Camp: Kapamba Lodge
Nights: 2
Guides: Vanwell
Managers: Zilla
Assessment Criteria
Satisfaction in %
Comments
Pool
-
Tent/ Room
70
Wld have been much better if we wld have picked the dryer season –
but 20% off due to the abundance of insects
Restaurant atmosphere
80
Food
85
Management & Staff
85
Very friendly and helpful.
Camp/ Lodge
80
Missed a bit on the details
Originality of reserve
80
Nice area but not breath taking
Diversity of reserve
75
Vehicle
90
Open with sun-roof
Guide - communication
100
very skilled, attentive and knowlegable
Guide - information
100
Guide - cust. orientation
100
Wildlife - quantity
70
Park is not know for large amount of animals
Wildlife - diversity
70
Specific area, so not all animals are living in this kind of habitat
Wildlife - extraordinary occurrences
90
foodwalking safris which are realy recommendable
It is a lovely place, it takes roughly 2.5 hrs from the airport to the camp, while 2 hrs is through the bush.
A lot of this journey is through the hilly area which means forest and thicket and little chances to see mammals. Once there, the area is much more
open and all the main animals appear except the cheetah. The latter one needs more open plains which are not provided. Lions and Lepards are
around but might well hide as the bushland offers plenty of hide-aways.
We were there in the wet season which means it’s a lot greener than one might think of and there are lot of opportunities for animals to get there
water without showing up in the main waterholes. Having said this: Insects beyond imagination. All sizes, all colours and all after light in the night
and some after blood too… esp. the messi TsTs-Flies. Their bits last much longer than mosquito bites and are much more itchy. They react much
less to repellent. Messy!
Now, the rooms are open on one side, a metal-fence kind of security-system prevent the big guys of sharing your sleep with you but all others with
more then 2-4 legs comes in uncontrolled. The mosquito net is bullet prove but brushing the teeth in the evening – quite nice with all the attacks
from all angles at the same time. One can even hear them closing up to you given their size. And lets not talk about how to get out of the bed when
it is dark…
Away from this its clearly lovely… one may hear the sounds of the nights, fresh air and nicely decorated room. Even the hot-tub is nice and the
water there is really hot… one just need to clear the basin from the insects which cant step out….
Food is very nice, atmosphere at the dinner table is great and the entire area looks pretty. The manager Zilla is a good laugh and the staff is
charming. Well done and well kept… keep it up.
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