Safari Blog

Brett assisted a couple from the USA with a safari through Botswana in September. Read their feedback below.

Hi Brett,

We arrived home last night from England but I wanted to get an e-mail off to you.

Thank you again for all  your hard work in planning our Safari. We had an amazing time and Steve has been working on his computer since we arrived home. He is so excited about our photos.

I thought I would write to you and give you our feelings about some of our experiences.

Duba Camp was great. We arrived for an afternoon ride. That morning, a pride of lions took down two adult and one baby buffalo. They said that had not happend in several years. We were able to see the pride feeding on their kill. Because of the kill, all the buffalo were gone. We never did see any buffalo at any of our camps. The tents at Duba are very nice and it is a well run camp.

We liked Sandibe also. They were very sweet there and our last night they surprised us by putting candles all over our room and setting up a private  dining table there for us. I am sure you had something to do with that. We did not like the Nxebega Camp. We felt that the tent was a bit too primative. We also were not particularly happy with our ranger there.

Our favorite camp was Savuti. The accommodations were fantastic. The tent was wonderful. I liked the elevated walkways. The watering holes right in camp made for some fabulous animal viewing. Our ranger there, Thuso, was the best. He really seemed to make and extra effort to view animals and he was so knowledgable and informative.

Steve and I both feel that Wilderness Safaris do a better job overall. If we were ever to go on Safari again, I would only book camps that they run.  Every aspect of their camps seemed to be a step up from the CC Africa camps.

Victoria Falls was interesting. The hotel was lovely. We took a day lunch trip to Livingstone Island and we did the small boat ride at sunset the next day. All was fine with our visas and we didn't have to pay extra costs. Several people we met at camps had to pay for visas. One couple had to pay $100 per person to get through immigration.

You can let future guests know that the craft market near the falls is a great place to stock up on gifts to take back home to family and friends. We brought home some lovely wooden bowls and annimal carvings. They were happy to take US dollars.

Aside from a couple of our inter camp flights being a couple of hours late, the schedules of getting from camp to camp were perfectly arranged. The bush pilots were terrific. I am not crazy about small aircraft but it was interesting, flying from camp to camp. I don't know how they schedule people all leaving on different days, going to different camps. We really do appreciate all the hard work you must have done to schedule our trip.

Thanks again for all your hard work. We loved our tripand it was truly a life changing experience.

Adria and Steve August