Reviews of Sossus Dune Lodge
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142 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Sossus Dune Lodge and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa
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"See Deadvlei before the crowds arrive"
"Good for short visit"
Lodge was comfortable tho it is quite a long walk to some of the chalets. Set menu, tho costed by the course so you dont have to have alll 3 courses (although we didnt find this out until the 2nd night as there were no prices on the 1st night's menu - odd !)" See all these reviews: 23n in Namibia
"Sossus Dune was great"
We did the sunrise tour to Big Daddy and breakfast with a good guide.
Had issues with broken fan in our room that was fixed promptly when we asked." See all these reviews: 21n in Namibia
"Sossus Dune Lodge review"
The big advantage of staying here was to get to Big Daddy dune at dawn ahead of people staying outside the park. The guide who took us was very knowledgeable and set out a delicious breakfast afterwards.
We were in one of the rooms furthest from the central bar/dining area. This had the advantage of privacy but it was over 5 minutes brisk walk to the bar which would not suit everyone.
The staff was friendly and helpful. The car park was a little way away from the reception but we were very impressed by the way that the staff looked out for guests arriving back and rushed down to the car park to collect them in the lodge van." See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia
"Sossus Dune Lodge review"
The service was pretty poor at this lodge. For example, we stayed in the Honeymoon Chalet which is a very very long walk from the main lodge/the exit and were told someone was coming to help us with our luggage upon check out. This person never came until we had already made the 10 minute walk and were steps from the end of the walk. You also park away from the lodge and a shuttle takes you up to the main area, otherwise it is a hot walk uphill. This service was very slow several times and we had to walk halfway up the hill before the vehicle arriving then driving us back to where we started to turn around and go back up.
The rooms are lovely and the view gorgeous. We loved spending time on our balcony. The pool was very refreshing. The rooms do let in quite a few moths and bugs as the windows don't seal well, but with the mosquito netting around our bed it wasn't an issue. In my opinion, it is essential to stay at Sossus Dune Lodge if visiting Sossusvlei!" See all these reviews: 11n in Namibia
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"Great place!"
Perhaps they could remove the piles of earth and dirt in front of the cabines?
Would make the view into the flat desert a bit nicer, looks unfinished right now.
Whilst in the Namib Desert, these travellers took a scenic helicopter flight. Here's what they said about it:
Great pilot (Richard)
After a slow start we got going to a great flight across the desert.
People need to understand that if they need to be at place, ready to go at 0545 hrs, it's 0545 and not 0600 hrs.
There are other people depending on you getting your ass at the right place at the right time, with the right gear." See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia
"Sossus Dune Lodge review"
As we didn't have a 4 wheel drive we went on a trip organised by the lodge- it's an hours' drive to the dune so it was lot less stressful. The guide Semmy was knowledgeable and friendly and really took trouble to make the experience good for us.
There is no air conditioning in the rooms and it was extremely hot - no shade on the terrace and the metal doors were so hot you couldn't touch them.... The pool is lovely. Building work was being undertaken while we were there which was quite noisy until 2pm (two large diggers right outside the room). But worthy it for the location." See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia
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Early access to Big Daddy was something special well worth the early morning." See all these reviews: 9n in Namibia
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