Travel reviews by Mr. H - Chester

Memories of Namibia

On this trip, I visited Namibia between 19-Sep-2008 and 8-Oct-2008 and I travelled with 1 other person.

We loved Namibia, we felt totally secure and in control throughout and met some really lovely people.

Wildlife was a key reason for going and we were not disappointed. There are some things I think we should have done differently in hindsight; firstly we should have gone for a bigger car - the guides state that the roads are excellent and the tarred roads are exactly that. The gravel roads where we mostly drove though are rutted and in part quite dangerous and our mid-sized car had problems. Some days we drove 6+ hours with big 4x4s fyling past, we should have gone for a bigger car.

Secondly - we should have taken advice and stayed at somewhere other than Waterberg which was no where near as good as we expected.

Finally - we underestimated the time it would take to travel between locations, down to the roads again.

I stayed at and have reviewed:

Place	Overall rating
Zebra River Lodge, Namibia 20-Sep-2008 review: Lovely Zebra River Lodge	Excellent
Kulala Wilderness Camp, Namibia 22-Sep-2008 review: Excellence at Kulala	Excellent
Sam's Giardino, Namibia 24-Sep-2008 review: Nice break at Sam's	Average
Doro Nawas, Namibia 27-Sep-2008 review: Doro a delight	Excellent
Okaukuejo Camp, Namibia 29-Sep-2008 review: Okaukuejo waterhole great place for wildlife	Good
Halali Camp, Namibia 30-Sep-2008 review: Adventure at Halali	Good
Namutoni Camp, Namibia 3-Oct-2008 review: Great stay at the "Fort"	Good
Waterberg Camp, Namibia 5-Oct-2008 review: Great views from plateau	Average