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Etosha Safari Lodge
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Etosha Safari Lodge
Etosha Safari Lodge
Etosha Safari Lodge
Etosha Safari Lodge
Etosha Safari Lodge
Etosha Safari Lodge
Etosha Safari Lodge
Etosha Safari Lodge

Reviews of Etosha Safari Lodge

Wildlife sightings and reviews

27 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Etosha Safari Lodge and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa

Wildlife sightings by our travellers
Starting in Sep-2018, 6 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Etosha Safari Lodge.
Lion

60% success

Leopard

33% success

Cheetah

0% success

Giraffe

83% success

Oryx

83% success

Zebra

80% success

Eland

75% success

Elephant

60% success

White Rhino

60% success

Wildebeest

60% success

Black Rhino

50% success

Spotted Hyena

33% success

Aardvark

0% success

Brown Hyena

0% success

Pangolin

0% success

Roan antelope

0% success

Sable antelope

0% success

Showing 1-10 of 27
Duration
Arrival date
Annie
MAN

"Etosha Safari Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 29 Sep 2024
"It was a very busy lodge and coming after more secluded ones took us a bit by surprise.
Not a fan of buffet meals.
But again staff were good but busy.
The wildlife we saw was very special - 12+lions , 35 +12 elephant herds and can't find option to add wildlife sightings not on your list - but we saw 2 honey badgers." See all these reviews: 11n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Service:
Average
Facilities:
Average
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Average
Sightings Report

Black Rhino

1 sighting

Eland

1 sighting

Elephant

10 sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Lion

10 sightings

Oryx

Multiple sightings

White Rhino

1 sighting

Wildebeest

1 sighting

Zebra

10 sightings

Mr G & Mrs S
NOT.

"Etosha Safari Lodge review"

6 nights Arrived 6 Jul 2023
"Again we could not have been looked after better
This place does not pretend to be anything other than
What it is .
The food is wholesome and varied ,
Room's very good we had a great time up every morning
05 30 breakfast then off in the park !!" See all these reviews: 18n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Black Rhino

2 sightings

Eland

8 sightings

Elephant

6 sightings

Giraffe

7 sightings

Leopard

2 sightings

Lion

3 sightings

Oryx

4 sightings

Spotted Hyena

1 sighting

White Rhino

1 sighting

Wildebeest

9 sightings

Zebra

9 sightings

Boghall birder
Roslin

"Etosha Safari Lodge review"

1 night Arrived 11 Nov 2022
"Convenient location, friendly, excellent food and comfortable." See all these reviews: 10n in Namibia; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Eland

1 sighting

Giraffe

1 sighting

Oryx

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Mrs & Mr DB
BC Canada

"Giraffes in your backyard!"

2 nights Arrived 25 Oct 2019
"Very convenient to the park entrance. Nice rooms and good service. Buffet meals were also very good.

Was surprised to see giraffes from our balcony.

New garage and convenience store with lovely gift shop situated between the lodge and park gate.

The self drive safari was fabulous." See all these reviews: 18n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Elephant

8 sightings

Giraffe

10 sightings

Lion

3 sightings

Oryx

10 sightings

White Rhino

3 sightings

Wildebeest

10 sightings

Zebra

10 sightings

Boghall birder
Roslin

"Etosha Safari Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 11 Nov 2018
"Excellent accommodation and friendly, helpful service" See all these reviews: 10n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Giraffe

1 sighting

Oryx

9 sightings

Mr & Mrs B
W Midlands

"An excellent convenient lodge"

2 nights Arrived 11 Sep 2018
"This was the largest of the lodges we stayed at with 65 attractive bungalows set out in lines running from the reception, restaurant area and viewing deck. A modest disadvantage was that, at bungalow 64 it took us 10 minutes to walk to the bar!

On the other hand the western swimming pool was quite close and much enjoyed. The meals were good and eating outside a treat. This was where we contacted Bidvest re the car's fuel problem and the reception stall were extremely helpful. They also got us on an early morning tour of the park itself which we thought well worthwhile as it helped us to see more when we went in the next day ourselves. We stayed 2 nights.

This is an excellent and convenient lodge." See all these reviews: 11n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs S
Hassocks

"Etosha Safari Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 2 Apr 2017
"We really loved this place. We had a chalet near the main building - No4, so just a very short walk to the restaurant, bar and lovely swimming pool. Good that we could park nearly outside our room too.

The views across the 'veldt' were wonderful. The staff were really friendly and we had some great conversations - mainly about football! The food was great and it was good to have an allocated table outside.

The room was lovely with AC and mosquito net, bright and well furnitured, with a great shower and separate toilet." See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
D & D
Cork

"Etosha Safari Lodge review"

1 night Arrived 16 Oct 2016
"We enjoyed our one night here although the scale of the place was so much bigger than the previous places we had stayed and it had more of a hotel feel than lodge.

The individual room was nice with a good spacious shower area. The food was pretty good. The viewing deck outside the bar area was a good feature and a lovely place for a sundowner.

Overall we were happy with this lodge but were also happy to move on after the one night. Having said that it would make a good base from which to see Etosha if you were not staying inside Etosha itself." See all these reviews: 11n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Mr G & Mrs S
NOT.

"A room with a view"

1 night Arrived 4 Sep 2016
"Our first time here and could not find fault with the place at all
As with all the places we stayed we spent very little time in them
we were in the park all day but the food, rooms and service were all spot on would go back at drop of a hat" See all these reviews: 17n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr B
Enniskillen

"Etosha Safari Lodge"

1 night Arrived 7 Jul 2016
"I think we were all a little disappointed to be staying outside of the National Park but the location of this site was an ideal second best. On arrival all was well but when we got to the one chalet we had been sent to there were on four beds in one shared open space with an open bathroom. I returned to reception where the staff said they would put in an extra bed into this one chalet. This was at best going to be quite a squeeze with little privacy for all concerned.

On taking this back to the staff they finally agreed that the booking had been for two chalets and all was fine after that. The pool was wonderful with amazing views, the restaurant excellent, great food and location. Parking in front of the chalet was a little rough with loose stones making it difficult to get the minibus in as it skidded on the stones" See all these reviews: 8n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Good
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27 reviews of Etosha Safari Lodge by travellers since August 2007
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