UPDATE: last rebuild of Little Vumbura Camp was in spring 2017

Wonderful setting, good accommodations & activities, some complaint about food:

Our two families with a teen each stayed two nights at Little Vumbura Camp prior to going to Kwando Lagoon Camp. We did this on the occasion of our fabulous Botswana, Namibia and Victoria Falls fly-in safari, expertly guided by Ultimate Safaris (now ultimate.earth, sightings included the Big 5, cheetah, wild dog and sitatunga).

This camp is a “classic” Wilderness Safari camp (meaning a notch down from the “premiere” camp). Its setting is spectacular, surrounded by water and only reachable by boat. On our arrival, we were welcomed by a group of employees presenting a local song, a nice touch.

There are six comfortable, spacious and well furnished tents connected to the common areas by raised walkways. As far as the public space is concerned, there is a covered place for meals, a bar, a lounge, a library and a small pool.

Food wise you are on full board. This means breakfast before the morning game drive and brunch/lunch after it. Then you get high tea before the evening game drive and dinner after it. And all the meals are buffet style. The quantity of food on our stay was more than enough. But its quality was not always sufficient. I personally liked the salads at lunch time and the desserts. However the meat was not suitable for buffet style meals (tough steaks), and the vegetables were almost uncooked.

The camp offers a variety of activities on land and on water. We made several game drives and one mokoro trip. All were very well organized, and drinks and snacks were offered. We enjoyed it very much and had the chance to view (amongst others) lions and a pack of wild dogs. The service at Little Vumbura was faultless and we are picky guests.



All in all, we enjoyed our stay at this camp. Accommodations, service and activities were excellent, only some ameliorations food wise would be appropriate.

Date of stay: October 2010