Karongwe Portfolio - Chisomo Safari Camp

I stayed two nights at the Camp as arranged as part of my National Geographic tour. The camp is adjacent to the Karongwe Private Game Reserve, which we explored during the day on game drives. The Camp was excellent in all respects, particularly given its somewhat remote location. In particular the rooms, staff, and food were all great. The rooms are tent cabins with all of the amenities...very clean and comfortable. The staff were really terrific and treated us royally while we were there. Food and drink was plentiful and delicious. There are no barriers to wild animals entering the area, but the staff takes care to ensure everyone is safe at all times. But we still had delightful encounters with monkeys, wart hogs, and kudu during our stay. It's a wonderful place and I'd gladly return.

Our first stop on our family of 10 safari adventure and this really set things off on the right start. We were there in July and weather was colder than expected ( their winter) could have used better heating in our rooms but there were extra blankets. The safaris were great and we saw the Big Five our first day. Can’t say enough about our driver and tracker “ forget me”. They were so knowledgeable and showed as us so many animals. The staff very helpful . My husband fell on a walk to see Cheetahs up close and staff member attended his Wounds each day.

Everything about our stay at Chisomo Safari Lodge exceeded our expectations. My husband and I stayed for 4 nights in one of their luxury tents. This accommodation was spacious and included a large very comfortable bed with an electric blanket (wonderful on the cold nights) and mosquito net (didn't see any mosquitos). Each tent has a nice verandah, a bar size fridge with small freezer, wardrobe and a generous sized bathroom. Everything was immaculately clean and the elephant shaped towels and chocolates placed on our bed each day were a lovely touch. During our 4 night stay at Chisomo we did one morning and 3 afternoon safaris in Karongwe Game Reserve, a day trip to Kruger NP (about 2 hr drive from Chisomo) and a half day Blyde River Canyon Tour. All were excellent! Thomas and Ernest were our friendly Karongwe GR driver and tracker and they did a great job in finding us animals including, lions, water Buffalo, Giraffe. rhinos, hippos, cheetahs, elephants, zebra and many more. I appreciated Thomas also pointing out the many birds that were of interest to me. I loved walking to the bird hide each day where a family of hippos resided. Along with the hippos I saw a good variety of birds and other animals including a giraffe, warthogs, impala, nyala and kudu. The food at Chisomo was excellent! I have many dietary restrictions and one of my main concerns before travelling to Africa was how will they feed me. I need not have worried. I have never been so well fed and looked after. Joyce and all the kitchen staff thankyou, you were amazing! Thankyou to all the friendly and professional staff at Chisomo including the happy porter who walked us safely back to our tent each night after dinner. I highly recommend staying at Chisomo Safari Lodge.

Warm welcoming, excellent food and fantastic game drive! Thanks to all the staff for giving us a wanderful time.

Beautiful location and superb service from the trackers, safari guides, chefs, front desk staff, under the expert guidance of Conrad the GM. Cannot recommend highly enough. Thoroughly enjoyed our 3 day stay here - a lifetime’s experience.

We had an absolutely amazing 2 night stay here. While it may not be for everyone, we loved our "glamping" stay. Be warned that this camp has tents with roll down screen covers for night and curtains for privacy in the bathroom. You could easily hear others but most the time, everyone is sleeping early since morning game drives start early. We saw the Big 5 and Patrick and Ripos are wonderful, caring, amazing professionals who spoiled us rotten and didn't mind my 5000 questions. The food was wonderful and everyone had a smile on their face. There is a spa service but the one full day we stayed, I used it for a nap. We did the Bush Walk and learned so much about the culture. It's a must do. The only knock is that we went in winter and there was one main plug that we used at night to charge all of our electronics (batteries, phones) that we couldn't use the heater at night. First night I slept with my hat on. We did put the heater on in the morning to take the chill off. Besides the game drives, clearly the highlight is walking around the property and seeing the baboons causing mischief and sharing the space with Kudu and Wart Hogs. Such a special place in our hearts.