Travel reviews by R, M, A & P from W Sussex

"Excellent service, very clean and well furnished rooms, the staff gave good advice on where to go and where to eat etc.

This was very useful while we were still getting the "feel of the place""

"Again excellent accomodation and service.

The staff were very helpful in advising and taking post while dealing with a problem with Budget, the car hire company. We had an excellent trip in Walvis Bay and the sand dunes while here. The restaurants in the town were also very good with a wide range of choice."

"The accomodation and service here were excellent and the camp is clearly extremely well managed.

They could be a little clearer on what various activities cost, (it could be that I missed some pertinent information). We were made very welcome and was probably the best location of the holiday."

"There was a marked contrast between this location and the previous ones all of which were excellent. We booked for dining late and therefore had a poorly positioned table and the food was a bit "tired". As there appear to be no other options for eating in this location, it may be better to book half board and maybe notify people of the contrast with some other sites. In the camp we encountered a scorpion, a brown house snake, large spiders in the rooms and jackals coming up to the restaurant.

The location was superb and we were able to see a superb range of wildlife at the local water hole by day and night, it was also a superb location for seeing many other water holes in western Etosha, when travelling independently it is difficult to see how this location could be bettered."

"Again we were made very welcome and looked asfter extremely well.

There was quite a lot of wildlife close to the tents, hearing a pack of hyenas howling in the middle of the night and very close to the tent is one of the best memories of the holiday, even if it almost frightened me to death!"

"This lodge was used to provide an overnight stop to break what would otherwise have been too long a journey for one day.

This was also not the first choice location. The accomodation was rather "worn" and the service given by most of the staff fell short of that of all the other locations. The quality of the food was also lacking, greasy with wilted salad."

"There were indications of some complacency at the more senior level of management in the camp.

That said, everything else about this site and the associated activities were excellent. We enjoyed superb wildlife sightings and thoroughly enjoyed fishing for Tiger Fish with our guide Adam who was superb at his job and very knowledgable about the fauna."

"The couple who manage the lodge were welcoming, interesting and gave a different dimension to our experience.

They were knowledgable about the wild life of the area but also the culture of the area and some insight of the social and political issues of the country. They seemed to make an extra effort to encourage conversation during the dinner each evening.

The proximity of hippos may be un-nerving to some people."

"This was a very interesting but at times a rather intense experience.

The boat trip was particularly good and it was nice to have the option of a night safari. (I imagine that this coulld have been a superb option in Etosha) Our guide was not as good as others, some of the trips were a bit rough due to rough tracks and the way they were driven. On occasions the guide was too quick to move on and often drove off without checking that everyone had finished photographing etc."

"This is more of a hotel than a lodge. Some of the staff were "just going through the routine" in their dealings with guests, others were excellent and put themselves out to help us and sort out problems. The river cruise was good and of course its brilliant to see the Falls. The restaurant was excellent.

Our experience of the boarder crossing into Zimbabwe was not good, about 2 / 2.5 hours, two long queues and in high temperatures, at one point queuing in the full sun. In reality there is nothing that can be done about this and it is a reality that "needs to be experienced" as part of visiting Zimbabwe. It may therefore be worth giving a bit more information to prepare people for what may happen."

"We spent one night here.

It was a different and good experience in a hotel that is a slice of history and the Hotel has a distinct character and style of service."