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Galton House
Galton House
Galton House
Galton House
Galton House
Galton House
Galton House
Galton House

Reviews of Galton House

Wildlife sightings and reviews

166 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Galton House and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa

Showing 11-20 of 166
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Arrival date
Dr. L & wife
Denmark

"Galton House review"

1 night Arrived 11 Oct 2022
"When we arrived at Galton House, we received a warm welcome by the manager.

We got the nice room 1 facing the pool area. Everything was spotless clean and beautiful and tastefully decorated. During our stay, we got lunch and a lovely evening dinner on the spot with good South African wines by glass.

The day after, a nice breakfast. All in all, a great place to start the trip, we would happily visit again." See all these reviews: 35n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Inyanga
Comberton

"Galton House - a great start to our holiday"

1 night Arrived 9 Sep 2022
"A really nice hotel with all mod-cons, including swimming pool, well presented and ultra clean.

We had ordered an evening dinner having just arrived via Airlink from Johannesburg. It was delicious and a glass of wine went down well.

Breakfast was cooked to order and set us up for a drive up towards Etosha.

TIP: There is a Pick and Pay convenience store to stock up on consumables, water and drinks before your trip just down the road.

A great place to set you off on your Namibia holiday, or to wind down before you fly home." See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia; 2n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Dr and Mrs P
Greece

"Sorry that we missed it!"

1 night Arrived 3 Sep 2022
"Unfortunately we missed our stay at the Galton House - due to a strike by the Lufthansa pilots we made to Namimbia a day later than our planned arrival date.

As such we went to the House for a quick shower, change of clothes and a short breakfast before heading the road to Etosha. Thus our comments below may be treated as superfluous...." See all these reviews: 8n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Average
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Mrs A.
Newcastle

"Galton House review"

1 night Arrived 14 Aug 2022
"Lovely small guest house with extremely helpful staff.

Area is quiet and felt extremely safe to take an evening walk in.

Family room was spacious and comfortable and bathroom good. Breakfast lovely and again, service excellent. Pool was absolutely freezing (we knew it wasn’t heated), but could perhaps do with a pool cover for nights." See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Facilities:
Good
Charlie
London

"Galton House review"

1 night Arrived 3 Aug 2022
"We were only there briefly overnight the first night but the staff helpfully prepared and provided us with dinner in the room at short notice given our late arrival time.

The room was good and clean and staff friendly." See all these reviews: 9n in Namibia; 5n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Family P
Spain

"Galton House review"

1 night Arrived 26 Jun 2022
"We arrived at Galton House directly from the airport after an overnight flight with our kids, and were very grateful for the warm welcome we received and the chance to rest up for 24hrs in such a quiet and pleasant environment.

Our rooms were everything we needed: spotlessly clean, thoughtfully equipped and with interconnecting doors between our 2 rooms. The food was delicious, and staff were friendly and very kind to the children.

We would definitely return." See all these reviews: 22n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Facilities:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs O
N Ireland

"Galton House review"

1 night Arrived 25 Apr 2022
"A really good place for an overnight stop.

We were pleased to be able to have dinner there, which was very good.

We had our first bottle of South African wine which was one of the best on the whole trip.

Very welcoming and a stylish place." See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Good
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mrs C.
Dubai

"Galton House review"

1 night Arrived 7 Apr 2022
"A lovely place for the last night. Very friendly staff nothing is too much trouble. Had a lazy afternoon by the pool." See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs V.
Leiden

"Galton House review"

1 night Arrived 23 Oct 2021
"The perfect end to our trip. Rooms are nice, the main areas have relaxing music and the overall vibe is very homey and relaxed.

Colin is a character and a lot of fun to have a conversation with. Both he and his staff were able to make us feel right at home and provide a welcoming atmosphere.

Being able to stay until the very last minute before leaving for the airport and use the rooms and pool without any fuss was a gift!

Next time we'll start there as well." See all these reviews: 16n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs R
UK

"Galton House review"

1 night Arrived 24 Oct 2019
"Very nice welcoming people. Excellent vegetarian food. Very clean." See all these reviews: 16n in Namibia; 1n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
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