Reviews of River Dance
Wildlife sightings and reviews
15 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited River Dance and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa
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"River Dance Lodge review"
Comfortable lodges overlooking the river with rock pratincole, hippo, otters and crocodile." See all these reviews: 10n in Namibia; 2n in Zimbabwe
Hippo
Multiple sightings
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Hippo
Multiple sightings
"River Dance Lodge review"
We had a game drive organised by the lodge and were driven by Issac. On his recommendation, we went to Buffalo Park which was very worthwhile especially as we had an amazing sighting of a huge herd of buffalo as well as various other species. Despite his best efforts, though, Issac was unable to find us the lion whose footprints we followed for a long distance. This was not due to any lack of skill or effort on Issac’s part - far from it; late rains meant that the grass was very high during our visit and it would be easy for a lion to be two metres away from the vehicle and still completely invisible.
He also shared with us information regarding the history of the park which was very interesting and spurred us on to learn more about the entire area. We didn’t do the boat trip this time though thoroughly enjoyed it on our last visit and heard others speak very positively of it on this one.
Would recommend the lodge." See all these reviews: 17n in Namibia; 3n in Botswana
Buffalo
10 sightings
Elephant
3 sightings
Giraffe
1 sighting
Sable antelope
1 sighting
"River Dance Lodge review"
Nice staff and good food." See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia; 1n in Botswana
Hippo
Multiple sightings
"River Dance Lodge review"
The rooms are very nice with a huge floor to ceiling windows facing the river, difficult to actually see the river because of the dense foliage.
The communal areas are cramped. It had a feel of being mildly run down - glasses /plates not very clean etc.
The lunch we had on arrival was a very uninspiring salad. Dinner was considerably better.
Having just been quite critical they did very kindly leave a bottle of sparking wine in our room and also a few candles in the pudding, and sang to me.
We did the sunset and also sunrise boat trip. Guide was pleasant but not necessarily forth coming with his information." See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia; 3n in Botswana
Hippo
4 sightings
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Hippo
Multiple sightings
"Relaxing stay at River Dance Lodge"
The lodge was nearly an hour's drive from the park so if we had particularly wanted to go there it would have been better to stay at one of the lodges closer to the park. We had planned to visit the Buffalo park section of Mahango en route to Nkasa Rupara but in the event didn't have time. We do regret this.
The lodge itself was very pleasant with rooms and balconies (with sunbeds) overlooking the Kavango river." See all these reviews: 17n in Namibia; 2n in Zimbabwe
Hippo
Multiple sightings
"Great location over the river."
Rooms were lovely but could do with blinds on the glass doors in order to keep out the light in early morning.
Also a bit noisy in the early morning when staff arrived at the lodge." See all these reviews: 21n in Namibia; 2n in Zimbabwe
Hippo
2 sightings
"Interesting Accommodation over the River"
We spent two mornings on fishing activity, which was hugely enjoyable, although we didn't worry the fish!
The new owners are on site and are both hospitable and very easy to talk to, which makes this lodge an intimate and friendly place to stay." See all these reviews: 26n in Namibia
Hippo
Multiple sightings
"Beautiful location"
Owners very friendly and enjoy constructing original (very tasty) menus.
Although I enjoyed the sunset river cruise, there really wasn't a lot to see compared to the Chobe a few nights later - a couple of hippos and a crocodile.
However, it is a wonderful place to spend a couple of nights." See all these reviews: 8n in Namibia; 2n in Botswana; 2n in Zambia
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