Travel reviews by Mr & Mrs H - Middlesex

Our holiday in Namibia

On this trip, I visited Namibia between 17-Jul-2011 and 2-Aug-2011 and I travelled with 1 other person.

We had a wonderful, truly memorable trip. All the accommodation was great, food really enjoyable and activities excellent. We saw and did lots of really interesting things eg kayaking to see the seals, climbing a dune, seeing game, walking trips. One fantastic highlight was sitting at a very quiet waterhole in Etosha, deciding we were about to leave, and then seeing 37 elephants, adults and children, coming in one group, with the matriarch at the back checking on them all! Also, wonderful, spectacular scenery and the sense of space and of people having lived here for so many centuries.

For us, the distances were easy to drive but made for quite long days. Also, we would have liked to meet a few more local people to hear about the country and their experience first hand.

Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:

None. thanks very much for organizing a great trip.

I stayed at and have reviewed:

Place	Overall rating
Elegant Guesthouse, Namibia 18-Jul-2011 review: The Elegant Guesthouse review	Excellent
Bullsport Guest Farm, Namibia 19-Jul-2011 review: Bullsport Guest Farm review	Excellent
Kulala Desert Lodge, Namibia 21-Jul-2011 review: Kulala Desert Lodge review	Excellent
Cornerstone Guesthouse, Namibia 23-Jul-2011 review: Cornerstone Guesthouse review	Excellent
Doro Nawas, Namibia 25-Jul-2011 review: Doro Nawas review	Excellent
Okaukuejo Camp, Namibia 27-Jul-2011 review: Okaukuejo Camp review	Good
Halali Camp, Namibia 29-Jul-2011 review: Halali Camp review	Excellent
Erongo Wilderness Lodge, Namibia 31-Jul-2011 review: Erongo Wilderness Lodge review	Excellent

Wonderful, memorable trip

On this trip, I visited Rwanda between 28-May-2010 and 5-Jun-2010 and I travelled with 4 other people.

We had a wonderful, memorable holiday with lots of interest in truly beautiful surroundings. We received a really friendly welcome wherever we went. Our holdiday was really made by our driver/guide, Johnson, from Primate Safaris, who drove safely, worked incredibly hard, was friendly, informative and always went out of his way to do things for us.

We were also very moved by the history of the place and individual stories from local people. The gorilla trekking was fantastic and the trip to the Akagera park magical.

We had such great fun as a family and with Johnson and local people we met, felt part of a bigger family for a short time. Would love to return.

Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:

Re trip - It might be useful to stress that getting money and small change was tricky (ATMs not working at all in Kigali or elsewhere and getting money from a bank took about an hour!). Also, to maybe advise people that tipping is widely expected and people need to budget for this and try to get small denominations of notes. We found dollars are far more usable where we were than euros.

maybe have a 'very good' category for this form as sometimes it was difficult to choose between good and excellent.

I stayed at and have reviewed:

Place	Overall rating
Hotel des Mille Collines, Rwanda 30-May-2010 review: Comfortable hotel, great restaurant	Excellent
Gorilla Mountain View Lodge, Rwanda 1-Jun-2010 review: Wonderful views, great food and staff	Excellent