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Travel reviews by Mr & Mrs L from Swanley

Review Distribution

Excellent
Good
Average
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Terrible

Total number of trips

1

Countries visited

1

Lodges stayed in

8

Excursions taken

1

A delightful experience.

Namibia between 1 Sep 2009 and 18 Sep 2009

Trip rating: Excellent
"I thoroughly enjoyed the whole trip but the long drives on poor road surfaces ruined it for my wife.

Although my friends had done the trip they did not seem to experience the poor road surfaces and as one of the lodge manager's said, Namibia was becoming a victim of their own success with the additional road traffic breaking up the road surfaces."

Olive Grove

Olive Grove

"First rate service."

2 nights Arrived 2 Sep 2009
"Very good professional servive, particularly when booking restaurants like Joe's Beerhouse and a taxi to and from the venue.

Good standard of hygiene."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Good
Service
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
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Kulala Wilderness Camp, Namibia (this camp has since closed)

"Fabulous location."

2 nights Arrived 4 Sep 2009
"All of the staff were friendly and extremely helpful.

Food excellent and plentiful.

Major problem with the roads leading to this location and I felt that it was imperative that motorists had a 4x4 as standard. Anything else was inadequate due to the amount of punctures being experienced by drivers."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Good
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Excellent
Zebra River Lodge

Zebra River Lodge

"Beautiful location."

2 nights Arrived 6 Sep 2009
"Unfortunately the new owners had only been there for 10 days so things were not running as they will be in a month or two's toime.

Again the roads to this location require a 4x4."
Good
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Average
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Good
Sam's Giardino

Sam's Giardino

"Terrific guest house."

2 nights Arrived 8 Sep 2009
"Sam's is a terrific guest house offering super accomodation and food to die for. His knowledge of wine is incredible and he is most professional in the way that he runs the establishment.

My wife left her reading glasses there and he sent them on to the airport for her to collect! on our journey home!

Pelican Point kayaking excursion
Jeanne was an excellent guide who made the whole experience come alive. She also took numerous photographs throughout the morning which she delivered on a CD to our hotel that night.

Without doubt the highliught of the holiday due mainly to the consideration and professional attitude of Jeanne."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Kayaking with seals

Kayaking with seals

"Brilliant experience"

9 Sep 2009 • Morning excursion

Jeanne was an excellent guide who made the whole experience come alive. She also took numerous photographs throughout the morning which she delivered on a CD to our hotel that night.

Without doubt the highliught of the holiday due mainly to the consideration and professional attitude of Jeanne.
Excellent
Doro Nawas

Doro Nawas

"Enjoyable safari to see the elephants."

2 nights Arrived 10 Sep 2009
"Excellent breakfast and lunches but the evening meals were rather average.

The safari to see the elephants was excellent with a nice meal at the end. However we were up at 4.30am for this safari and had the meal at around midday which left us all rather hungry. It would have been better at 11am

Morning excursion in search of desert-adapted elephants
A very early start . A slight haze detracted from obtaining any stunning photographs but all in all a very satisfying and comprehensive morning."
Good
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Good
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Average
Facilities
Good
Okaukuejo Camp

Okaukuejo Camp

"Great waterhole and wild life"

2 nights Arrived 12 Sep 2009
"Unbelievable amount of animals visited the waterhole with 20 elepphants appearing one night and 6 rhino! More zebras than you could count.

The organised safaris were interesting but somewhat drawn out with breakfast thrown in which seemed a waste of time. We had already had a breakfast and were there too see the animals."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Good
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Good
Halali Camp

Halali Camp

"A disappointment"

2 nights Arrived 14 Sep 2009
"The waterhole was often without any animals at all. We sat one night for one and a half hours without seeing an animal visit

The organised safari was disappointing and was ruined by the roads being regraded due to the poor condition thay were in.

It took two hours to leave Etosha due to the extremely poor condition of the gravel roads, which in effect were corrugated bedrock!"
Average
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average

Location
Good
Service
Good
Activities
Average
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Good
Facilities
Good
Erongo Wilderness Lodge

Erongo Wilderness Lodge

"What an amazing location!"

1 night Arrived 16 Sep 2009
"This is an amazing location and showed a lot of imagination

Unfortunately it had taken us 7 hours to get there for an overnight stay but the Sundowner was a great experience."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Good

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