Travel reviews by Mr & Mrs G - Surrey

Namibia & Botswana 2008

On this trip, I visited Botswana & Namibia between 17-Oct-2008 and 11-Nov-2008 and I travelled with 1 other person.

Our trip was superbly organised and the assistance that we received with our planning was first class. The trip ran very smoothly and was stress free. We were very pleasantly surprised by the quality of the gravel roads in Namibia and found the whole of our Namibian experience very fulfilling. It was very varied and our choice of time of year meant that we saw far more than we could possibly have hoped for in Etosha.

After that Botswana was a slight anti-climax and appeared very over-priced by comparison with what we had experienced in Namibia. With the benefit of hindsight we also felt that 9 days of game drives was too repetitive.

Our poor experience at Kwara we feel was entirely due to the poor manager and housekeeper and could not have been foreseen by Expert Africa.

I stayed at and have reviewed:

Place	Overall rating
Pension Uhland 17-Oct-2008 review: review	Average
Zebra River Lodge, Namibia 18-Oct-2008 review: Zebra River Lodge review	Excellent
Sossus Dune Lodge, Namibia 20-Oct-2008 review: Sossus Dune Lodge review	Excellent
Sam's Giardino, Namibia 22-Oct-2008 review: Sam's Giardino review	Good
Doro Nawas, Namibia 24-Oct-2008 review: Doro Nawas review	Excellent
Okaukuejo Camp, Namibia 26-Oct-2008 review: Okaukuejo Restcamp review	Excellent
Halali Camp, Namibia 28-Oct-2008 review: Halali Restcamp review	Good
Erongo Wilderness Lodge, Namibia 30-Oct-2008 review: Erongo Wilderness Lodge review	Excellent
Kwara Camp, Botswana 2-Nov-2008 review: Kwara Camp review	Poor
Kanana, Botswana 5-Nov-2008 review: Kanana review	Good
Lagoon Camp, Botswana 8-Nov-2008 review: Lagoon Camp review	Average