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Robin Pope Safaris Mobile Safari Camp
Robin Pope Safaris Mobile Safari Camp
Robin Pope Safaris Mobile Safari Camp
Robin Pope Safaris Mobile Safari Camp
Robin Pope Safaris Mobile Safari Camp
Robin Pope Safaris Mobile Safari Camp

Robin Pope Safaris Mobile Safari Camp


12°26’51.3"S 31°47’15.9"E

Reviews of Robin Pope mobile

Wildlife sightings and reviews

25 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Robin Pope mobile 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, 8 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Robin Pope mobile.
Lion

100% success

Leopard

75% success

Wild dog

60% success

Buffalo

100% success

Eland

100% success

Elephant

100% success

Roan antelope

100% success

Wildebeest

100% success

Zebra

100% success

Hippo

80% success

Spotted Hyena

80% success

Giraffe

67% success

Sable antelope

50% success

Aardvark

0% success

Pangolin

0% success

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Arrival date
Miss S
London

"Robin Pope Mobiles - best experience ever"

5 nights Arrived 11 Sep 2024
"The absolute best thing I will probably do (unless I do this again!). Brilliant, unique experience from start to finish.

Jason, the guide was excellent and really shared his knowledge and entertained the group. The more junior guide, Kamisa was excellent at spotting wildlife, answering questions and was supportive. Max and the guys at the camp couldn't have done better, I feel very humbled to have been on this trip.

Excellent food, excellent waiting staff, the chef and baker were faultless - quite how the chef and the baker produce the food they do is puzzling. Hand baked treats at tea time in the morning & afternoon cakes and canapes in the evening, - I have never been so impressed. The attention to detail, such as warm water to wash your face in the morning and the way the tents were pulled down and put back up was a very smooth operation. Tables in the tents were rearranged at the next camp as they were left at the previous camp. In addition, the toilets were well managed as were the showers, which is very comforting as a solo female traveller.

We saw lots of animals and received in depth information from the guides on the workings of the eco system. I have never felt so connected to the earth, or touched by just how hard all involved worked to make this happen." 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

Buffalo

10 sightings

Eland

10 sightings

Elephant

10 sightings

Giraffe

10 sightings

Hippo

10 sightings

Leopard

4 sightings

Lion

10 sightings

Roan antelope

10 sightings

Sable antelope

10 sightings

Spotted Hyena

10 sightings

Wild dog

8 sightings

Wildebeest

6 sightings

Zebra

10 sightings

Mrs M
Italy

"Robin Pope Safaris Mobile Safari Camp review"

5 nights Arrived 28 Jul 2023
"It has been my first walking safari, it will not be the last for sure!

Big difference made by the extraordinary team, everything run smoothly and they have been able to accomodate all the requests" See all these reviews: 9n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Buffalo

Multiple sightings

Eland

Multiple sightings

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Hippo

Multiple sightings

Lion

Multiple sightings

Roan antelope

Multiple sightings

Sable antelope

Multiple sightings

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

S & J
Herefordshire

"Robin Pope Safaris Mobile Safari Camp review"

7 nights Arrived 8 Sep 2022
"Wonderful six days." See all these reviews: 12n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Mrs M
Appledore

"Robin Pope Safaris Mobile Safari Camp review"

7 nights Arrived 13 Jul 2022
"It never ceases to be amazing that the Mobile Camp can operate so smoothly at such a distance from base. With such a personal touch too.

The staff organised fishing trips during siesta for the keen fishermen in the group and surprised me completely by celebrating my birthday (which I thought I’d kept a well guarded secret) with a serenade and a chocolate cake with candles specially baked by Alfred.

We were so well looked after." See all these reviews: 10n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Buffalo

Multiple sightings

Eland

Multiple sightings

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Hippo

Multiple sightings

Leopard

1 sighting

Lion

Multiple sightings

Roan antelope

1 sighting

Spotted Hyena

Multiple sightings

Wild dog

1 sighting

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Dr S.
Melvin Village

"Robin Pope Mobile walking safari"

5 nights Arrived 1 Oct 2019
"5 hour transfer to the first Mobile camp, swatting at tsetse flies and rolling up and down windows to try to keep them out the whole way! A fascinating drive nonetheless! Such a sense of remoteness! The camps are set up with large army tents, drop toilets with toilet seats, bucket shower - which was supplied with shampoo/soap and hot water for the end of the day! Not glamping but very comfortable.

Wake up at 5 as the water basin outside your tent was filled with warm water - breakfast (toast, porridge, fruit, cereal, coffee/tea) was served 5:15-6 and then off on a morning walk, usually 4-5 hours and 6-8 miles. Not strenuous but certainly uneven footing. Mostly single file behind the Ranger with his gun - Louis, guide - Jason, the 6 of us and Geoffrey, the teabearing bringing up the rear. It was amazingly different from the game drives - much more tracking, listening, smelling and watching from afar.

