Reviews of Kulala Desert Lodge
Wildlife sightings and reviews
362 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Kulala Desert Lodge and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa
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"Kulala Desert Lodge review"
The manager welcomed us but the whole place aeemed to treatits guests in an off-hand manner.
The guides were good and friendly.
The ballooning was just magical! The balloonist was really experienced and looked just like Crocodile Dundee.
He landed the basket neatly on the back of the trailer and then we had the most amazing breakfast with champagne." See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia
"Good for the desert."
The lodge wasn't really prepared for vegetarian meals." See all these reviews: 19n in Namibia
"AMAZING LOCATION"
BECAUSE THERE HAD BEEN A MIX UP WITH OUR ACCOMODATION ON THE SECOND NIGHT AND EXTRA BEDS HAD TO BE SQUASHED INTO THE ROOMS, TRACY HAD TOLD US THAT THEY WOULD BE BENDING OVER BACKWARDS TO KEEP US HAPPY. tHIS WAS NOT ACTUALLY THE CASE. oN THE SECOND DAY THE WAITRESS ANNOUNCED THAT WE WERE NOW ON ALL INCLUSIVE, WE QUERIED THIS SO SHE CHECKED BUT CONFIRMED THIS SO WE HAD A FEW MORE DRINKS THAN WE WOULD NORMALLY HAVE BOUGHT. wE PRESUMED THAT THIS WAS BECAUSE OF THE BOOKING ERROR.ON CHECKING OUT, WE WERE BILLED FOR THESE AND OUR EXPLANATIONS POO POOED AS THE WAITRESS WAS NOT ON DUTY.
WE REFUSED TO PAY, SO SHE SAID SHE WOULD CHECK OUR STORY AND CHARGE US ON OUR CARD LATER. TO DATE THIS HAS NOT HAPPENED.
ON THE OTHER HAND THEY WERE HELPFUL WITH OUR CAR PROBLEMS. THE STAFF EVENING ENTERTAINMENT WAS A HIGHLIGHT.
WE FELT THAT THE EVENING MEAL PORTIONS WERE UNGENEROUS." See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia
"Our first proper Sundowner overlooking the Du"
Our guide was very knowledgeable and enthusiastic. His name was David. The food was good but the sweets and cakes were rather sickly. The starters and main courses were good. The service was great and the sining in the evening of the first day was very good with all the satff joining in.
The drive to the Dunes was much colder in the open top than we had anticipated. The ponchos were very good but we got rather wind-burnt. Lunch had been left or taken by another driver so we did not have quite as much time there as planned. We would have like d to go up Big Moma or Big Dada, but that might not have suited all those in the landrover." See all these reviews: 16n in Namibia
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Lunch was not as it should have been in the trip to the sand dunes. There was some type of mix up." See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia
"Africa Specialist | Namibia"
"Unforgettable dunes and ballooning at Kulala"
The food was a little ordinairy for one meal. Much better for the other. But generally cold!
The swimming pool didn't look especially inviting when we arrived (there had been 10 oryx drinking from it the previous night!!) and there was some algae on the first day. It looked much cleaner the second day!" See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia
"Good location for the dunes and Sossusvlei"
There was a local choir one evening comprised from the staff who were really good and gave us a local flavour of traditional music.
The area is stunning and the ballon trip whilst not actually travelling that far was fantastic." See all these reviews: 19n in Namibia
"Kulala Desert Lodge"
The trip into the dunes was excellent because Franz made it so.
The food was poor and cold when served." See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia
"The desert was the highligt"
"Fantastic situation for visiting Sossusvlei"
The food was tasty but was delivered at great speed and dinner was not a relaxing affair! We would have preferred more time to finish our courses and between each one being brought!
The sunrise drive was wonderful. We stopped for sunset and were pretty much the first to arrive at dead vlei and watched the sun come over the dunes with great photographic opportunities. We then walked up to a ridge of Big Mama which had lovely views. Personally we would have liked to walk up further but the guide and some of the party stayed behind which perhaps restricted us.
A trip to the Sesriem Canyon was offered in the evening but we thought that this was a lot of money and chose to drive ourselves, which gave us opportunity to get petrol and a permit for the next day." See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia; 5n in Botswana
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