My husband and I stayed at Chongwe River Camp in celebration of our 30th wedding anniversary. We were upgraded to the honeymoon suite! All the staff were so warm and friendly, and the surroundings simply beautiful. We had a wonderful time there! We enjoyed the game drives, the boat trips, and the canoe trip down the channel with the elephants drinking at the bank. It was truly amazing! The food was excellent and the wait staff was so attentive. We really enjoyed sharing meals with the other guests, and so enjoyed the evening campfire with drinks. My new favorite after dinner drink is Amarula, which we tried on our last night. Flossie had offered it each night, so we finally tried it. So good! I particularly liked that each night at the campfire and at dinner, the staff stayed and chatted with the guests about their day and other things. We really felt more like we were at a friends home rather than at a lodge. We loved, loved, loved this place and I would love to come back in the future. Many thanks to Ben our guide, Flossie, Billie, Caroline, Moses, Watson, and all the others whom names I didn't catch, THANK YOU for making this anniversary so very special for us.! It was a great way to start the next 30 years together!

We loved our stay at Chongwe. It is in a beautiful location on the river, and there is a ton of wildlife right around the lodge. We had the good fortune of sharing a gorgeous suite with our friends, two large bedrooms on each side of a lounge area. The four of us spent most of our waking hours watching and listening to wildlife from the lounge, when we were not on wonderful excursions. The staff is incredible, the food is amazing, and there are many river options. We enjoyed a canoe trip (nope, we did not do the paddling), several boat rides, game excursions,and a day trip to the local village. That was a really interesting day, ending with dancing. Our guide was Sam, and his knowledge of all things great and small in the bush was fascinating. Flossie and Alan run the lodge beautifully. We felt like family there, and there were some tears on our parts when we had to go.

The people couldn't have been nicer and the site is one of the most relaxing places I have ever been to. Not that there is no excitement. Elephants, hippos and lions will come into the camp. Not to worry--people are safe!