Reviews of River Crossing
Wildlife sightings and reviews
130 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited River Crossing and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa
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It was a comfortable room and a nice breakfast and conveniently located close to the airport." See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia
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Some hiking trails are available though we did not have time to walk any of them. Note that the lodge was quite tricky to find at the time we were there because of all the construction on a major highway going on - and we did not expect to need 4WD this close to Windhoek! The room is rather sparse and compared to the other places this was much lower quality, e.g. no outdoor light at the door make it hard to see where to insert the room key. And, there was even litter visible off the patio. The TV did not work (though most other places didn’t even have a TV, nor did we want one (!), but the Olympics were on and we wanted to see that on our last night in Namibia. The restaurant is good. This is really a great location if you need to get to the airport early, and the view at sunset is great.
It may not quite be a fair comparison, but we stayed at Arebbush Travel Lodge in Windhoek before our safari excursions. The quality of the room was much better, and probably at much lower cost (though we don't really know that). Arebbush does not have any walking trails nor a view of anything, but for just a comfortable hotel room and a good restaurant, it was more than fine, it was very good." See all these reviews: 11n in Namibia
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Close enough to still explore Windhoek itself." See all these reviews: 20n in Namibia
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Nice pool and outdoor area, convenient place for a stopover." See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia
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The rooms were spacious, clean and functional with good air conditioning, tea/coffee making facilities, a fridge with complimentary water and plenty of hot water in the bathroom. My room at the start of the holiday had a hand-held shower over a corner bath which was awkward to use so it’s best to make sure you get a room with a shower only.
No wildlife drives or walks were offered and I’m assuming this is because the new road has and will affect their ability to do this.
We found the staff friendly and the food decent. There is a 3 course set meal offered in the evenings with a choice of 2 starters and 2 main courses and a dessert. We got charged only for the courses we ate." See all these reviews: 23n in Namibia
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Room itself was fine. Dinner actually was good a carribean version of gammon with cheese sauce.
Service poor. No breakfast as they were not starting until 7am. Take out breakfast average. Directions good!
Looks like a bypass is being built beneath the property so crossing may be interesting when that is built." See all these reviews: 7n in Namibia; 5n in South Africa
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The rooms here have beautiful views of the mountains or the city and are comfortable, if a bit tired and in need of some basic maintenance.
We ate a good, if basic, evening meal here; we were initially told that it was a set three course menu, but we chose not to eat three courses and were charged accordingly. Breakfast was fine. Service is good, and guests seem to be kept separately from those just coming for a meal.
River Crossing seems to be developing a lodge style, in that they are offering wildlife drives around their land and guided tours of Windhoek. It may well be that it is worthy of a longer stay, rather than being just an overnight stop near the airport. I think we would be interested in doing so." See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia; 7n in South Africa
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