Sand Rivers, Greystoke and Chada - great company culture

While we both enjoy the traditional East African tented camps it is fair to say, we much preferred the set up of Sand Rivers to the other lodges we stayed in.   This is not to say we didn’t find these lodges excellent  .... standard of accommodation, attentiveness of staff, quality of guiding, flexibility, food etc are all first class

The overall style of Sand Rivers is, to our mind, a complete winner.    Steve and Lynn are excellent hosts ..... (I know that this might be hard to accept given their Australian origins !!)... but we loved them.   One of our minor gripes about other lodges is that they tend to run them more like up market hotels ... individual dining arrangements ... personal butlers .... hierarchical management structures.

Sand Rivers by contrast, is what we love in an African safari lodge.   Communal dining is a great opportunity to exchange information and views with other like minded world travellers.  Steve and Lynn seem to have introduced the best of all worlds .... communal dining available every night (hosted by both of them), but  with the option offered every morning to have a private table if that’s what individual guest(s) prefer ... perfect.  Everything else about the camps you will find in the individual reviews.

Just as an aside, on a previous trip to Tanzania, we stayed at Greystoke and Chada, both of which I understand are owned/ operated by Nomad. We thoroughly enjoyed both camps and have fond memories of our visits there.    Everything we enjoyed about both these camps was also obvious at Sand Rivers so it is obviously a company “culture”   Well done.  
DM - November 2010 

Sand Rivers - simply amazing

Just wanted to thank you very much for my stay  at Sand Rivers 10 days ago – it seems far too far in the past now, though it was simply amazing!  We had one night in camp and the other out fly-camping which was wonderful, and of course brilliant to experience both.

Thought the food was very good at both the camp and out camping – and loved the way you ate individually at lunch but together in the evening – nice to mix it up.

The fly-camp set up was brilliant – we did ours by Lake Tangalala and it was lovely.  We loved hearing the crocs snapping up the fish and counting their red eyes!  I guess it is something for those who have a slightly adventurous streak to them, but definitely something I will be encouraging clients to experience.
Eleanor - Tim Best Travel - October 2009