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Twyfelfontein Country Lodge
Twyfelfontein Country Lodge
Twyfelfontein Country Lodge
Twyfelfontein Country Lodge
Twyfelfontein Country Lodge
Twyfelfontein Country Lodge
Twyfelfontein Country Lodge
Twyfelfontein Country Lodge
Twyfelfontein Country Lodge
Twyfelfontein Country Lodge

Reviews of Twyfelfontein C'try Lod.

Wildlife sightings and reviews

54 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Twyfelfontein C'try Lod. and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa

Wildlife sightings by our travellers
Starting in Nov-2018, 5 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Twyfelfontein C'try Lod..
Lion

0% success

Leopard

0% success

Cheetah

0% success

Elephant

60% success

Giraffe

25% success

Oryx

25% success

Black Rhino

0% success

Brown Hyena

0% success

Spotted Hyena

0% success

Wildebeest

0% success

Zebra

0% success

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Arrival date
Stuart
London

"Twyfelfontein Country Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 24 Oct 2023
"Liked the design and the way the complex integrated into the landscape.

Nice pool.

Food excellent." See all these reviews: 17n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Mr&Mrs L.
Paris

"Twyfelfontein Country Lodge review"

3 nights Arrived 1 Jun 2023
"Excellent impression of Twyfelfontein Country Lodge.

(Sossusvlei Lodge should take a lesson on how to run a place and provide excellent services , good food even when having numerous guests ).
Lovely, comfy, spacious room facing the savannah,with hungry lovely birds, colourful lizards and desert mice.

A real boutique with beautiful artifacts would be a bonus !.

The 2000-year old rock engravings close to the lodge and along the walking trail are in MUCH better condition than the official ones and FREE !

Numerous beautiful welwitschia plants also for free .It saves you the 350 Namibian dollars of the "famous" but so far away Welwitschia drive near Swakopmund.
Here, you just walk a few hundred meters !

The outing to trace the desert elephants and giraffes is not to be missed." See all these reviews: 21n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr and Mrs O.
Indiana

"Twyfelfontein Country Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 1 Jun 2022
"Twyfelfontein Country Lodge was a beautiful location and well-situated to the places of interest in the area.

Our family really enjoyed the river elephant excursion." See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

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

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Mr R.
Paia, Hawaii

"Twyfelfontein Country Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 25 Sep 2021
"Definitely go to see the 5000 year plus old rock art . Would have liked to stay more than two days - there are other sites I would have liked to see . Stay inside during the mid day hours - sightseeing morning and late afternoon . When you feel the heat of the day ,and the cool of the night , imagine the ancient Sans people - living there as hunter - gatherers - they only survived because they had each other !! The only animals I saw were birds and some very colorful lizards . Lots of Elephant sign ." See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia; 3n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs W
RSA

"Twyfelfontein Country Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 3 Jul 2021
"Twyfelfontein's location is beautiful, it's built almost into the rocks around the place. The views are special from the lounge / bar area and the restaurant.

The rooms are small but clean and neat. There was aircon, which was great as it was quite hot, even in winter. The meals were fine, not great, but sufficient.

We made trips to the Rock engraving site (very worhwhile), to the Organ Pipes and Burning Mountain.

When we left we saw desert Elephant quite close to the Lodge area." See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Elephant

1 sighting

Boghall birder
Roslin

"Twyfelfontein Country Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 8 Nov 2018
"Brilliant location, service, food, and views." See all these reviews: 10n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Oryx

2 sightings

Mr & Mrs H
Taunton

"Loved the view from the bar"

1 night Arrived 14 Oct 2017
"Our rooms didn't have a view.

Loved the cave paintings." See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Miss G
Thetford

"Great location hidden within the rocks"

1 night Arrived 20 Sep 2017
"Beautiful room and facilities, with excellent customer service throughout.

Wonderful evening game drive with excellent trackers who used all their knowledge and skills to locate the female elephants and a newly born baby.

Lots of other game seen along the way and beautiful sundowner overlooking the game reserve." See all these reviews: 11n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Excellent
J Family
Washington

"Twyfelfontein Country Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 6 Aug 2017
"The lodge was fine, but because it was considerably larger than most of the other lodges we stayed at, it lacked their level of personal service and quality of food.

The situation of the lodge is impressive -- it is built along a red sandstone cliff and the entrance is dramatic and features a walk by its own rock carvings and paintings. The pool was the best we experienced, mostly because it had the warmest water and had a nice man-made waterfall where the water fell along the rocks into the pool The rooms were fine, though not particularly memorable. The food was an average somewhat tired buffet.

Location was exceptional -- very close to the rock carvings and other sites. Also, the grounds had a nice 3 km nature walk, though about half way through it was overgrown and difficult to find the trail. The service was fairly indifferent.

Finally, and maybe this sums it up, we were there during a partial lunar eclipse but, incredibly, they failed to deploy their two large telescopes that were sitting behind the reception desk." See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Average
Facilities:
Good
Mrs R
Billingshurst

"Great location but rooms too hot!"

2 nights Arrived 24 Jun 2017
"Twyfelfontein Country Lodge is in a great location for visiting the cave engravings. Don't bother with the burnt mountain - waste of time! The views are fantastic here and they have their own cave engravings on site. A lovely bar for evening drinks at sunset and the food was very good - a carvery with multiple meat options and an extensive buffet with great service.

The main downside of this accommodation was the rooms. They were dark and a bit cramped, there was a leak from the taps in our bathroom so the floor was always wet, and there is no air conditioning so it was extremely hot and stuffy. There is also no fridge to cool down your wine but you can go over to the bar to get ice. If they renovated the rooms, this place would be great but at the moment it's a bit basic. Although we didn't use them, the lounger cushions round the pool looked very dirty.

We went on the Desert Elephant drive and unfortunately the truck broke down part way so we wasted a lot of time there (but still saw a bull elephant)." See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Poor
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54 reviews of Twyfelfontein C'try Lod. by travellers since August 2007
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