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Robin Pope Safaris bush-camp
Robin Pope Safaris bush-camp
Robin Pope Safaris bush-camp
Robin Pope Safaris bush-camp
Robin Pope Safaris bush-camp

Robin Pope Safaris bush-camp


12°56’13.3"S 31°57’31.8"E

Reviews of Robin Pope bush-camp

Wildlife sightings and reviews

30 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Robin Pope bush-camp and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa

Wildlife sightings by our travellers
Starting in Aug-2018, 5 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Robin Pope bush-camp.
Lion

50% success

Leopard

60% success

Wild dog

50% success

Buffalo

100% success

Elephant

100% success

Giraffe

100% success

Hippo

80% success

Spotted Hyena

80% success

Zebra

80% success

Eland

33% success

Roan antelope

33% success

Wildebeest

33% success

Aardvark

0% success

Pangolin

0% success

Sable antelope

0% success

Showing 1-10 of 30
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Arrival date
Mr G
Bristol

"Robin Pope Safaris bush-camp review"

2 nights Arrived 7 Aug 2024
"Felt a tad guilty at first as I was the only guest for my two days/nights but John did a great job as guide & host so thoroughly enjoyed by first bush camping experience - yes you are sleeping in a smallish tent on a mattress on the ground but still very comfortable & sleeping out in the bush at night is absolutely worth it.

You do get separate toilet & bucket shower tents but these are slightly away from your personal tent so require a little bravery & small torch if you need the facilities during the night!

Food is brough out from the nearest RPS camp so no actually cooking in the camp area." See all these reviews: 14n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Sightings Report

Buffalo

2 sightings

Elephant

3 sightings

Giraffe

3 sightings

Hippo

8 sightings

Leopard

1 sighting

Spotted Hyena

2 sightings

Zebra

2 sightings

Mr & Mrs H
Kent

"Robin Pope Safaris bush-camp review"

3 nights Arrived 17 Aug 2023
"One of the days was a long walk that did not finish until 11.00

It was getting too hot to go all by then" See all these reviews: 10n in Zambia; 4n in Malawi
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Rooms:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr C
Hale

"Robin Pope Safaris bush-camp review"

5 nights Arrived 20 Aug 2022
"A really great and different experience. Very well organised with Kanga, an excellent guide. No other camps or vehicles in the area so if you are looking for an exclusive experience, this is it.

Whilst on foot saw lions at moderately close quarters and stumbled across 3 wild dogs bringing down an impala. Also many antelope/zebra/elephant

Walked on average about 8 miles a day on 4 successive days. Showers/long drop facilities clean and well organised.

We were in a group of 4 who were relatively well matched in terms of fitness and it worked really well. We noticed that the group taking over from us included an 88 year old and I'm not sure how well that would work if paired for instance with a younger couple. Its unclear to me how Robin Pope deal with that situation and whether all parties are aware prior to the start of the trip.

Food was incredibly good

Long drops and bucket shower are communal but clean and with a system that works well" See all these reviews: 8n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Buffalo

Multiple sightings

Eland

Multiple sightings

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Lion

Multiple sightings

Roan antelope

Multiple sightings

Spotted Hyena

Multiple sightings

Wild dog

Multiple sightings

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Mr & Mrs H
Kent

"Robin Pope Safaris bush-camp review"

3 nights Arrived 9 Aug 2022
"There was only 3 of us on the bush camp, which worked in our favour as we got on really well and then had a further 3 days at Tena tena together

We had Sebastian for our guide who was excellent, we wanted him to focus on the birds and he did.

But we also saw a Leopard up a tree with a kill plus 8 lions all in the same evening plus we were about 25 metres away from a Lion the following day" See all these reviews: 13n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Mr Logan
Singapore

"Robin Pope Safaris bush-camp review"

2 nights Arrived 24 Jun 2022
"Unique experience walking for 2 days, learnt a great deal about the flora and fauna." See all these reviews: 10n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Buffalo

Multiple sightings

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Hippo

Multiple sightings

Mr H
Isle of Man

"My first time bush camping"

3 nights Arrived 12 Jun 2019
"This was led by Braston who was always attentive to the guests needs. It was lovely one evening to sit by the fire to reminisce about a trip to the village 11 years ago, when we also met a cousin of his at the mill. Amazing he remembered.

The walking was quite strenuous at times and very rough over the dried pans. One moment of excitement with a close encounter with 2 Hippos.
The birding was also very good.

Luxury of your own loo.

Unfortunate that a swarm of bees prevented a move on the third night but it did not detract from a wonderful 3 days." See all these reviews: 8n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Good
Mrs G
Oxon

"Robin Pope Safaris bush-camp review"

2 nights Arrived 26 Aug 2018
"Felt really remote- great to feel part of the bush.

Very exciting to be surrounded by lions!" See all these reviews: 9n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Buffalo

Multiple sightings

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Hippo

Multiple sightings

Leopard

Multiple sightings

Lion

Multiple sightings

Spotted Hyena

Multiple sightings

Wild dog

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Mr & Mrs H
Kent

"Robin Pope Safaris bush-camp review"

2 nights Arrived 12 Aug 2018
"We had Kanga who made the bush camp experience outstanding

We gave the same feed back to Rob who knew we had asked for Kanga and said they would always try and allocate staff if they have been asked for" See all these reviews: 9n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Hippo

Multiple sightings

Leopard

Multiple sightings

Spotted Hyena

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

S & J
Herefordshire

"A wonderful experience"

2 nights Arrived 24 Sep 2016
"This was one of the highlights of our trip. The camp was amazingly comfortable, with an excellent bucket shower which we were encouraged to use whenever we wanted, and a very civilised loo. Our guide was Braston, who couldn't do enough for us, was hugely knowledgable and great fun. Boniface the chef was most attentive and produced superb food. The scout, Chris, was also great fun, despite doing a very serious job. In fact, everyone at the camp was incredibly friendly and efficient. Our walks were brilliant and it was very satisfying to have linear walks from A to B rather than circular walks, good though they are. The whole thing was perfect - what else to say ?" See all these reviews: 10n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Dr E
Pennsylvania

"Robin Pope Safaris bush-camp review"

1 night Arrived 16 Sep 2016
"One day and 2 walking safaris were just right for our group. This was a very fun experience. I would probably prefer a morning game drive from main camp and afternoon drop off with an evening and longer next am walking safari. Guide was excellent.

As it turned out, we did a morning drive instead of a hike to meet a guide from the next lodge 1/2 way." See all these reviews: 11n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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