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Nambwa Tented Lodge
Nambwa Tented Lodge
Nambwa Tented Lodge
Nambwa Tented Lodge
Nambwa Tented Lodge

Reviews of Nambwa Tented Lodge

Wildlife sightings and reviews

21 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Nambwa Tented Lodge and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa

Wildlife sightings by our travellers
Starting in Sep-2018, 13 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Nambwa Tented Lodge.
Lion

30% success

Leopard

11% success

Cheetah

0% success

Wild dog

22% success

Elephant

100% success

Giraffe

100% success

Hippo

100% success

Wildebeest

82% success

Sable antelope

75% success

Buffalo

73% success

Zebra

69% success

Sitatunga

60% success

Eland

50% success

Roan antelope

44% success

Spotted Hyena

10% success

Aardvark

0% success

Pangolin

0% success

Showing 11-20 of 21
Duration
Arrival date
Mr & Mrs M
Edinburgh

"Amazing treetop location."

3 nights Arrived 5 Jul 2019
"Amazing location, lovely lodge and chalets located in the trees, fantastic staff, excellent guide and game drives.

Lots of animals near the lodge and in the reserve itself. Highly recommended - would definitely return to Nambwa." See all these reviews: 21n in Namibia; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Elephant

5 sightings

Giraffe

1 sighting

Hippo

5 sightings

Sable antelope

1 sighting

Sitatunga

1 sighting

Mrs Y.
Lisserbroek

"Luxury at Nwambw Tented Lodge"

2 nights Arrived 18 Oct 2018
"Excellent tents, very luxurious. Great food and staff.

special thanks to Eustace, great ranger/ guide thought us much about his culture besides the wildlife." See all these reviews: 14n in Botswana; 4n in Namibia; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Buffalo

10 sightings

Elephant

10 sightings

Giraffe

8 sightings

Hippo

10 sightings

Wildebeest

3 sightings

Zebra

6 sightings

Prof. R
Goring

"Nambwa Tented Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 7 Sep 2018
"By far the most luxurious of all the 'tents' we stayed in, which was much appreciated coming to the end of the holiday.

The drives (by boat, on foot and in the car) were all excellent with much wildlife on display." See all these reviews: 9n in Namibia; 3n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Good
Sightings Report

Buffalo

6 sightings

Eland

1 sighting

Elephant

5 sightings

Giraffe

2 sightings

Hippo

1 sighting

Roan antelope

4 sightings

Sable antelope

1 sighting

Sitatunga

2 sightings

Wildebeest

5 sightings

Zebra

6 sightings

Mrs CH
Guildford

"beautiful tented cabins above the forest"

2 nights Arrived 3 May 2018
"We were transported from the main road up a sandy track which took almost an hour to reach the lodge. There were elephants everywhere around the lodge and we were able to walk above them on the wooden walkways between the tents and restaurant. The service, safaris and wildlife knowledge was terrific. Lovely meals overlooking the waterhole nearby." See all these reviews: 16n in Namibia; 5n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Mr A
Horsham

"Nwamba lodge"

2 nights Arrived 9 Oct 2017
"Very good experience here with the exception of the water for washing in which was brown.

The room had a bath but the water colour was off putting." See all these reviews: 21n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
The Leemings
Kent

"Superb location,camp & staff"

2 nights Arrived 16 Sep 2017
"We were not able to phone the camp before arrival at the park gate so had to wait for transport. This was not a problem. Given the nature of the drive, I was glad that we had not hired a 4x4 as I would then have attempted the drive & almost certainly been stuck in the deep sand. Apparently this happens regularly to guests, even those with experience & well equipped 4x4s. You would also miss the chance of being able to drive off-road with the guide to get closer to the huge herd of elephant we saw from the track.

The lodge is superb with spacious & very well equipped & supplied tents. the guiding was excellent & we had one of the best boat trips ever, seeing a host of birds & river life at close quarters. The lodge & tents are raised high off the ground, which is just as well as the site is on an elephant path.

It is quite exiting to see 20-30 elephants approaching the camp knowing that they an traverse the sit by passing under most of it. Even more exiting for the campers at ground level! we can thoroughly recommend Nambwa.

We had hoped to do some guided walking on this visit but it unfortunately was not a possible option." See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia; 5n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr T.
United Kingdom

"Lovely Accommodation"

2 nights Arrived 12 Sep 2017
"This is a modern lodge with lovely rooms accessed via raised walkways enabling the elephants to walk underneath.

Having crossed the border (without difficulty) into Namibia's Caprivi Strip from Botswana at Mehombo, it was an easy drive along a good road to the entrance of the Bwabwata National Park. Our guide was waiting and having left our car securely, we were taken via a game drive to Nambwa.

It is true that game density is not as high as some other national parks but we did see two of the antelope on our wish list - the Lechwe and Tsessebe - plus one drive when we came across elephant as far as the eye could see. There are also water safaris which are enjoyable. Birding was good." See all these reviews: 10n in Zimbabwe; 6n in Botswana; 4n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Mr & Mrs H
Woodbridge

"Nambwa Tented Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 18 Nov 2016
"The room at Nambwa was extremely large and luxurious.

Unfortunately, the service did not live up to this high standard. The staff were disorganised, other than Linda, who seemed to have to involve herself in everything to make things work. Nothing seemed to happen without asking twice, from ordering hot water for coffee in the room, getting a drink or lunch at the time requested." See all these reviews: 11n in Namibia; 4n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Poor
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr D & Mrs J
IOW

"A stunning tented camp, but so-so service"

3 nights Arrived 14 Oct 2016
"The facilities are stunning - very large tents with all facilities, and game pretty good in the surrounding area. But our stay was marked by two things:

the fire - there was smoke in the air when we arrived, and it developed as the afternoon progressed. We went on the sunset river cruise, but that was cut short to return because of fears the fire would engulf the camp. As we returned there was an intense bush fire raging just across the river channel from the camp, and evacuation was being considered. I think it was only the efforts of the staff working to divert the firs that saved the camp.

there was no proper camp manager at that time, and although the young F&B manager and head guide were doing their best the organisation and service did not match the quality of the facilities.

We'd definitely go back, but we'd probably take a fire extinguisher!" See all these reviews: 9n in Namibia; 7n in Zimbabwe; 3n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Poor
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Average
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs M
Kingsley

"Nambwa Tented Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 4 Oct 2016
"Did not get off to a good start as we waited over an hour to be picked up at the entrance to the park. We then had to drive to where we were leaving our car and had an hours drive to get to the camp.

The camp itself is located right on the river on wooden platforms so the views all round are good. The tents are huge and well equipped and whilst I accept it may be an old fashioned view I still like my bath in the bathroom not in the bedroom !

There is a large living area in the tents but we prefer to be outside and although there is a balcony all round the tent there are no sunbeds anywhere and no pool.
The evening meals were disappointing as the food although OK was cold by the time it got to you, nothing worse than cold soup. The service very hit and miss, we ordered two glasses of wine the first night and they arrived after we had finished our main course. We also asked what was on the menu that night and the waiter didn't know and there was no written menu.

The best thing were the activities with the excellent Beaven, an early morning river cruise and an evening game drive. Thankfully they were good as they were extremely expensive, more than double the price we paid elsewhere.

For me this is somewhere that is trading in style over substance and needs to provide more than a pretty tent." See all these reviews: 11n in Namibia; 3n in Botswana; 3n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Service:
Average
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Average
Showing 11-20 of 21
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