Travel reviews by Mr G from Alstonville
Review Distribution
Total number of trips
1
Countries visited
4
Lodges stayed in
16
Excursions taken
0
Namibia-Botswana-Falls July-August 2018
Namibia and 3 other countries between 15 Jul 2018 and 11 Aug 2018
"Provided a very well researched and considered experience for the four of us. Good variety of activities and accommodation. All transport and connections worked well. Maruska went to a lot of trouble to design a good trip for us at short notice. Would certainly recommend Expert Africa."
Arranged By Maruska AdyeRowe
River Crossing
"Better than a hotel in Windhoek city?"
2 nights
Arrived
15 Jul 2018
"A pleasant spot, just outside and overlooking Windhoek. Nice outlook from the rooms and some wildlife around. Dining was good. No real activities available at the Lodge."
Good
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location
Good
Service
Average
Activities
Poor
Rooms
Good
Food
Good
Facilities
Good
Canyon Lodge
"Oasis in the dry Fish River Canyon area"
2 nights
Arrived
17 Jul 2018
"Interesting and comfortable cabins amongst scenic granite boulders. Good dining. Worthwhile guided trips to canyon and wildlife. Can walk here by yourself."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location
Excellent
Service
Good
Activities
Good
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Good
Facilities
Good
Sightings report
Giraffe
1 sighting
Oryx
3 sightings
Wildebeest
1 sighting
Zebra
1 sighting
Wolwedans Dune Camp
"Great scenic camp in the dunes"
2 nights
Arrived
19 Jul 2018
"Very scenic location in the dunes. Small lodge with great "tents" and service. Interesting guided excursions. Walk through sand from rooms to main area not so good, but you can live with it!"
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Excellent
Sightings report
Oryx
3 sightings
Wildebeest
1 sighting
Zebra
1 sighting
Kulala Desert Lodge
"Scenic spot with good access to big dunes."
2 nights
Arrived
21 Jul 2018
"Interesting architecture in the desert. Good excursions to big dunes and elsewhere."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location
Good
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Excellent
Sightings report
Oryx
1 sighting
Zebra
1 sighting
Cornerstone Guesthouse
"Very well run small B&B, near town centre"
1 night
Arrived
23 Jul 2018
"Convenient location near town centre. Very well run, with helpful staff. Excellent breakfast."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Facilities
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Ai Aiba Lodge
"Scenic location in the granite rocks"
1 night
Arrived
24 Jul 2018
"A scenic location with nice views over valley from rooms and the huge lounge/dining area. Can do short walks around here."
Good
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location
Good
Service
Average
Facilities
Good
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Average
Damaraland Camp
"Great desert camp"
2 nights
Arrived
25 Jul 2018
"Remote desert camp among the hills. Very helpful and friendly staff. Can do a few short walks here. Visit to a local village and a separate kindergarten were illuminating. Rough, rocky road in if you drive yourself, so best to leave vehicle at the main road and be ferried in. A great experience overall."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location
Good
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Excellent
Sightings report
Elephant
2 sightings
Oryx
1 sighting
Ongava Tented Camp
"Good wildlife viewing here"
1 night
Arrived
27 Jul 2018
"Good area for wildlife, particularly around the camp waterhole. Enjoyable camp environment."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location
Excellent
Service
Good
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Good
Facilities
Excellent
Sightings report
Elephant
1 sighting
Giraffe
2 sightings
Lion
2 sightings
Oryx
1 sighting
White Rhino
1 sighting
Zebra
3 sightings
Halali Camp
"Showing age but okay for a night."
1 night
Arrived
28 Jul 2018
"A useful stop as it breaks the trip across Etosha National Park. The rooms are a bit old, but liveable. The food in the restaurant was surprisingly good and amongst the best we had anywhere. There was some confusion and much discussion about the cash key deposit system here. They need to change how they handle this.
However, plenty of wildlife to be seen in the Park nearby."
However, plenty of wildlife to be seen in the Park nearby."
Average
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average
Location
Good
Service
Average
Facilities
Good
Rooms
Average
Food
Excellent
Sightings report
Elephant
5 sightings
Giraffe
3 sightings
Lion
1 sighting
Oryx
7 sightings
Wildebeest
5 sightings
Zebra
10+ sightings
Onguma Bush Camp
"Close base for Etosha visits"
1 night
Arrived
29 Jul 2018
"Base for day trips to Eastern side of Etosha Park (none of which we did). Pleasant location, but with little wildlife near the lodge."
Good
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location
Good
Service
Excellent
Facilities
Good
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Cheetah View Lodge
"Easy to see cheetahs up close."
1 night
Arrived
30 Jul 2018
"Good place to learn about cheetahs, not too far from Windhoek. No activities included, so you need to pay for activities to see much. Could integrate overnight stays with activities better. If you want to see daily (free) cheetah feeding arrive by early afternoon or stay several days."
Good
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location
Good
Service
Excellent
Facilities
Good
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Sightings report
Cheetah
1 sighting
River Crossing
"Handy to Windhoek and airport"
1 night
Arrived
31 Jul 2018
"Good outlook and location. Good dining.
There was no water on tap anywhere in the lodge for a day, which could have become a real problem with no toilet flushing etc and no communication with guests about the situation."
There was no water on tap anywhere in the lodge for a day, which could have become a real problem with no toilet flushing etc and no communication with guests about the situation."
Good
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location
Good
Service
Good
Facilities
Good
Rooms
Good
Food
Excellent
City Lodge OR Tambo
"Very convenient transit hotel"
1 night
Arrived
1 Aug 2018
"A convenient transit hotel, but can be hard to find as you must go through the multi-level carpark. An airport porter latched onto us and took us there (for a tip)! Dining was good."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location
Excellent
Service
Good
Facilities
Excellent
Rooms
Good
Food
Excellent
Hyena Pan
"Great wildlife camp in Okavango"
2 nights
Arrived
2 Aug 2018
"Plenty of wildlife here, particularly around the camp waterhole. Friendly, helpful staff. This a drier area of the outer Okavango Delta, but well worthwhile."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Excellent
Sightings report
Buffalo
1 sighting
Elephant
3 sightings
Giraffe
3 sightings
Lion
1 sighting
Wild dog
1 sighting
Wildebeest
1 sighting
Zebra
3 sightings
Seba Camp
"Luxury by the water"
2 nights
Arrived
4 Aug 2018
"Very pleasant camp, by the water (in early August anyway). Well-guided, interesting activities and saw plenty of varied animals. You could sit at this camp for days without going anywhere!"
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Excellent
Sightings report
Buffalo
4 sightings
Elephant
8 sightings
Giraffe
3 sightings
Leopard
2 sightings
Lion
1 sighting
Spotted Hyena
1 sighting
Wild dog
1 sighting
Wildebeest
2 sightings
Zebra
3 sightings
Avani Victoria Falls
"Good Falls location in Zambia"
3 nights
Arrived
6 Aug 2018
"Closest place to stay near Victoria Falls and with it's own wildlife: zebras, baboons, monkeys. Huge swimming pool if you want it. Have a good look at the Zambian side of the Falls from here and then walk over the bridge into Zimbabwe to see from another angle. But you need a visa - preferably get Kaza Univisa when first entering Zambia or Zimbabwe. Also take a short walk up river to David Livingstone Hotel (in the same grounds)."
Good
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location
Excellent
Service
Good
Facilities
Excellent
Rooms
Good
Food
Excellent
Sightings report
Hippo
1 sighting
Zebra
3 sightings