Reviews of Hobatere Lodge
Wildlife sightings and reviews
78 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Hobatere Lodge and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa

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"Hobatere Lodge review"
The road from the entrance to exit is long and bumpy our two wheel drive did get stuck in a river bed and we had to be towed out, to be fair had it not been raining in the night this probably would have been okay. I would recommend 4 wheel drive cars or someone from the lodge following you, which they did after our incident.
We did a night game drive and saw an owl, hares and a wonderful chameleon, the stars were amazing as well as different deer.
The sunsets are amazing here!
On our way back in to the lodge in the evening we also had a wonderful sighting of 4 elephants playing in the dust.
Once you get onto the road it is easy to reach Galton Gate." See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia

Eland
1 sighting

Elephant
1 sighting

Giraffe
3 sightings

Oryx
1 sighting

Roan antelope
3 sightings

Sable antelope
3 sightings

Wildebeest
1 sighting

Zebra
3 sightings
"Hobatere Lodge review"
We did self-drive into Etosha, so the only activity we did from Hobatere was the night drive during which we had reasonable sightings of the nocturnal animals.
Staff were all friendly and helpful." See all these reviews: 22n in Namibia

Eland
4 sightings

Elephant
6 sightings

Giraffe
10 sightings

Oryx
10 sightings

Wildebeest
10 sightings

Zebra
10 sightings
"Hobatere Lodge review"
"best place for widlife at your doorstep"
Hunting pride of lions making a kill. Other lionesses with cubs Although somewhat on basic side - not refurbished lately -really liked this lodge, staff great and come from local community." See all these reviews: 18n in Namibia

Eland
Multiple sightings

Elephant
Multiple sightings

Giraffe
Multiple sightings

Lion
Multiple sightings

Oryx
Multiple sightings

Zebra
Multiple sightings
"Hobatere Lodge review"
Night game drive was excellent with Genet, White faced owl etc + lions at a waterhole" See all these reviews: 11n in Namibia

Elephant
10 sightings

Giraffe
4 sightings

Lion
8 sightings

Oryx
10 sightings

Zebra
10 sightings
"Hobatere Lodge review"
The rooms are tired (i got locked in the bathroom and had to be released from my indignity) but they are clean and the beds comfortable. There are good wildlife sightings we had three different lion sightings, elephants up close and there are good game sightings and you are very close to Galton Gate.
I would definitely go back." See all these reviews: 19n in Namibia

Black Rhino
1 sighting

Eland
1 sighting

Elephant
7 sightings

Lion
3 sightings

Oryx
5 sightings

Wildebeest
4 sightings

Zebra
10 sightings
"Hobatere Lodge review"
The best water hole action of our trip... We did a night drive and got very close to a pride of lions which was exciting." See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia

Elephant
5 sightings

Lion
10 sightings
"Hobatere Lodge and game drive"
I did wonder if there should have been bars or canvas on the side of the vehicle as we saw on some other vehicles to give us more protection from the lions?" See all these reviews: 9n in Namibia; 5n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe

Elephant
6 sightings

Giraffe
2 sightings

Lion
6 sightings

Oryx
3 sightings

Sable antelope
2 sightings

Zebra
8 sightings
"Great night drive. "
The pool is lovely and just as cold as all the others and the main building's setting, over the water holes is fantastic.
Our favourite was the night drive seeing a lioness eating a zebra followed by seeing all the much smaller wildlife esp the Spring Hares, which were a real surprise.
Great guides working really hard for us." See all these reviews: 19n in Namibia
"Fab waterhole, great problem solving"
Food was ok, desserts typically a let down.
Management were very good Janet and Liberty sorted out local niggles, as well as organising the removal of punctured tyre and the replacement thereof.
Too many people trying to hard sell activities, which in the end we had no time consider because we spent 4 hours getting a new tyre. Also we had sufficient Namibian massage travelling from Palmwag." See all these reviews: 9n in Namibia; 3n in Botswana

Elephant
1 sighting

Giraffe
2 sightings

Lion
1 sighting

Oryx
2 sightings

Zebra
1 sighting
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