Travel reviews by D & P from Lavenham

"A very pleasant place to spend a first night.

Convenient location, excellent food."

"Lovely lodge, wonderful views.

Can walk independently around the lodge.

Good for visiting rock carvings and finding desert elephants. Good bird watching from the lounge."

"The scenery and walking was excellent. The guide was very good .

Our only criticism is that it was very cold the first night and the bedding was inadequate. When we asked the second night, they had hot water bottles which they hadn’t thought to give us!

So to improve - hot water bottles already in the bed if it’s cold. A duvet sleeping bag, not just a duvet which is difficult to wrap around you when you’re inside a bag!"

"We only spent one night here, but it was just like a camp should be!

Comfortable, no frills, sociable, good food!"

"Absolutely lovely - like a first class hotel!

So many animals at the water hole. Plus an elephant ranking from the swimming pool!"

"Another first class hotel! Lots of animals in the garden

Disappointing that although bird watching in the gardens here is mentioned, the person who acted as guide for bird watching was away. And nobody else knew anything."

"Back to basics, no frills but a great experience with owner Bruno, who is so knowledgeable and takes the time to show and explain.

We were lucky to be the only guests during our three night stay so had exclusive access to guide.

Walking in the reserve made a pleasant change from driving as we were right there with the animals. Also time for birding."

"We were only here one night. Had stayed here previously, and the activity we most enjoyed was the night hide. We enquired about this, and we’re told that it was only available as part of the night drive.

So we paid £100 and did the night drive, only to discover that the hide was only available to Bush Camp guests! Disappointing.

The night drive was at 8.30, so we went for 7.00 supper. Service very slow, but we just managed to finish, only to discover that the drive was 9.00 - wrong information.

A disappointing end to a lovely holiday."

"It was a wonderful and unique place. There was a lovely feeling of freedom, open window, - natural ventilation!! no locks on doors.

But as a lodge, it left much to be desired. There were few activities, but those that were offered, were not well advertised.

The chalets were fairly basic, that was fine. But they were also run down, our mattress was covered with a thick plastic cover, sellotaped on. Surely if they were worried about mattress staining, they could have afforded proper mattress covers! Our toilet didn’t flush properly. It was quite difficult to redress these problems as there was rarely anyone on the desk, and they weren’t very communicative. Disappointing."

"Lovely accommodation and attentive host.

Beach looked wonderful but sea too rough for snorkelling. Had to travel right round the island for suitable beaches, which were actually not so far, but only accessible by foot - a long walk in the heat!"

"Couldn’t fault accommodation. Lovely chalet with veranda.

Nice breakfasts. Bike hire available - took advantage of this - great fun!

Pleasant gardens.

Again had to hunt for snorkelling beaches, as one near chalet was desirable!"

"Very welcoming, great fun.

Super food which we ate with the hosts. This was great because you could talk about life in the Seychelles, great to get an insight.

We were the only people staying and were very lucky to get an upgrade to their new room - bedroom, kitchen/ lounge/ dining room. Designed by Hugues who is an architect - unbelievably beautiful place, with balcony overlooking the harbour!"

"Great for a one night stopover. Lots of birds.

They now do meals, which were very good, and meant that we could relax rather than going into Windhoek"

"We loved it! Especially all the 'local' animals - springbok, eland, meerkats, goats, donkey - all visited!

We really enjoyed the bushman trip.

The night drive was a little disappointing. There was no guide. The driver had to drive and hold the flashlight. He did his best, but not ideal!"

"Just a wonderful place!

Amazing scenery. Great trip into the canyon. What we weren’t told though, was that walks into the canyon had stopped the previous week - it was too hot, Amazing swim in what remains of Fish River.

No sun beds, limited activities.

Good birdwatching (and Dessie watching) from deck - they provided a small pool.

Only criticism - no sunbeds!"

"Again wonderful place. Lovely walks. Fairly convenient for visiting Luderitz and Kolmanskop. We loved our cabiin, watching Oryx and Springbok trailing across the sand and the many changed in weather!

Tried the bbq, but really too cold to enjoy.

Breakfast pack very generous,

Super evening drive from cabin to Desert Horse in!

Desert Inn understaffed on desk and bar"

"Super spot for one night. Lizards, butterflies, biirds. A large and friendly pig!

Great for walks.

Quite remote, Without a 4 wheel drive, we would have have had to retrace our steps for quite a long way.

Nice family atmosphere!"

"An amazing experience,! Fascinating walks, and information. Lots of wildlife!

Possibly tried to make meals too up-Market, simpler meals served more quickly would have been better as it was quite cold. ,Camp fire would have been welcome.. ,Hot water bottles in the beds was a wonderful surprise,"

"Upgraded to superior room thanks to a coach party occupying the standard rooms, one night stop over was sufficient to complete an evening and morning walk.

Rescue meerkats were entertaining"

"Highlights Watching birds feeding just outside restaurant, Warthogs bathing in waterhole, seeing busman cave paintings, walks in hills, sunsets from our deck,
Watchingdaddies and hornbills.

Three nights would probably have been enough.

The lodge got quite crowded on the last couple of days, and there weren’t enough shady sun beds for relaxing by the pool - It was very hot!"

"A surprise to see green grass - everywhere else was so careful with water! The most luxurious accommodation of the tour.

More wildlife to see with game drives, cheetahs and leopards living as freely as possible.

Food excellent as it has been on whole trip.

Wonderful day rooms where all sorts of birds and even a warthog came to feed. A jar of food provided and replenished!

Great night hide!"