What an amazing start to our first ever African safari, almost certainly enhanced by our mind-blowing close encounter with a pride of lionesses across the river bed on our first morning and a pack of hunting dogs on our second morning. Luwi is out in the middle of nowhere and our stay there was exactly what we’d hoped it would be - a perfect old-fashioned safari – and so much more. We were so well looked after by Charles and his team. We loved guide John and scout Goodson, both of whom had an astonishing eye for detail. On our concluding seven km walk to Nsolo – highly recommended for a whole different experience – Goodson picked out the lions two hundred meters away with his naked eye, simply by noting the faint change in the lion track on which we were walking. Incredible. But back to Luwi with its comfortable ‘rooms’ and open shower and loo. The sense of adventure of getting up for a pee in the middle of the night in complete darkness, (I chose not to use the lights!), with only the sounds of the bush for company and only a thin fence of dried grass between you and the outside world, will stay with me a very long time. The day routine was the same at all three camps we visited – including Nsolo (our favourite) and Kakuli. Dawn start, breakfast around the fire, morning drive, early lunch, a nice long siesta, afternoon game drive with a break for sundowners before the evening drive, and finish with dinner back at the camp. Food was consistently delicious (as it was at all the camps) and they catered beautifully for my celiac problem. We can’t recommend this place and the whole experience highly enough. I shall say this in all my reviews: the whole Norman Carr operation is a class act and I can’t imagine doing a better safari with anyone else, anywhere else.