Travel reviews by Drs from Brisbane, Queensland

Perfect Trip to Namibia

On this trip, I visited Namibia between 1-Jul-2011 and 16-Jul-2011 and I travelled with 1 other person.

This was our fourth trip to Africa arranged by Expert Africa, and our third to Namibia.

We feel that Expert Africa operate to very high standards, which is why we wanted them to arrange this trip even though we have now moved from the UK to Australia. Thankfully there is now an office in New Zealand, and Maruska (and Saskia) did an excellent job of arranging our trip. Maruska was very knowledgeable, friendly, helpful, efficient and responsive. All our arrangements were perfect, and the documentation was faultless.

As for Namibia, our trips just seem to get better and better. The trip was perfect. We even received a free upgrade to our hire car, and in several places we were allocated what seemed to be the best rooms with amazing views (Erongo, Ongava, Waterberg). We visited some new areas which we particularly liked (Erongo and Waterberg), but we also visited places where we had enjoyed staying on previous occasions (Ongava and Kulala) and found that they were even better than we remembered! The management and staff at Kulala Desert Lodge provided my husband with a 50th birthday to remember.

All of our accommodation was attractive, well run, clean, comfortable and well maintained at the very least. We felt welcome everywhere, and everyone was polite and helpful. We experienced no problems or difficulties anywhere.

The driving was straightforward, and we found that staff at filling stations, shops, cafes, national park entrances etc were generally polite, friendly and helpful.

The scenery was beautiful, and the wildlife (our main reason for the trip) was wonderful. We had some excellent sightings, and wonderful experiences. We managed to do more walking on this trip than on previous occasions. This had the double benefit of being very welcome after a long car journey, and it helped us to work off all the delicious meals!

We hope to be able to return to Namibia.

Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:

Nothing that I can think of. Keep up the good work.

I stayed at and have reviewed:

Place	Overall rating
Eningu Clayhouse, Namibia 1-Jul-2011 review: Relaxation at Eningu	Excellent
Kulala Desert Lodge, Namibia 2-Jul-2011 review: Fiftieth Birthday to Remember at Kulala	Excellent
Sam's Giardino, Namibia 4-Jul-2011 review: Excellent food and wine Sam's Giardino	Excellent
Erongo Wilderness Lodge, Namibia 5-Jul-2011 review: Paradise!	Excellent
Ongava Lodge, Namibia 8-Jul-2011 review: Great wildlife spotting and luxury at Ongava!	Excellent
Okaukuejo Camp, Namibia 9-Jul-2011 review: Pleasantly surprised by Okaukuejo!	Excellent
Namutoni Camp, Namibia 11-Jul-2011 review: Pretty location, Great staff	Excellent
Waterberg Wilderness Lodge, Namibia 12-Jul-2011 review: Bush Babies at Waterberg	Excellent
River Crossing, Namibia 15-Jul-2011 review: Excellent Service at River Crossing	Excellent

Best trip ever!

On this trip, I visited Botswana & Zambia between 24-May-2008 and 8-Jun-2008 and I travelled with 1 other person.

Best holiday ever - it was all perfect. We feel very lucky to have been able to experience this trip.

I stayed at and have reviewed:

Place	Overall rating
Islands of Siankaba, Zambia 25-May-2008 review: Beautiful Location	Excellent
Xigera, Botswana 28-May-2008 review: Extremely picturesque - Lovely atmosphere	Excellent
Little Vumbura, Botswana 30-May-2008 review: Best camp in the Delta	Excellent
Chitabe Lediba, Botswana 2-Jun-2008 review: Great game viewing, lovely guide	Excellent
San Camp, Botswana 4-Jun-2008 review: Most amazing place to stay	Excellent