Travel reviews by Mr & Mrs E from Stockport

"Clean rooms, but rather out-dated style-wise.

Nice communal areas with lovely gardens and pool area.

Some slighltly off-the-wall food combinations at dinner, but not bad.

The city centre is not on your doorstep, but this made for a quiet laid-back feeling.

Old fashioned touch of a small carafe of sherry in your room - wouldn't have thought to have it, but rather nice!."

"Well located in the centre of town, but not far to drive to the Quivertree Forest (our reason for being here).

Very clean and tidy. Manicured lawns and a spotless pool area."

"Everything about this place was perfect for us.
We had a great room with fantastic views. I love the boulders jutting into it.

A really good buffet-style evening meal with a very good choice for the vegetarian one of us.
Really lovely gardens at the front of the building.

Not too far to go to see the canyon and in a beautiful location."

"The scenery and view from the 'chalet' was amazing. It felt so isolated, but we had everything we could want. The rooms were big enough for a family to live in. And two verandahs.

We only had one night and opted to take the barbeque pack with us. It took a little extra time for this to be prepared before we could drive out to our chalet, but they had really made an effort to prepare a good vegetarian meal - not that easy for a barbeque. Watching the sun set and sitting out cooking under the stars was a highlight for us.

Fridge was really well stocked too.
All very cosy and comfortable."

"A lovely place to stay. Good views of the dunes for us, but not all rooms had as good a view. Quite an 'otherwordly' location.

They provided a hot buffet for evening meals, but there was nothing special for the vegetarian, he just had vegetables. On the remaining two nights they had noticed this and made him something - very good.

Really good afternoon tea and cakes/pastries. I like that they produce some of their own vegetables.

Our third night was very windy and quite cold - when we went to bed we found furry hot-water bottles in there. Fantastic.
Did a morning dunes trip with the lodge - very good.

Frustratingly close to the dunes if you want to drive in youself as we did - can't use their private access. This adds three hours to your visit to the dunes. I've ticked 'Excellent' for location, but that was more to do with the ambience."

"Very smart room. We had the Queen room and it was super stylish. The whole building has a lovely character.
Nice courtyard area.

Food was pretty good as a meat-eater, but poor for the veggie. He had to have pasta both nights and the second night was really bland - soggy gnocchi in white sauce (it should have been gorgonzola, but they either forgot to add it or ran out.

Staff were very nice.

First internet for guests on our trip that we were aware of."

"Not far off the main road, but feels like you are so far from it all. Great location.

Our room had a brilliant view - one of the best. I felt sorry for anyone in the room at the bottom of our walkway (No.7?) as it had a view of a spiky bush!

Main dining area had great views too and was very warm and friendly.

We had chance to use the pool, but this was not great - loads of insects floating in it and green stuff growing on the sides. No paving around it either - just dirt/sand. Bit scrappy.

They had trouble with the water supply while we were there and there was no water after our first afternoon. We wern't bothered about this and they did offer to take us to Omaruru to a room they had rented to have a shower, but it's a bit far, so we declined and just used water from a bucket that they brought. We also declined a free lunch to make up for the inconvenience, as we don't eat lunch.

We had a lovely early morning walk with Johnny, the guide. His knowledge of the area, animals and plants was excellent."

"Couldn't be better placed for the park unless you stayed at a restcamp.

We loved the reclaimed and recyled nature of the place - very stylish in an understated way. Very clean everywhere.
Animals right outside your room verandah - giraffe, rhino, wilderbeest, springbok etc. and lions roaring in the night. Very exciting.
Very friendly atmosphere.

Food for the vegetarian was a little hit and miss - nothing on the first night apart from the main meal minus the meat. On the second night we were told that the starter was Carrot and Lentil soup - Dave swallowed a mouthfull and screwed up his face - it was full of finely shredded meat. This is not a good thing at all.

We then both waited for well over an hour for the main course. Everyone else had gone on to dessert. They must have been trying to do something vegetarian for Dave. When it finally arrived he had the same as me, minus the veg, but with a great big potoato. On the third night they had prepared something in advance and it was fine. So, it would seem that his dietary requirements did not reach the kitchen even though we told them when we arrived.

We had chance to use the pool, but I was put off because there was nowhere to sit by it in shade. Maybe they had a sun shade they could bring out, but I didn't try and find out."

"Please see first review of Casa blanca"