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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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Mr & Mrs B
Hampshire

"River Crossing review"

1 night Arrived 9 Jun 2017
"this feels like a lodge miles from anywhere despite its close proximity to Windhoek. An ideal place if you wish to avoid staying in a city environment" See all these reviews: 10n in Namibia; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mrs J
Exeter

"River Crossing review"

1 night Arrived 23 May 2017
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Mrs J
Exeter

"Perfect for arrivals and departures "

1 night Arrived 21 May 2017
"A good spot for watching the sun go down over Windhoek and passing relaxing hours before departure" See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia; 1n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Mr & Mrs M
Wales

"See previous"

1 night Arrived 27 Apr 2017
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Mr & Mrs M
Wales

"Good Stop Over"

1 night Arrived 22 Apr 2017
"Lovely setting. Calm after travelling.

Food and dining staff excellent. Other staff what you'd expect from a conference venue.

A really good choice for a 1 night in or out of Windhoek as you don't have to go into town.

Pool is in the middle of the dining area so not very private." See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia; 12n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Service:
Average
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Ms M & Mr S
USA

"River Crossing review"

1 night Arrived 14 Apr 2017
"Far from the city, so when we wanted to go to Windhoek to walk around, we had to pay an expensive cab fare.

There were also no activities available for us to book to occupy our time. However, hospitality was very good.

The dinner was delicious. The sunset was very pretty. I'm glad we only stayed one night, though." See all these reviews: 3n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Poor
Service:
Good
Activities:
Terrible
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
A&A
Portland

"River Crossing"

1 night Arrived 26 Mar 2017
"The location is beautiful.

This lodge was chosen because it was closer to the airport than other Windhoek locations.

Staff was very friendly and helpful." See all these reviews: 8n in Namibia; 5n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Mr & Mrs B
Swindon

"River Crossing."

1 night Arrived 3 Mar 2017
"If a few things are wrong with a lodge or hotel it sensitises one to yet more problems. This sadly was the case with River Crossing. No help was given or offered to get our bags from the car up the steep steps into the hotel in pouring rain. There were no umbrellas provided so we had to sit and wait for the rain to abate before we could go to our rooms. The paved path stopped at my sons room no.5. A grit path continued towards our room no.6 but the descent to the room was over uneven bedrock, definitely sub standard even for a one night stay. The room itself was fine. The main pathway to the rooms had quite a few small branches (thorny) growing out from the surrounding acacias into the path. So one had to duck and weave ones way along. A man with secateurs could deal with the problem in minutes. The swimming pool was notable for the rich green growth of algae growing on the sides. Oh dear! There was a mini bar fridge in our room. It had a list of it's contents and the prices, why should one have to pay for bottled water? As I was going to bed I wanted some water. Imagine my surprise to find the fridge had no bottles of anything in it, and my total amazement that it's only content was an insulin injection pen for a diabetic! I reported this to the management in the morning they looked shocked and did apologise. The fridge in my sons room turned out to contain one bottle of water. Your website describes the food as fair I think that's about right. I should add that the manageress was very helpful in phoning Wilderness several times to try and find out what time we were going to be collected. And that the staff were friendly and helpful except over our arrival." See all these reviews: 19n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Poor

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Average
Facilities:
Poor
Prof B & Mr K
Delhi

"River Crossing review"

1 night Arrived 9 Feb 2017
"A superb location with a great view.

The staff stood out for their warmth and humour and helpfulness." See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Mr & Mrs R
Bucks

"River Crossing review"

1 night Arrived 25 Nov 2016
"Spent an evening there as it is reasonably close to the airport. Pleasant without being very luxurious. Very nice verandah and we had a lovely sunset.

NO real "wow" factor (certainly compared to the safari lodges that we stayed in later)." See all these reviews: 8n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average

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