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Galton House
Galton House
Galton House
Galton House
Galton House
Galton House
Galton House

Reviews of Galton House

Wildlife sightings and reviews

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

Showing 41-50 of 188
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Mr & Mrs V.
Leiden

"Galton House review"

1 night Arrived 23 Oct 2021
"The perfect end to our trip. Rooms are nice, the main areas have relaxing music and the overall vibe is very homey and relaxed.

Colin is a character and a lot of fun to have a conversation with. Both he and his staff were able to make us feel right at home and provide a welcoming atmosphere.

Being able to stay until the very last minute before leaving for the airport and use the rooms and pool without any fuss was a gift!

Next time we'll start there as well." See all these reviews: 16n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs R
UK

"Galton House review"

1 night Arrived 24 Oct 2019
"Very nice welcoming people. Excellent vegetarian food. Very clean." See all these reviews: 16n in Namibia; 1n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs B
Witney

"Good stay"

1 night Arrived 21 Oct 2019
"Our voucher designated a luxury room, but although it was comfortable we would not have called it luxury. On returning home and reading the description again it appears that the room we were given was a room from the second family room - it was off the parking area and had an interleading door to another room.

Apart from this, we found Galton House very comfortable, clean and welcoming - just 40 minutes from the airport, and in a very quiet location. Food was excellent and we would recommend that you eat at Galton House for your evening meal instead of going into town!" See all these reviews: 22n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs OC
Sheffield

"A perfect start to our trip"

1 night Arrived 3 Oct 2019
"Galton House was really fantastic and definitely our favourite of the two places we stayed in Windhoek. It had a lovely relaxed and welcoming feel, the dinner was delicious and the service was just perfect - very attentive without being overbearing.

The pool area and lounge areas were especially nice, and the open plan kitchen where you could help yourself to a hot drink or a beer from the fridge really contributed to the relaxed, home-from-home experience." See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Good
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs L
Surrey

"Good stopover at Galton House"

1 night Arrived 25 Sep 2019
"Galton House was very helpful at getting us into self-drive mode." See all these reviews: 18n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Mr & Mrs D.
Cambridge

"Galton House. Place to rest up after flight."

1 night Arrived 31 Aug 2019
"Galton House was just a place to stay after a long flight.

Having said that, the rooms were very well appointed and the service was fantastic.

We did not have time to use the pool as we only got there an hour before evening meal, went to bed straight after and left for our journey straight after breakfast.

The food was good and plentiful.

As Galton House is in a City and there are no Sat Nav's to follow, it was a bit difficult to find." See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Average
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Dr. L & wife
Denmark

"Perfect place for 1st night in Windhoek"

1 night Arrived 28 Jul 2019
"We arrived tired at Galton House after a 30 hours journey and arguing about the car in the airport. So much the more, we appreciated the warm welcome in Galton House. We got rooms 8 and 9 which had a convenient connecting door for families. Everything was beautiful and tastefully decorated in high quality materials. Spotless clean. Despite our late arrival, we got a lovely tasty 4 course dinner on the spot with good South African wine. The day after, a nice breakfast. We also noticed a nice pool area. All in all a great place we would happily visit again. Only minus was a very slow internet (if you need net, perhaps a star less)" See all these reviews: 21n in Namibia; 2n in Botswana; 2n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Good
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs BW
The Sands

"Great start to trip at Galton House"

1 night Arrived 25 Jul 2019
"Galton House was the perfect start to our 2 week trip. Great accommodation and service. They suggested a good restaurant for dinner and organised a shuttle to and from the restaurant.

Only issue was hot water not working in a couple of rooms but alternative showers provided and the issue was quickly resolved." See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia; 3n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Dune lover
London

"Galton House review"

1 night Arrived 6 May 2019
"The rooms were well appointed and the staff were very welcoming and helpful. Food was excellent.

This was a good way to start our holiday." See all these reviews: 16n in Namibia; 3n in Zimbabwe; 1n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mrs B
Swindon

"Galton House review"

1 night Arrived 13 Feb 2019
"It was ok just for one night.

Pool dirty but out of season and no one else staying." See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average

Location:
Average
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
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