Travel reviews by Mr F & Ms F - London

Namibia + Botswana

On this trip, I visited Botswana & Namibia between 13-Sep-2011 and 30-Sep-2011 and I travelled with 1 other person.

5*.
A few special mentions for individual excursions:

Turnstone tours - did a trip down to Sandwich Bay with Wayne. This was excellent.

Francois - we had booked the kayaking trip to see the seals. Rather than the lady who normally does it (she was on holiday) we were taken out by Francois, who runs a competing tour (though they seem to share bookings). He was excellent and gave us an incredible day's kayaking. Highly recommended.

Georg Erb (Swakop Tour Company) - recommended by our guest house, this was the best tour we did all trip. Georg is superb and knows everything. He has an excellent afternoon tour itinerary and is absolutely essential if you're in Swakopmund. Please promote him - such an interesting afternoon.

Ballooning - Can't remember the name of the company but we did a balloon trip from Kulala Desert Lodge with John. He was outstanding. Definitely worth the money...loved every minute of it and an excellent breakfast too.

Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:

Push people to book things to do in Swakopmund up front. It's a dull place just to hang around...but there are excellent excursions around the town. We met some people who hated the place...but they didn't do anything. Don't let people stay there for 3 nights without booking some things to do...

I stayed at and have reviewed:

Place	Overall rating
Bagatelle Kalahari Game Ranch, Namibia 14-Sep-2011 review: Bagatelle Kalahari Game Ranch review	Excellent
Wolwedans Dune Camp, Namibia 15-Sep-2011 review: Wolwedans Dune Camp review	Excellent
Kulala Desert Lodge, Namibia 17-Sep-2011 review: Kulala Desert Lodge review	Excellent
Central Guest House, Namibia 19-Sep-2011 review: Central Guest House review	Excellent
Olive Grove, Namibia 22-Sep-2011 review: The Olive - (Exclusive)	Excellent
Lagoon Camp, Botswana 23-Sep-2011 review: Lagoon Camp review	Excellent
Kwara Camp, Botswana 26-Sep-2011 review: Kwara Camp review	Good