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Reviews of Nsefu

Wildlife sightings and reviews

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

Wildlife sightings by our travellers
Starting in Mar-2018, 70 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Nsefu.
Lion

87% success

Leopard

88% success

Wild dog

66% success

Elephant

100% success

Giraffe

100% success

Hippo

100% success

Zebra

96% success

Buffalo

90% success

Spotted Hyena

87% success

Wildebeest

33% success

Eland

19% success

Sable antelope

10% success

Roan antelope

8% success

Aardvark

2% success

Pangolin

0% success

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The Sand Martins
Oxon

"Nsefu review"

3 nights Arrived 15 Sep 2008
"Wonderful location with wide sweeping vistas across a bend of the Luangwa; huts very cosy and lovely style; Simon was an outstanding guide and companion. We were impressed with his knowledge, ability of 'reading the bush' and his enthusiasm. We also appreciated our night spotter (David) whose party trick - spotting the impossible e.g. tiny camouflaged chameleons and a Pels fish owl - was just amazing.

Highlights include a leopard feasting on an impala, watching a never ending buffalo herd coming down to the river to drink and the daily lunchtime appearance of an extended elephant family and their 'interactions' with the resident hippo in the camp waterhole ,

The scenery of the Nsefu sector was quite different from other parts of the Luangwa NP - with sidearms of the river, forests etc.
The camp staff were excellent and so was the food; we enjoyed particularly the evening dinners al fresco with candle light." 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 & Mrs R
Farnham

"Great start and our favourite camp"

4 nights Arrived 6 Sep 2008
"There was a great team at Nsefu. who created a friendly and welcoming atmosphere. We wanted to walk and Sebastian was an excellent guide. Perhaps slightly less privacy in our hut than other camps.

Within half an hour of arriving, we were surrounded by a herd of elephant who walked into camp and kept us trapped (contentedly!) in our huts and the bar - an amazing introduction to our first safari!" See all these reviews: 10n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr W & friends
UK

"Nsefu review"

3 nights Arrived 4 Sep 2008
"A very good camp again, although we again enjoyed this camp and the staff were very good, the rooms were smaller and appeared a little cramped compared to other camps.

Guides again outstanding, especially if you like being chased by a rather irate female Elephant!! this caused great humour with fellow visitors. The school visit was quite an experience, and we managed to deliver our gifts to the head teacher." See all these reviews: 10n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
G & G
Glasgow

"Nsefu review"

2 nights Arrived 2 Sep 2008
"Great views across Luangwa river with elephants regularly crossing and even entering camp. Very well run.

Bats in the eaves of the rondavel made for a noisy night at times but reminding you are in the bush after all!" See all these reviews: 11n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Lovebirds
Cambridge

"Nsefu review"

2 nights Arrived 24 Jul 2008
"A stunning location, excellent food, first class guiding and friendly staff." See all these reviews: 12n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Marsh harriers
UK

"Nsefu review"

2 nights Arrived 19 Jul 2008
"Exceptional game viewing here from mating lions on the way into the camp, mother and daughter leopard stalking and on a kill at night, leopard active in a sausage tree by day and a walk where we were close to lions elephant and buffalo. Branston, our guide, appears to have a great knack of spotting leopard!" See all these reviews: 7n in Zambia; 3n in Malawi; 3n in Mozambique
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
The Duikers
USA

"Nsefu Camp has a village-like quality"

3 nights Arrived 7 Jul 2008
"Caterer Vicki made us right at home, and introduced us to our comfortable rooms with well-equipped bathrooms. The warm face cloths that she handed out to us at the end of each game drive were very refreshing.

Our capable guide, Sebastian, found many animals for us to view, including a large group of 12 giraffes near the camp. He also provided us with a lot of information about the birds of the area, particularly on a walking safari that he conducted. We found the check lists provided by the camp for birds, animals, and trees to be very helpful.

One of the highlights of our stay at Nsefu was a visit to the Hot Springs area, which included a picnic lunch set up beside a beautiful lagoon by our driver Sebastian." See all these reviews: 7n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs R
W Sussex

"Excellent personal guiding at Nsefu"

5 nights Arrived 24 May 2008
"This was our secodn visit to Nsefu and we received a very warm welcome from the team. It was almost like coming home Doudi, Simon Vicky and the team took good care of us throughout our stay and we would re-visit again and recommend the camp to others.

Davey, Isaac and Lawrence did a great job managing my gluten free dietary needs and very discreet about it too, which was great.

The accommodation was as good as we remembered." See all these reviews: 10n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Mr B Bath
UK

"Elephants in camp"

3 nights Arrived 23 Oct 2007
"Liked the bar area overlooking the water holes (re-named The Swamp). Shame the river was all but gone. We particularly enjoyed Simon - his knowledge and enthusiasm is a joy, and he was a most excellent host. We learnt a great deal about Africa and the bush generally from him. He is very diplomatic - particularly as we had some tiresome folk there are the same time. Sebastien, our guide, was exceptionally knowledgeable about birds which makes a drive so much more interesting. Really opened our eyes.

We found the game drives in the evening too long (same as all camps probably). It would have been better to return to camp by, say, 7.30 latest, which gives time for quick wash and brush up (and a glass before dinner). Having talked to other guests, the feeling was generally the same.

It was exceptionally hot and with no fans, I personnally found it difficult at times, but wrapping myself in a wet kikoi (sp?) helped! Looked a bit odd on the game drives........!! I am glad they were provided.

Bit shocked that the water in the bathroom was brown. More storage space would be helpful and getting rid of the concrete bed heads and replacing with "normal" bedheads would free up space and make it easier to walk around the room. Views of course, were wonderful." See all these reviews: 13n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Mrs R
Bristol

"4 glorious days at Nsefu"

4 nights Arrived 21 Sep 2007
"Nsefu was a complete change from Nkwali, but still fabulous - RPS even made the journey between the 2 exciting and interesting; we memorably saw 6 giant kingfishers and 4 pied ones playing in a small lagoon early that morning.

Once again the accommodation was spotless and, though less spacious than Nkwali, totally functional and perfectly fine. Here we finally saw the leopards and our guide Sebastian couldn't have done more to ensure that we got the best experience at this camp- he even cooked us a wonderful bush breakfast very early once morning!

The food at both Nsefu and Nkwali was just too good! We 'd hoped we might not put on weight this holiday - some hope with RPS doing all they can to feed you up with lovely meals. The final night bush Mongolian barbecue will not only remain in our memories for the wonderful location and surprise element, but also the quality of the food and service." See all these reviews: 10n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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