Travel reviews by Ms M from CambridgeHeath

"Very nice Hotel excellent room and restaurant. pool was large. Could have done with a full day to enjoy."

"The rooms were huge and had a fire , which we had lit before dinner. Able to dry clothes beside it and enjoy the warmth.
Hotel also cleaned and dried our shoes after trekking, this was very appreciated as we were very muddy.
The foot massage offered at end of hike was also excellent.
Good food and excellent service.
Lovely gardens as well."

"Same as before. [Ed: see below]"

"This camp was exceptional. Superb, room, pool, and the most delicious food, with excellent salads and vegetables which are often missed when travelling.
Safaris were great, huge variation each day, our guide was superb. We loved our breakfasts in the wilderness.
Saw lots of game, Cheetahs, Lions, elephants etc.
Finished with a romantic dinner on our deck."

"A mobile camp with a very impressive tent. All one could want, hot showers, lounge, comfortable bed.
Also surprise cooked breakfast in the savannah. Surprise sundowner around a fire by a lake.
First lunch served under a tree with view of lake.
Asilia camps are so well run, thoughtful, excellent staff and food.
All day safari, with visit to Hidden valley a truly magical place."

"We were very fortunate to be given the Zanzibar suite. Huge room.
Nice pool and gardens, it was good for a change of pace and to relax a little.
Food good. Room had a kettle so we could make our own tea."

"Another excellent Asilia Camp. Cooler and high altitude. Tents were truly special, superb bathroom, beds, and view.
Good deck to enjoy afternoon sun.
Again excellent food and wine.
We enjoyed the visit to the Maasai village plus the two walks, first to Empakaai Crater Hike, (large lake), then to Olmatic Crater, where we walked to a waterfall.
It was so good to walk after all the safaris. Still the bumpy roads to get there."

"This had a very different feel to other Asilia camps.
The staff certainly weren't as friendly, but still very nice.
Rooms were again excellent, with a very enjoyable double hammock to relax on , looking over the sea.
Food not good at the weekend but improved dramatically from the Monday. A special Valentines dinner was set up on the beach, with seafood.
They had bikes but charged $20 to rent which we thought was wrong.
We did enjoy the kayaking. Snorkelling can only be done with a boat ride which they charged US$35 each. Not as impressive as I had thought it'd be.
Overall a very relaxing 5 days in very comfortable accommodation."

"Old Merchant house, interesting but didn't feel clean.
We had a superb room (Kate), top floor (no lift), but two balconies, with great views.
Restaurant at the top had superb views of the town plus we had the 5 course dinner which was excellent.
Very noisy mosques at 5am."

"Perfectly comfortable for an over night stay in Windhoek. Good bathroom, clean, comfortable beds.

We went out to eat at Joes Cafe and Jacks. Both good."

"In the middle of the Sossusvlei Desert, magnificent sand dunes everywhere.

The room was great with deck out the front to look over the plains. You could sleep on the roof outside, which one of us did, for a lovely experience of seeing the stars.

Very good service and friendly staff."

"There were 3 of us and we were given a two bedroom, two bathroom apartment, everything was retro and a lot of the old furniture from the fifties. In keeping with the style of the building and era. Good breakfast, kettle in room. Walking distance to town and restaurants.

We did an enjoyable drive along the beaches and sand dunes.

We enjoyed Swakopmund, it was peaceful, full of old German architecture, nice beach, good feeling."

"This camp had the most welcoming staff. The Damara people the locals from this area we found very hospitable.

Room was superb and we were able to roll our bed outside so we could sleep under the stars.

One night dinner was a BBQ served out in the desert, a magnificent setting.

Good wine anything we wanted was of no problem and the singing was great."

"The room was large with a desk and armchair and great bed.
Kettle and water provided.
Plenty of wild life, on arrival while at lunch a Giraffe came to the waterhole 20 metres away.
Comfortable relaxing area.
Disharmony and unhappiness among the staff.
Our guide was good and we saw much wildlife.
We really loved Namibia."

"As before [Ed: see below]"

"Excellent location to falls. Rooms very good, lovely colonial looking Hotel.

Breakfast excellent.

Absolutely no need to spend on more expensive Hotel. We went for high tea at Victoria Falls Hotel, which was good but I preferred the look of Ilala Lodge.

Discovered a great cafe called Wild horizon cafe. Looked over the Zambezi river and also the bridge linking Zimbabwe and Zambia. Ate dinner while the sunset.

Anything good cafe was the Three monkeys."

"We would have loved to have time to enjoy the room. Huge, elegant and looking over water with Hippos.

We didn't manage to see so much wild life here.

Staff very friendly.

Beautiful boat ride among the Hippos, with sunset drinks."

"Rather run down and staff appeared tired.

Fantastic safaris, we saw so many animals and birds.

Saw a Baboon steal a jar of peanut butter, so funny."

"All the camps in Botswana where dry, they had very little rain so far.

This camp the guide tried very hard to find wild life but hard because of dryness.

Nice room, a bit hot. All camps had great beds. All you had to take any electrical devices to central office to charge.

Pleasant staff nice outside evening fire."