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Ai Aiba Lodge
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Ai Aiba Lodge

Reviews of Ai Aiba Lodge

Wildlife sightings and reviews

38 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Ai Aiba 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 Jul-2018, 25 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Ai Aiba Lodge.
Leopard

0% success

Cheetah

0% success

Giraffe

79% success

Oryx

76% success

Zebra

63% success

Wildebeest

20% success

Eland

13% success

Aardvark

0% success

Black Rhino

0% success

Brown Hyena

0% success

Pangolin

0% success

Spotted Hyena

0% success

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Duration
Arrival date
Ms R
N. Yorkshire

"Ai Aiba Lodge review"

1 night Arrived 14 Jan 2024
"Guided evening walk was very informative, with beautiful views.

We also enjoyed the self-guided walk to see some of the rock art - fascinating. Characterful chalet and friendly staff. Nice to have the fire outside at night to watch the waterhole.

It's a lovely place, but we were only there for one night and were glad we didn't have a second night as there were limited things to do - if we re-did the trip we probably wouldn't include it (it wasn't on our original itinerary and I specifically asked to go there, so this is not Expert Africa's fault!)." See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

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

Giraffe

5 sightings

Oryx

1 sighting

Mrs L.
London

"Ai Aiba Lodge review"

1 night Arrived 9 Nov 2023
"Beautiful scenery and staff very professional.

Would highly recommend a visit to the San living museum next door" See all these reviews: 7n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

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

Eland

1 sighting

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Oryx

Multiple sightings

Wildebeest

1 sighting

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Mr N
United Kingdom

"Ai Aiba Lodge review"

1 night Arrived 8 Nov 2023
"Beautiful surroundings, wonderful food, fantastic value for money." See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr&Mrs D + kids
Herts

"Ai Aiba Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 29 Aug 2023
"Quite a large lodge with about 20 rooms, but with really welcoming, genuine and friendly staff throughout and a great setting making it feel quite special. The rooms are semi-detached bungalows set fairly close together. Strangely due to the screening and staggered layout, the adjacent bungalow tends to be a little more intrusive than the semi-detached room. Rooms themselves are of high quality.

There is quite a large pool, pool-side area and bar. The lodge definitely attracts families; this area was never noisy but children of all ages were more than welcome to enjoy themselves.

Food was excellent. Service at dinner was a bit more UK than Namibia - a bit of a pause between ordering and courses, and finished plates stayed on the table until others had finished - all fine by us.

The self-guided walk above the accommodation is short but interesting and can easily last 45 minutes. It has some well preserved rock art and good views through the rocks and across the plains. We did the morning guided walk and evening sundowner walk which were similarly interesting with great views. Both guides were excellent.

There is no other access for self-guided walking, apparently due to tourists collecting plants for medicines. The advertised other morning walk option has been replaced by a game drive.

Overall, a very nice relaxing place with plenty to do for a couple of nights. All the staff across management, reception, bar, restaurant, guides and room preparation deserve recognition for their attitude and welcome." See all these reviews: 16n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Zebra

1 sighting

Explorer
Dan Brownlee

"Ai Aiba Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 15 Jul 2023
"Wow! Do not stay less than 2 nights. Great room food, staff, location. Took the complimentary sundowner climb/hike. Very knowledgeable guide. Took the paid visit to the Sani Bush people living museum and a sundowner to additional rock paintings. We saw plus or minus 100 paintings. On our own we might have seen 10. The last morning we engaged a guide to lead us on the lodge "hiking trail". Could not have navigated or accomplished it without his assistance. Rewarded with more rock paintings.

Ai Aiba Lodge is a magical place!" See all these reviews: 22n in Namibia; 3n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Oryx

Multiple sightings

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

C & D
NL

"Ai Aiba Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 24 Feb 2023
"Ai Aiba looks like the Garden of Eden. It's the most beautiful setting.

It's amazing to be able to walk straight out into it from the accommodation, whether with a guide or on your own. The trails are discreetly marked but easy to find and follow.

We enjoyed an early morning walk (nearly three hours) before breakfast with Deon, one of the professional guides. Deon was was very knowledgable and observant and helped us understand what we were seeing around us, whether right at our feet or in the distance - animals small and large, birds, plants, geology, the rock art. And often there were things to hear, smell and taste too.

It was clear that he loved the land himself and enjoyed sharing it with us. We could happily have spent another few hours in his company.

The next morning we took a shorter walk alone into the rocks above the lodge, just after sunrise. After our walk with Deon we felt we had been tuned in to our surroundings, and you just have to be still for a few minutes to see all kinds of things, for example to realise that you are being watched by a little group of rock dassies.

Of all the memorable experiences of our trip, the one that lingers most strongly is of walking in the wilderness at Ai Aiba.

The staff at the lodge were all cheerful and friendly and happy to help. The food was very good. Our room was unfussy, comfortable and clean and looked directly out over the beautiful landscape.

Even the road to and from the lodge - inside the Conservancy - had a lot to offer. We stopped to watch tortoise and herds of giraffe crossing the road in front of us, more than once.

We stayed two nights at Ai Aiba and would have been glad to stay at least another in order to explore at more leisure." See all these reviews: 5n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Giraffe

2 sightings

Zebra

1 sighting

HarlowJones
Oxted

"Ai Aiba Lodge review"

1 night Arrived 17 Feb 2023
"Beautiful views and interesting to see the rock art.

Buildings are rather dark and not our favourite.

Food was good." See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Food:
Good
Rooms:
Average
Facilities:
Average
Sightings Report

Giraffe

3 sightings

Mrs S
Bedfordshire

"Ai Aiba Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 15 Feb 2023
"Nice sundowner walk!" See all these reviews: 20n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Activities:
Good
VicJ
Perth

"Ai Aiba Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 6 Feb 2023
"A bit of a drive to get to this - on poor roads, but worth it. Lovely setting, on hill overlooking mile after mile of veldt.

Towering rocks above. V good room, though not so stunning as others. Public areas beautiful.

Food outstanding (cannot understand how they manage to present such amazing food in such remote areas - throughout trip).

Much busier than other camps, but that wasn't a problem as staff dealt with everyone's needs v competently.

Sundowner climb to point well above camp was excellent.

Game drive v good and visit to rock paintings v interesting (we found more on a private walk not far from camp)." See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Giraffe

2 sightings

Oryx

2 sightings

Zebra

2 sightings

Mr & Mrs B
Fortrose

"Ai Aiba Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 2 Nov 2022
"Ai Aiba lodge the staff were very welcoming, food was great.

The game viewing trip was perfect we asked to see more of the bushman/san paintings than game, the guide was excellent and took us to multiple locations to view the paintings.

It was a lovely place to stay at for the end of our holiday." See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Giraffe

1 sighting

Oryx

1 sighting

Zebra

1 sighting

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