Reviews of Garden Lodge
(96%) From 54 travellersThey do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa.
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Great location, food, hosts & activities
We cannot fault anything about Garden Lodge - enjoyed everything there, starting with the warm welcome from Gaby, meeting her friends from Germany, having excellent lunches together, brilliant food for dinners, cooling off in the swimming pool, enjoying the views from our veranda, and having a really excellent time with our guide on both river cruises and the drive.
While the drive itself was quiet in terms of animals, we did see a big python, and the abundance of birds was excellent. The river cruises were amazing - dozens upon dozens of buffalo, dozens upon dozens of hippos, lots of crocodiles, scenes of animal carnage - crocs, vultures and other birds of prey eating a fallen elephant; and a pack of lions with two cubs eating another elephant right be the river, with a protective mother attacking a crocodile that was trying its chances with going for one of the lion cubs!
Really incredible and so overall definitely recommend Garden Lodge.
Nice friendly lodge - good boat trip
We had only one night here. Arrived from the UK and were out on a boat on the Chobe river within 90 minutes. Rooms were comfortable and well appointed. I suspect that one lodge's boat trip on the Chobe river is much the same as every other lodge's boat trip!
Can't comment further on other activities.
All staff were friendly and welcoming
A great place
We were pleased to be in a lodge that is outside the park, as it was easy to get to and generally more convenient. And next to the river. They have created a very special place, with lots of atmosphere
We loved the game drives - lions, leopard, elephants by the thousand, buffaloes, giraffes, many types of antelope, and lots more
The river cruises were totally brilliant, with large numbers of animals and birds
There are far more animals around in the dry season, when they all go to the river. But don't expect to see so much in the wet season.
The guides were very good.
Great boat trip on the Chobe River from here
The rooms at Garden Lodge are very comfortable and ours had a great view down to the river, from which we could view the animals coming in at night. The staff gave us a warm welcome and we very attentive and friendly.
The boat trip from the lodge on the river during the late afternoon is a 'must do'. We saw so many animals coming down to the river to drink, an especially loved seeing the elephants swim across! It was unforgettable and a highlight of our trip.
Garden Lodge is a good place to stay in a convenient location.
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A lovely place on the river. Great to have the laundry done!
Again, very pleasant staff. Good food and nice to meet with other guests at meals etc.
The two river cruises another highlight, and the game drive also good.
A very good guide - Tefo. Chobe river area is amazing
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We stayed only 1 night and enjoyed our visit and sundowner river cruise.
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The most memorable item at the Garden Lodge was the practice of having the Guides, Management and Guests sitting and eating together. The Staff also made time to chat during the day and make sure Guests were enjoying their activities and time.
We went on one River Cruise and two Game Drives. We saw more elephants here at the river than elsewhere on our month's holiday. The Game Drives provided a wide variety of animals, particularly along the river banks.
The location of the Lodge on the river was picturesque and provided warthogs and hippos in the garden for our viewing.
Relaxing small lodge by the Chobe River
Beautiful setting on banks of the Chobe river. Very comfortable rooms, open and airy lounge/dining/pool area. Genial hosts.
River trip was magical, many animals and birds observed, the only slightly sour note being that the drinks were not included in the quite expensive trip price.
This was the most expensive place that we stayed - all extras (drinks, trips, food etc) were significantly more expensive than at other accommodation.
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We just loved it here, the location is perfect and everyone so friendly and helpful. The food was excellent and the rooms lovely.
We did evening river trips and morning game drives with the excellent John who was so knowledgeable and showed us so many fantastic animals and birds. Could have stayed longer and would like to return.
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Excellent location with own access onto the river. Superb staff and John was an excellent guide both on the water and the game drive.
Emily at Reception was great, she sorted out our car drop off for us and sent the pick up away when it came an hour earlier than arranged to take us to Victoria Falls. We were made to feel at home and enjoyed meeting other guests and the owners and staff informally.
Transfer to Victoria Falls went okay but we had not been told that we were changing vehicles at the border and were left to ourselves to find this out.
