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Mushara Lodge
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Mushara Lodge

Reviews of Mushara Lodge

Wildlife sightings and reviews

102 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Mushara 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 Jun-2018, 17 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Mushara Lodge.
Lion

69% success

Leopard

55% success

Cheetah

25% success

Giraffe

94% success

Oryx

94% success

Wildebeest

94% success

Zebra

94% success

Elephant

88% success

Black Rhino

62% success

Spotted Hyena

50% success

White Rhino

40% success

Eland

38% success

Sable antelope

13% success

Brown Hyena

10% success

Roan antelope

9% success

Aardvark

0% success

Pangolin

0% success

Showing 41-50 of 102
Duration
Arrival date
Mr M
Stockport

"Mushara Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 19 Jun 2017
"Second stay at this lodge.

Lovely comfortable room.

Food bit off first night, meat chewy in the Goulash! Second night good barbecue with great oryx steak.

Policy of having doors open in a morning while eating encourages squirrel like creatures to roam, not ideal.

Handy for the east side of the park.

Had a quick email response to food quality and service being a bit overt rather than helpful. Did not raise the squirrel issue." See all these reviews: 8n in Namibia; 2n in Botswana; 2n in Zambia; 1n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Service:
Average
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Average
Mr & Mrs J
Kent

"Self drive safari in Etosha"

2 nights Arrived 15 May 2017
"~We enjoyed our day driving ourselves around the waterholes of the eastern side of Etosha National Park." See all these reviews: 18n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr B & Mrs C
Glasgow

"The best lodge "

2 nights Arrived 8 Apr 2017
"We spent 2 weeks in Namibia , drove 3500 k and stayed in 7 lodges . All well organised by Sabina at Expert Africa . All lodges had strengths but Mushara was our favourite .

We stayed 2 nights in room 2 - a separate cottage - very private rear veranda - wifi - air conditioning - very easy to use shower - very large room with space for everything . Huge 5 star central lounge with very good coffee and cake . Breakfast on terrace with warthogs and barbecue dinner in boma excellent .

Big garden had cool pool , warthog family , mongoose hunting in long grass(snakes?) dik dik , numerous birds and enough space for privacy . Staff friendly and efficient - a rare combination achieved seldom ." See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Mrs CH
Guildford

"Lovely lodge just outside Etosha National Pk"

3 nights Arrived 19 Mar 2017
"We stayed for 3 nights in a thatched cottage. Staff were warm and welcoming, food was first class, the furnishings were lovely.

We had a great early morning game drive with an excellent guide.

Mosquitos outside at dinner were voracious." See all these reviews: 26n in Namibia; 2n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Good
Mr & Mrs T
Cardiff

"Very nice accommodation & close to Etosha"

2 nights Arrived 11 Mar 2017
"The accommodation was excellent and the service good. We liked the location of the individual rooms with close views of birds and wildlife.

We felt a bit put under pressure to sign up for a game drive - we didn't sign up as we had already spent 3 days in Etosha and wanted to do our own thing. Though we missed out on seeing elephants we had excellent views of lions and a cheetah and a view of a white rhino from our own vehicle.

The food at the lodge was disappointing. Breakfast was fine but the dinner dishes - especially starters - we very complicated, the main courses were nothing special and deserts were disappointing (one was basically jelly and custard). As we were eating with low lighting levels it wasn't always possible to detect what the food items were give the mix and/or lack of flavour.

The pool looked very nice but we didn't find time in daylight to use it." See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Average
Mr & Mrs B
Colorado

"Mushara Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 6 Mar 2017
"We absolutely loved Mushara Lodge. The setting is gorgeous and serene. The lodge was beautifully decorated and the staff warm & welcoming.

The pool area is such a nice place to relax and quite a bit of wildlife visited us, including warthogs, mongooses, many interesting birds, and dik diks. The room was lovely and romantic. We were very happy with the food and they were kind enough to prepare very nice vegetarian options for me that I greatly enjoyed.

We mostly did self-driving through the park but the one game drive we did was excellent and we finally got to see our elephants!" See all these reviews: 11n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr J
Floral Park

"Mushara Lodge review"

1 night Arrived 29 Jan 2017
"Great and Relaxful.

Only concern was the tons of insects that were invited to dinner with us, made us feel very uncomfortable while enjoying the atmosphere and dinner" See all these reviews: 9n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Mr & Mrs P
Waterloovi

"Mushara Lodge review"

1 night Arrived 19 Oct 2016
"lovely lodge for a break from game drives with nice pool & relaxing enviroment
closeby etosha but would still stay at namutoni as preference given inside park & air con rooms" See all these reviews: 9n in Namibia; 2n in Botswana; 2n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Good
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Good
Bruce
Harrogate

"Mushara Lodge"

1 night Arrived 17 Oct 2016
"What a wonderful welcome and fantastic setting and accommodation!

But the food was possibly the worst we had on our trip. Mediocre when every promised so much." See all these reviews: 20n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Poor
Facilities:
Excellent
Ms H
Washington

"Beautiful lodge!"

1 night Arrived 16 Aug 2016
"This was such a beautiful location and the staff were wonderful." See all these reviews: 7n in Namibia; 5n in Botswana; 2n in South Africa; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Showing 41-50 of 102
93%
102 reviews of Mushara Lodge by travellers since August 2007
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