Shangana Safaris

10/06/2024

It's that time of year, where we need to catch the early morning sun, just to warm up.
Photo courtesty of guest, Amber Land

18/01/2023

Blue, pristine, serene! The Okavango Delta. Spot the Ellie🥰 Photo courtesy of Amber Land. Traveled June 2022.

31/08/2022

Okavango Bliss

24/08/2022

Serenity in the Okavango Delta - Courtesy of Florian & family

24/08/2022

So wonderful to receive this review. So proud of our Shangana team! Guest Review - Florian & family. Germany.
First of all, sorry for answering with such a delay! We just arrived back home in Berlin/GER, I´m sorting the pictures right now and the bandwidth now is enough for adding some as well.
All together we really really enjoyed the 2 night-trip with you(r) guys very much! They were the 2 best days in our 3 week trip !
We were very surprised when we heard from Joseph in the beginning, that it's just us 3 and him. We did expect other people to join.
But so it was very much a "private" tour! Perfect!
Here some thoughts in short:
-personnel:
Joseph: very very friendly, thoughtful and professional in every way (driving, talking, respect, knowledge)
at the camp: All very nice, friendly, courteous, warm hearted people, we felt very welcome without awkwardness on any of the sides ;)
- place: not much to say... except :
lonely, beautiful, pure nature and still comfortable.
hippos and frogs sing you to sleep.
lovingly designed places - from the dining area to the hammock, the swing, the sunset bench and the shower.
- food: Good quality, always a bit more than needed, nicely served and even the picky 14yo was very satisfied and still talks about it :)
always cold water available, wine for dinner, everything your heart desires



- mokoro / walk

well organized, even with a car blocking the last bridge, joseph organized our pick up routinely

polers/guide: a bit young and probably not that well experienced, but still more then enough for us!

walk: saw some game (giraffes, birds, hippos (even outside the water, just a few meters away) and lots of bones and cadavers :)

learned a few things about animals, tracks, poo, how to get the direction by watching the termite hills, trees, etc.

nice picnic spot as well as nice food again :)



We really didn't want to leave at all after the 2nd night! :)





So all of us 3 thought for a long time now, but we can't think of any constructive criticism or anything that we would have missed.

Up to the insect repellent that the staff placed silently next to us in the first evening, everything was perfect - for us.





In the end we did have some trouble with tipping... cause it was our first trip with staff and we are still thinking if it was perhapt to less or way to much...

The former would only bother us :]



So I attached some pix with this mail... pls don't hesitate to ask for more/others or ask any special question you want to get answered by customers !



Thanks again for the nice experience, we will recommend you in

28/05/2022

Another wonderful guest review! We are so delighted to have safari guests again:)
We had a really exceptional trip. From the moment Leablo from Shangana picked us up in Maun right through to Vic Falls Airport two weeks later we didn’t really have to worry about anything. The itinerary was fantastic and the guys were very happy to make changes and be flexible with everything. Mobile safari was an adventure, but it was also some of the most glamorous comfortable camping we have ever done! And the food was just exceptional, we could have been on some private yacht somewhere, but no we were in the middle of the bush! It was great to be able to try lots of local food, many thanks for organising that! I don’t think we will forget having Lions in the camp at Moremi and seeing them passing the tent before watching them feast on last night’s kill for a long time… and that was just one of many amazing sights. I know that we wouldn’t have had the experience we had without the guys from Shangana - their knowledge, passion and determination to give us the best trip possible shone through, and they are a credit to David and Helena. Rob & Bethany April 2022

23/05/2022

" spent two amazing nights at the Lazy River Camp on the edge of the Okavango Delta with a friend. This camp was wild luxury without incurring the luxury safari price. KG was our host over the two days and kindly picked us up and dropped us back to nearby Maun. Following a scenic one and a half hour drive we arrived at our camp to find a tranquil and breathtaking space. Snacks were waiting for us as we took in the spectacular view over the hippo lagoon.
The camp consists of a covered dining/seating area, a campfire and bathroom & shower facilities. If you want a magical night's sleep and a quiet place to connect with a loved one, this experience has it all. Fall asleep listening to the grunts of the hippos and the chiming of bell frogs in a bed that feels like you are submerged in a fluffy cloud. Indulge your taste buds with the traditional foods served at dinner. Allow your curiosity and sense of adventure run wild as you take a Mokoro through the Delta and wander the plains with an expert guide. We encountered numerous wildlife in a guilt free, leave no trace sustainable way. I cannot recommend this place highly enough. It was an experience of a lifetime." Kate B. April 2022
Guest Review.

12/11/2021

So grateful for travellers bold enough to travel in these challenging times and get wonderful feedback.🥰

From Jussi & Nadine.
We are happy to give you some feedback, however, there are not many points of improvement since we were very satisfied with the trip!

- Accomodation: amazing place that allows you to be very connected to nature. You fall asleep and wake up to the sounds of hippos and other animals. The dinner area is very comfortable. We mostly played games in the afternoons. There is a hammock, perfect for reading. The outside toilet and shower areas are clean and easy to use.

- Food: delicious food that changed every day. As a vegetarian, you do not feel deprived at all. All needs are considered.

- Crew: they were all very nice people! They were always ready to help and explain everything to us.

- Mokoro trip: the mokoro driver (if that’s what you call it) was very kind and explained several things to us. It was very exciting to walk around as well. This is a great opportunity to see and learn about not only animals but also other things, such as different plants, skulls, footprints, etc.

- Moremi Game Drive: great opportunity to see the animals more relaxed as they are more used to cars driving by. Leabo definitely increased the quality of the experience through his knowledge. He always had an answer to our questions and everything he said was very interesting! We were able to see most animals we expected to see, probably also due to leaving so early in the morning.

Thanks for the experience! We will definitely recommend it!

02/07/2021

Time for adventure.

25/06/2021

Stillness.

21/06/2021

Love rural Botswana.

18/06/2021

So excited for travel again.

16/06/2021

Leave me here for a month, still won't want to leave.

15/06/2021

Curious friends at sunset. Kamaga, 2019.

14/06/2021

Such a wonderful day trip into the Okavango today. So nice to see so many Elephant, Red Letchwe, Giraffe and Buffalo.

07/06/2021

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26/05/2021

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26/05/2021

Yearning to be on Safari again. It has been too long.