Reviews of Lagoon Lodge
Wildlife sightings and reviews
48 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Lagoon Lodge and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa
"Lagoon Lodge - a nice surprise"
Room was nice and separate - own front door on the bay. Run by a French couple - so breakfast was a cut above most other breakfasts! They looked after us extremely well. The first evening we ate at the Raft which is the best known fish restaraunt in Walvis Bay and written up well in all the guidebooks. The guidebooks are wrong, our hosts were right....very mediocre.
Second night we succumbed to advice from our hosts and went to their French friends new restaraunt....supposedly fusion but seemed pretty North African to me. This was the best food I had in Namibia by a million miles. Called Lyon des Salles I think. Sadly my pal had too bad a cold to taste it!" See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia
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"Great morning out with a very knowledgeable guide. The dolphins and seals were very playful and there was an interesting look at the birds on the lagoon.
Also, sandwiches and coffee are included which was a nice surprise and we were sent some digital photos afterwards."
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The owners were really friendly and helpful and it was also a joy to spend some time with two delightful dogs (sad people that we are we were missing ours).
Curiously we could have spent an extra day very happily as it was one of the few places where we all felt we had left things that we wanted to do undone!" See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia
"One of our favorites!"
One of the BEST B+Bs we stayed at. Nice location, nice building/rooms, great food, nice owners... THANKS AGAIN FOR THE RECOMMENDATION TRACEY!!!!
Booked up but all we heard was good about some guy who does the "Small Five" desert tours. Guess it's Very good!" See all these reviews: 19n in Namibia
"Lagoon Lodge unconditional recommendation!"
The accommodation was so comfortable and lovely that we bought our own food and ate dinner on the balcony for both nights of our stay. The breakfasts were the absolute best of the whole trip." See all these reviews: 16n in Namibia
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Lagoon front position would have been more enjoyable without the continual noise of salt lorries passing the
premises all day long.
Incidently the weather was the pits!" See all these reviews: 18n in Namibia
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The Lagoon Lodge at Walvis Bay was a very welcome respite with a warm welcome and comfortable rooms. My only complaint was I got electrocuted when I accidently touched the unmarked electric fence around the swimming pool!
The highlight of our entire trip was the day we spent with Ernst at Sandwich Harbour. We saw birds, dug for water, opened up 17th century rubbish dumps (middens), tried to rescue seals caught up in fishing line and were given a heart stopping demonstration of what a Land Rover can do in expert hands. Fantastic. Ernst is a real expert on the flora and fauna of the desert dunes and I would recommend him and his company to anyone. A wonderful day.
We also went on a township tour recently set up by a young Namibian Fried Fredericks. (EMail - mmsaf@mweb.com.na
Tel +264 64 205 511) Up to then the only black faces we had seen were serving drinks or driving Land Rovers so it was very interesting to see how black Namibians lived. We visited an AIDS/HIV centre, a vast open air canteen and a shabeen and really enjoyed ourselves." See all these reviews: 16n in Namibia
"Lovely guest house with friendly hosts"
The downside was the road in between the property and the lagoon which was not apparent from the publicity/website. Fortunately it wasn't too busy after dark!!
Seeing the flamingoes on the lagoon was great.
Followed Expert Africa's advice, and would highly recommend "The Raft" to eat at in the evenings.
Did Turnstone Tours' trip to Sandwich Harbour and really enjoyed it despite very limited time at Sandwich due to the turning tide (so trip schedule should have been organised better to allow for this). The guide, Ernst, was excellent - apart from this small niggle - and was a really knowledgeable and caring individual. Eating lasagne and apple crumble for lunch in the dunes was kinda surreal !
However, did hear a very negative report from a couple who did the same trip 2 days later with a new guide (who was being trained up on our trip)." See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia
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