After delicious lunch, we would take a cool off dip in the Mupamadzi river before siesta. Tea t 3:30 then off on another walk at 4 for a few more miles before being met by the camp team, who set up sundowners with drinks and chairs, then drove us back to camp. Dinner at 8 was incredible, given the primitive cooking/kitchen facilities. We stayed at 3 different camp sites, saw leopards 3 times, snuck across the river to see some wild dogs, followed and found lions resting, had starring contests with water buffalo, startling warthogs and piglets out of their den and being very cautious around elephants that we stumbled upon. Plus all kinds of birds - owls, hawks, eagles, rollers, too numerous to recall! It was an incredible experience!

Advice: bring shirts that are army green/brown/grey - most of us had brought very light colored clothing which sticks out like a bleached white animal skull out in the bush! Guide and host lent me more appropriately colored shirts so I blended in a bit better!" See all these reviews: 12n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Buffalo

7 sightings

Eland

1 sighting

Elephant

10 sightings

Hippo

1 sighting

Leopard

3 sightings

Lion

3 sightings

Roan antelope

1 sighting

Spotted Hyena

1 sighting

Wild dog

1 sighting

Wildebeest

4 sightings

Zebra

9 sightings

Ms L & Mr A
London

"Robin Pope Safaris walking safari review"

5 nights Arrived 26 Aug 2019
"Kanga's expertise was incredible the whole experience was as good as the first time I went and Peter loved it too. Charles the scout and Jeffrey (who was there last time were fantastic).

The whole camp worked so slickly and one could tell it was a real 'team;. The only comment I would say is that our host was not very good - he did the job alright but needed prompting a few times from Kanga on things and seemed to want to talk about himself all the time!

We were with a lovely group so it didn't matter" 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

Eland

Multiple sightings

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Lion

Multiple sightings

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Mr J
Dorchester

"A great adventure"

5 nights Arrived 26 Aug 2018
"A great team dedicated to looking after their clients, all polite, courteous and knowledgeable." See all these reviews: 7n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Buffalo

10 sightings

Eland

8 sightings

Elephant

10 sightings

Lion

5 sightings

Roan antelope

5 sightings

Spotted Hyena

1 sighting

Wildebeest

1 sighting

Zebra

10 sightings

Mrs M
Appledore

"A Walk on the Wild Side"

5 nights Arrived 7 Aug 2018
"My second walking safari lived up to all expectations and exceeded them in terms of the guiding. It was privilege to walk with Kanga, Geoffrey and Charles, our wildlife scout, whose expertise and knowledge was encyclopaedic.

It's a magical way to experience the park, learning about its smallest inhabitants like termites and ant lions and praying mantis. (could have done without the tsetse flies though) and its largest. We tracked lions and skirted respectfully round elephants and buffalo and were briefly experts on dung and tracks.

The team back at camp hosted by ever-hospitable Michael looked after our every need. I look forward to next time." See all these reviews: 8n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Buffalo

Multiple sightings

Eland

Multiple sightings

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Lion

Multiple sightings

Roan antelope

Multiple sightings

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Merls
Devon

"Robin Pope Safaris walking safari review"

5 nights Arrived 7 Aug 2018
"As good as any trip I have ever had, if not the best!

It was made for me for two reasons. Our guide Kanga was the most delightful, knowledgeable person one could hope to spend time with. He made us feel safe but at the same time as if we were on a big adventure, which we were. He was truly respectful of the animals - 'let's let him be now', he would say, and also of us visitors. It felt as if he was enjoying the week as much as we did, and her went out of his way to listen, and he planned the days down to the last detail, to suit all of us. We all, new to safaris or not, learnt an incredible amount as he could tailor his answers to each one of us, and gave way beyond the call of duty.

The other excellent thing was the walking safari in itself, being a part of the landscape and noot just a spectator. And the walks were exactly the right length - everythng went like clockwork. I would do the same trip again, and will ! All the other staff were great too." 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 G
EastEwell

"Robin Pope Safaris walking safari review"

5 nights Arrived 28 Jul 2016
"Good day camps stayed at in the 5-days trip, 3 in total. Especially the last 2-night camp. We were the only 2 people for the whole 5-night itinerary so good treat and we were well looked after.

Good facilities despite them being bush camps and the staff did a great job of looking after us. Shannon was a very kind and friendly host and we enjoyed her company ( and that of all staff at the camp). The cook (Alfred) was outstanding given the basic cooking facilities t and all meals were excellent with very good service.

Absolutely outstanding guiding by Kanga who had a wonderful depth & breadth of knowledge which he conveyed with real passion and enthusiasm. Also well aided by Joffrey the trainee guide and the scout Isaiah. Good to see lions whilst walking, mating pair of lions and lots of other great sightings.

All in all a very good mobile safari, the only issue is that the area is quite a drive from the main part of the park and the other lodges, 5 hours. So quite a trek to get there and back which some people may well feel is quite a lot of time out of the day spent getting there and the day when going onto the next lodge. But you can check out the wildlife as you are travelling to/from the camps. The Tse-tse flies were annoying at times on the journeys on the first and last day but there is not much can be done about this given the location of the camps." See all these reviews: 14n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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