Travel reviews by Richard & Caroline from GB

"A wonderful hotel with very attentive staff, excellent Table Mountain view rooms and restaurant (with reasonably priced menu). Nice atmosphere within the hotel.

Requires car/taxi to get to anywhere central as it is located in an upmarket suburb behind Table Mountain....however very near the cricket ground!"

"Convenient and comfortable B&B with attentive hosts, who advised of the good places to eat etc.

Traditional good sized room (room 1) and secure parking."

"Ideal stop-over B&B with good sized room and attentive hosts.

Convenient for getting into the centre of town for food / provisions. Secure parking"

"For Fish Canyon in terms of convenience and location, this really is the only choice.

The hotel and staff were excellent and rooms were clean and functional. The site with the semi-detached cabin rooms set in desert grounds with swimming pool and main hotel buildings was well laid out and enabled a bit of privacy.

Main lodge building was ideal place to have meals and chill with a cold drink"

"A superb eco-lodge in a stunning location in the middle of nowhere. The approach to the lodge is through the reserve they manage containing mainly oryx and springbok.

Once at the lodge there are marked walking trails where you may spot other wildlife - we saw the resident Klipspringers. The drive north from the lodge (to Sossosvlei) is through the Namib-Naukluft NP, with plenty of stunning views and wildlife (not included in the log as outside of lodge reserve).

Lovely styled bungalow accommodation set near to the al fresco honesty bar terrace and the dining area. Excellent food prepared by the hosts and evening dining is for both them and the guests together, so conversation flows until the last person retires for the night."

"Excellent location inside the Park so there is preferential access to Sossosvlei/Deadvlei and Sesreim canyon (often overlooked but just a short 4km drive from lodge and easy to walk into the canyon).

Modern and open, the staff are very helpful, the rooms are stunning/excellent and the food well prepared and varied. Easy to organise a guided tour to Sossusvlei/Deadvlei which is recommended if you want to see the key sights and get the most from the park as some areas are only accessible by rugged 4x4 or park provided transportation.

Perfectly sized lodge with limited numbers - so no crowds"

"Comfortable/clean and secure B&B.

Hosts are attentive and helpful - especially with dining suggestions - The Jetty is only a 5-10 minute walk and serves a good variety of food for evening meals.

Excellent location so easy to walk to most areas within the town and safe so walking at night is not a real issue.

Secure parking and helpful/friendly staff"

"Superb lodge located in the kopjes with hotel provided game/rock art drives and self-walking trails.

Excellent lodge cabins and restaurant. Staff were excellent - very attentive and helpful.

The (young) Eland we saw was in fact the food for a resident leopard that was being stored up a tree - unfortunately no direct leopard sighting, but they are there"

"The camps location and access to the park and ability to sit by a waterhole 24/7 (if you wanted to) is unsurpassed, however as a functional lodge it doesn't match the prime location.

Rooms are good but tired. We had a waterhole side bungalow, spread over 2 stories with a good partial view of the waterhole from the first floor balcony. However, water supply to the first floor shower was none existent, meaning the shower unit was unusable and required use of the downstairs bedroom shower (which if any party apart from a family group was staying there could present difficulties). Numerous lights were also out. Minor points possibly but if the stay was for more than a night could prove irritating.

Other camp facilities were average and check-in laborious and long if there happens to be a queue.

.....but location and wildlife viewing trumps all this and a few inconveniences are, from our perspective, more than offset by watching 4 Black Rhino at the waterhole for a few hours in the middle of the night"

"An excellent lodge with superb rooms and wonderful staff.

Convenient for the National Park through the Eastern gate. The lodge provided game drives are well worth the additional and reasonable cost, so leave your car behind - the ranger/guide (Imelda) is excellent and has a good network of fellow drivers in the Park to optimise game viewing. We saw a pride of lions stalking an Eland and to follow that a Leopard in daylight (!) observing and stalking zebra/springbok. This plus many others which to be honest would be missed if self driving.

Food is excellent and the lodge small enough to give an intimate feel to the stay - would definitely return here should we be lucky enough to visit the area again. Thoroughly recommended"

"The View rooms are superb. Views out over the savanna so you can just lie in/on the bed and watch the wildlife as it passes. This is in the inner reserve (where the lodge and research stations are), so that is limited to antelope, warthog, jackal etc.

Drives into the outer reserve with the knowledgeable trackers/guides are fun and often result in the sighting of leopard and the night drives give a different perspective of the environment.

Cheetah are seen but these are held in large enclosures within the inner reserve as they are rescued animals that cannot be released into the wild."

"Just used as a stop over before an onward flight. The lodge is being renovated and so is not in the best of shape, but this should improve. Cabins are basic, clean and functional with good views across the valley.

We had booked a nature drive, which upon arrival were informed had been cancelled due to the need for a game control exercise.

We were not pre-warned of this which was a disappointment as we could have extended a morning/afternoon stay at previous lodge and had an additional game drive there."