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Kapani Lodge
Kapani Lodge
Kapani Lodge
Kapani Lodge

Reviews of Kapani Lodge

Wildlife sightings and reviews

78 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Kapani Lodge and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa

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Mr T
Hertfordshire

"kick off"

2 nights Arrived 31 Aug 2008
"From the first ice-cold towel and drink to the final drive away, everyone at Kipani could not have been more friendly, helpful, and generally enthusiastic. (Perhaps the chocolate helped!!)

My guide on this stage was Rose,and she proved excellent at interpreting the things we saw, and was good company at mealtimes." See all these reviews: 11n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr G
Oxfordshire

"First stop Kapani Lodge"

1 night Arrived 21 Aug 2008
"Amazing starting location for our trip. A great break in before heading out to the bush camps. Met lots of friendly staff and guides making our stay warm, welcoming and a good taster of what was to come next.

food was spectacular and we are in awe that such superb food can be created in such settings.

Elephants right outside the lodge only added to such a wonderful beginning." See all these reviews: 10n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Paul
North Yorkshire

"This was a superb place to begin the safari -"

2 nights Arrived 7 Aug 2008
"The people here were so welcoming and the setting/facilities (especially the food) were all wonderful. We only spent 2 nights there but it seemed like we had been on holiday for ages !

Some wonderful night safaris - our guide (Widdy or Willy?)was brilliant. Definitely an ideal place to go if like us you had never been on safari. later realised how much the guides went out of their way to avoid the 'crowds'." See all these reviews: 14n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Scrub hares
London

"A great basecamp in South Luangwa"

2 nights Arrived 20 Jul 2008
"Despite being the largest lodge of our trip, there was a real family feel at Kapani. The guides were excellent and ensured we made the best use of our shortish time here: Innocent took us for a wonderful walk during which we met our first giraffe, and Rose (Zambia's first and only woman guide) introduced us to our first pride of lions.

The accommodation is older at Kapani, but totally charming, and the location magical. The swimming pool is a lovely bonus (though a bit cold for us in the Zambian winter!). In addition to Innocent and Rose, we were very well looked-after by Diane, a visiting manager from New Zealand." See all these reviews: 12n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs Hadeda
UK

"Kapani Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 4 Jul 2008
"We picked Kapani Lodge because we wanted a mid-holiday break from the more "rustic" atmosphere of the bush camps (ie it has mains electricity and mainstream facilities). It fulfilled this role very well - it was a very comfortable base for a couple of nights, with some very good staff (the new zealand hostess whose name i have forgotten in particular). Our guide Simon was we thought the most knowledgeable of our entire trip.

However on the downside the convention of having the guide eat with the guests at every single meal we thought was misguided (if there are just two of you to chat with your guide this can become wearing after a while - is it necessary to spend all day in the company of one's guide?).

The camp had also just bought a new game-viewing vehicle from India - it was without doubt the most uncomfortable one i have ever sat in. The game-viewing - though good - is also very crowded at this end of the park. At times it can feel like you are one of ten land rovers pursuing the same leopard!" See all these reviews: 11n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Average
Service:
Good
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Average
Facilities:
Good
Mr N
Southampton

"Kapani Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 24 Jun 2008
"Being allocated sitting at brunch and dinner with the people you had spent time on game drives was unnecessarily restrictive.
We found it less intimate than the bush camps and in retrospect would not have spent 2 nights there.

The game drives from Kapani suffered due to the volume of other traffic, particularly night drives. Advise clients that game drives in the early morning and after dark can be cold at this time of year and necessary warm clothing is required. Simon was a very good and knowledgeable guide.

We enjoyed our visit to the local Yosefi school. We were very impressed with the headmaster who showed us around and the teacher that we met. It added another dimension to our visit to Zambia." See all these reviews: 10n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Bushcampers
UK

"Good place to start, fantastic animals"

2 nights Arrived 10 Jun 2008
"Food and staff excellent, friendly without being overrbearing. The guide, Brian was excellent, personable, knowledgeable.

Animal sitings were excellent for our first day - lions (cubs and male), Elephants, Hippos, Zebra, Kudu, Warthog, Eagles, Baobab tree (personal ambition of mine). Slightly overshadowed by our later experiences at the bushcamps." See all these reviews: 10n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Good
The Firefinches
Kent

"Kapani Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 29 Mar 2008
"As before - the room overlloking the lagoon made it a bit special" See all these reviews: 9n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
The Firefinches
Kent

"Kapani Lodge review"

4 nights Arrived 22 Mar 2008
"What a wonderful setting and excellent staff who were always there when you needed them but not "in your face". We felt as if we were very welcome and almost part of a family.

When we came back to Kapani after going into the bush for a few days we had a pleasant surprise - a room upgrade looking over the lagoon, and just perfect" See all these reviews: 9n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Wild dogs
Kinross

"Kapani Lodge review"

4 nights Arrived 22 Mar 2008
"Kapani is an excellent lodge for some game drives pre or post going to the bushcamps. For a 7+ day holiday in the Green Season it provides a good mix of drives then walking/boat trips. The lodge was very busy over Easter weekend but never felt crowded and generally there was an excellent atmosphere.

The rooms were bright and spacious. Being fed by mains electricity meant that the pool was larger than normal for a safari lodge, very clean and excellent for spending afternoons reading books.

The food is probably the outstanding feature of Kapani with excellent variety and choice." See all these reviews: 11n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Average
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Good
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