Reviews of Sinclair Guest Farm
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Sinclair Guest Farm - great family dog
A tip for self drivers, DO ASK your host when you leave about the next available fuel supply, we missed the Canon Roadhouse fuel as we saw no sign for the garage.
The next fuel on the map was at GOAGEB but the reserve light came on 30km before we got there. The garage was derelict, no fuel for another 30km at BETHANIEN!!! We just made it and fueled up thankfully.
A very warm welcome from Mildred, Hanalore's newest recruit, who provided us with a most welcome cold beer. Tea at 4 pm with Hanalore who loves talking to her visitors, then a walk to the mine with the dog leading, unfortunately he led us in the wrong direction so we decided to visit the old copper mine the next day before we left, well worth the 6km walk.
Food was excellent both in the evening and breakfast the following morning.
Great stopover, with good food
Made to feel very welcome and had some lovely homemade food.
Rooms fairly basic, but clean.
Home hospitality in beautiful terrain
We arrived around 4.30 pm - in time for a walk up to the disused copper-mine, returning as the sun set over the farm and its surrounding hills. Hannelore, the owner, had - in common with all other dinner hosts on our trip - not realized that Anni was a vegetarian (it seems that alerts by the intermediate booking agents never became registered). However, we brought the subject up on arrival and she was able to adapt well.
Our room was spacious and well-equipped - with a view in three directions from its position at the end of the farm's detached guest wing. We ate dinner at a communal, round table in the main farmhouse with Hannelore and two other guests - a couple from Belgium. The food was good and the chat stimulating. Among other stories we extracted from Hannelore (born and bred on the farm) was the sad tale of the white, now-deceased orphan goat, No-mama, and his surviving, disconsolate life-companion - an unnamed white sheep, prominently on the periphery of the farm's black karakuls.
One of the charms of Namibia is the variety of its landcape. We had driven up to Sinclair from the arid, but spectacular terrain around Fish River Canyon - with a detour via Aus, to see the not-so-wild, tourist-bus-licking, feral horses of Garub Pan. As we drove up the C13, the red road traversed scattered purplish mountains on a yellowish grass plain, under a blue sky. The mix of terrain and the combination of hues gave an other-worldly feel, difficult to describe or capture satisfactorily on camera. The Sinclair farm is surrounded by such scenery and it is was not hard to appreciate why Hannelore had chosen to remain at a birthplace so remote from conurbation.
Sinclair Guest Farm review
Friendly hosts. Excellent food and plentiful.
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This was one of the most memorable stops on our trip thanks to Hannelore. Welcoming, and with a wealth of knowledge on Namibia, its history, politics and the realities of running a remote farmstead.
Lovely evening walk from the farm to an old copper mine. Recommended.
An over night stop with an added bonus
On arriving at Sinclair Guest Farm we discovered we had a puncture. An enquiry to our host about where to get it fixed produced 2 helpful men who removed and repaired the tyre almost immediately. The highlight of the stay was watching them immerse the tyre in the pool to located the puncture. Namibian hospitality and ingenuity at its best!
The homemade food for the evening meal and breakfast was delicious and the welcome warm. We didn't quite make it to the Copper Mine after fixing the tyre, but the walk across the fields at sunset was lovely.
Sinclair Guest Farm review
En route to Sinclair Guest Farm, we stopped at Helmerinhausen Hotel for a bar lunch - very good.
A very warm welcome with excellent food. The farm dog led us to the abandoned copper mine - a 45 minute walk each way. Food was really good here and sunset on the surrounding hills memorable.
Sinclair Guest Farm review
The room was spartan with no heating. Temperatures fell below zero at night so it was very cold.
. However the warm welcome from Hannah and Taso made up for it. Hannah's food was some of the nicest we had, especially the huge range of home made products at breakfast (8 jams!) It was nice to be able to walk safely without a guide. It was lovely that Hannah sat and ate and chatted with us during the meals.
very pleasant
This farm can not be faulted for its service BUT as it is a small lodge they expect all guests to sit and eat together for meals. This was very uncomfortable especially as the other clients were non English speaking. Thus the whole time the manager was translating from German or English to make conversation.
It would be much better to allow the clients to sit on ther own if they wish especially if they speak different languages.
Sinclair Guest Farm review
The room was comfortable and suitable for an overnight stop. There was coffee and cookies on request. It's a very pretty place but not a great deal to do other than visit the nearby copper mine.
Meals are taken around one table, so if the other guests are all the same nationality, conversation can be limited or non-existent.
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.
