp was plentiful with lots of choice and expensive cuts of meat e.g. filet steak. Overall it was very good rather than excellent. The down point was a BBQ/boma night when the meat wasn't cooked to order, so the steak was overcooked, with no fish option, but good vegetable side dishes. We were also surprised at this sort of stylish camp to have a BBQ which we associate with more 3 star dining, rather than a la carte.

The staff were all lovely and helpful but the service is a little intrusive - you are asked too many times if you are enjoying something (drinks, dinner, sleep, game drive, view) which takes away a little from the experience. We wanted to mooch around the main camp building and look at the library/browse the books and were followed by someone rather than being left on our own.

We especially enjoyed the bush bar drinks on our last evening and will remember the ambience and the sunset fondly.

Overall a very stylish camp with fantastic guiding." See all these reviews: 11n in Zambia

"Outstanding guiding by James! The game drives were epic, with a lot of Wild Dog kills (including a buffalo), beautiful leopards, a serval and so much more!

The architecture of the camp itself is impressive. I think that the level of service provided could improve. We are usually so well looked after on safaris that it was a little disappointment not to have the expected level of service in the camp, the staff was pleasant but may need a little more training.

However, I really enjoyed my stay as the guiding and sightings were really exceptional." See all these reviews: 13n in Zambia