Reviews of Villa Violet
Wildlife sightings and reviews
128 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Villa Violet and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa
"Great overnight stop at end of long flight"
The proprietress was very helpful with advice on dinner venues, and instructions on how to get to Joes! I was glad we had taken the later flight a day earlier, so didn't have a long drive on arrival.
It is in a quiet suburb, but convenient for the main roads in and out of town, even has a small pool,not used by us though!" See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia
"Villa Violet - convenient overnight stop"
Close to Joe's Beerhouse - a quirky restaurant with good food." See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia
"Convenient and quiet"
We were assisted with recommendations for dinner and a trusted taxi company." See all these reviews: 16n in Namibia
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Dinner booked for us along with a taxi and we had a good nights sleep.
Valued the tea available." See all these reviews: 10n in Namibia
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The room was very comfortable and breakfast was good.
It was very close to a good restaurant for dinner - Joe's Beers" See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia
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Staff went to great trouble to find and book a nice, local restaurant for evening meal on Saturday night." See all these reviews: 11n in Namibia
"Great start at Villa Violet"
Villa Violet is a very pleasant guest house, decorated tastefully and thoughtfully in an attractive style. Our bedroom and bathroom were lovely and spotless. The beds were comfortable and the bed-linen immaculately laundered.
Heidi's welcome was warm and informative. We were shown the common areas as well as our own room and invited to make beverages and help ourselves to homemade cookies (always a winner).
Breakfast was generous and delicious.
An extra point about Villa Violet was that during the course of Heidi's welcome she gave us some good tips to acclimatize us to life in Namibia. These were small things, but very useful, eg we said that we were going into Windhoek for the evening. She told us it was a public holiday and that many shops etc would be closed, suggested where we would find parking and how much we should pay for a 'car guard'. In fact she gave us several tips on dealing with over-enthusiastic sellers to tourists and how to make sure that we did not end up buying things we didn't need or at inflated prices. Because of our interest in getting to know Namibia, Heidi also gave us information about farming in the country and how many farmers diversify into guest or hunting farming. All of this was an excellent introduction for us and many of the things Heidi told us remained with us throughout the trip." See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia
"Lovely stay at Villa Violet"
We had a great stay on both occasions. Heidi is friendly, welcoming and very helpful. We had an excellent dinner on our first night on her recommendation and the breakfast was delicious. We would highly recommend Villa Violet." See all these reviews: 6n in Namibia; 5n in Botswana; 1n in Zimbabwe
"Ideal launching pad for your adventure"
Good security too. Great starting point." See all these reviews: 10n in Namibia
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