点评:Simons Camp (Bonham group) is an exceptional place in the Soysambu Conservancy. We visited recently with our grandchildren and their parents and had the camp to ourselves being looked after by the 3 lovely staff, Kevin the ranger (wonderful with the children especially our 4 year old who got an obsession with collecting feathers!) Kelvin the cook (who produced wonderful meals with the ingredients we supplied him with) and Ezekiel who did everything else. The camp is made up of Safari bedroom tents (with own shower rooms and toilets) all privately spaced under the trees around a main dining and living tent with cosy sofas. A fire pit lit at night was a nice touch to sit around with a drink at the end of the day.
The camp looks over a flamingo lake with plenty of other bird species. The wild animals roamed close by and Kevin took us for game drives to see others further off, we had an amazing encounter with a lone hyena at sunset one night who just posed for photographs with no fear.
We had sundowners at the lake edge and watched the birds, visited the hyena caves - not to be missed and encountered a huge tortoise on the track, plus all the other usual suspects though lions are a rarity.
All in all it was a lovely experience and we would return, the children were in their element riding up top on the Land Rover, feather hunting and playing football with Kevin and Ezekiel. We would highly recommend this relaxing camp and it’s wonderful setting.
翻译:西蒙斯营地(Bonham 集团)是 Soysambu 保护区的一个特殊地方。我们最近带着我们的孙子和他们的父母参观了这个营地,并由 3 位可爱的工作人员照顾我们自己的营地,护林员凯文(对孩子们很好,尤其是我们 4 岁的孩子,他对收集羽毛很着迷!)厨师凯文(他用我们提供给他的食材制作了美味的饭菜),而以西结则负责其他所有事情。营地由游猎卧室帐篷(配有自己的淋浴间和卫生间)组成,所有帐篷都私密地分布在树下,围绕着一个主餐厅和起居帐篷,配有舒适的沙发。晚上点燃的火坑是一天结束后坐下来喝一杯的好感觉。
营地俯瞰火烈鸟湖,湖中栖息着许多其他鸟类。野生动物在附近漫步,凯文带我们去游猎,看看远处的其他动物,一天晚上日落时分,我们与一只孤独的鬣狗进行了一次奇妙的邂逅,它毫不畏惧地摆出姿势拍照。
我们在湖边享受日落,观看鸟类,参观鬣狗洞穴 - 不容错过,并在赛道上遇到一只巨大的乌龟,以及所有其他常见的嫌疑人,尽管狮子很少见。
总而言之,这是一次愉快的经历,我们会回来的,孩子们很喜欢骑在路虎的顶部,与凯文和以西结一起狩猎羽毛和踢足球。我们强烈推荐这个轻松的营地,它的环境很棒。