Reviews of Brandberg White Lady Lodge
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Brandberg White Lady Lodge
We used this lodge as a stopover to break up a long drive. As such it met that need. Room was basic, although the welcome was warm and friendly, and the location positively stunning.
It was some way off the main road however, and the access road was heavily ''washboarded''. We very much enjoyed meeting Kingsley and Stumpy (two young Meerkats), they were good company at breakfast.
Missed the elephants by an hour....
Good value and well located between Etosha and Swakopmund. Rooms very simple and the (preferred) detached ones feel very "African" with wood fired hot water and battery electic lights.
The possiblity of bumping into elephants gives an added frisson to the stroll to the main restaurant and the morning delivery of hot water for tea/coffee is welcome and charming touch. Service in the restaurant tends to be slow and the fixed menus are simple but adequate. The bar seems to be a local gathering place and the beer and the pool are cool and good after a long drive to get here.
The springbok has grown up - and is more amorous than last year.
Brandberg White Lady Lodge review
We picked this lodge simply to break the drive from Damaraland to Swakopmund and so for a one night stop it was fine. It was basic but clean, everyone was very friendly and very helpful when we needed some help with our car.
The lights in our chalet which were battery fed were temperamental but we did not worry too much as we went straight to bed after dinner (early nights were becoming the norm!)
Brandberg White Lady - small rock paintings
We stayed here en route to Etosha. It was recommended to us. It was our token rock paintings day. Rock paintings were nice but very small.
I wasn't prepared for this being such a beautiful location. Again a separate chalet - travel by car to lodge for dinner to avoid elephants...which we didn't see. The lodge grounds were very nice and being a largish lodge there was a good enclosed area floodlit for a beer.
Food was fine...but light much of the food we had, not a highlight.
Brandberg White Lady Lodge review
good location, the walk to see the White lady was long and not to be recomended in the heat of the middle of the day as we did.
It was worth while but my daughter commented that if these were the best rock paintings in the world she may give the others a miss!
We felt very close to nature and we appreciated that electricity is difficult to generate, however we had almost no light in the evening which semed usual, so some provision should be made for battery operated lanterns, as the candles we were given were clumsy to use and not appropriate for children in rooms on thier own. One of the highlights were the staff singing traditional songs after supper, even my 16yr old son thought they were cool !
Hunt for the elephants great, if you find them, we were lucky.
Brandberg White Lady Lodge review
Excellent value for money. You feel really close to nature here. Sometimes a little too close, as the local elephants are prone to dig up the water pipes to the campsite as an easy way to get a drink.
The resident springbok and mongooses (and the staff) provide entertainment. The game drives guarantee sightings of the desert elephants and are good value.
Walks to the White Lady are a must - but not at midday
We have always believed that acting responsibly is the only way to approach tourism and we're one of
the few companies to hold AITO's original coveted 5-star status for responsible tourism. It's a lead
that others are now following.
