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Mushara Lodge

Reviews of Mushara Lodge

Wildlife sightings and reviews

96 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Mushara 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 Jun-2018, 13 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Mushara Lodge.
Lion

75% success

Leopard

63% success

Cheetah

33% success

Giraffe

100% success

Oryx

100% success

Wildebeest

100% success

Zebra

100% success

Elephant

92% success

Black Rhino

70% success

Spotted Hyena

57% success

White Rhino

57% success

Eland

44% success

Brown Hyena

13% success

Aardvark

0% success

Pangolin

0% success

Roan antelope

0% success

Sable antelope

0% success

Showing 1-10 of 96
Duration
Arrival date
Mr. & Mrs. E
UK

"Mushara Lodge review"

1 night Arrived 29 Oct 2023
"A well-appointed lodge in a very good location close to the eastern gate of Etosha National Park, making it easy to access the park on a self-drive basis." See all these reviews: 16n in Namibia; 2n in Botswana; 1n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Claire M
Toronto

"Mushara Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 2 Oct 2023
"What a beautiful place! The grounds, main lodge, pool and gardens, and our chalet were all just lovely.

Service is also just amazing. The staff work very hard to ensure our experience was positive. I loved the evening braai under the stars, which they began setting up about three hours before dinner. My thanks to them for this memorable experience!

We ate two lunches here as well as two breakfasts and two dinners. Across the board, the food was delicious and beautifully presented.

We went on one game drive with Mushara staff and had a great time." See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Cheetah

1 sighting

Elephant

2 sightings

Giraffe

3 sightings

Leopard

1 sighting

Lion

1 sighting

Oryx

3 sightings

Spotted Hyena

1 sighting

White Rhino

1 sighting

Wildebeest

2 sightings

Zebra

3 sightings

Mr&Mrs L.
Paris

"Super stay at Mushara"

2 nights Arrived 6 Jun 2023
"We loved every bit of our stay in Mushara, and its stylish decor.Nice proper swimming pool with real deck chairs. Extremely nice staff.Nice shop.Delicious food and comfortable and spacious thatched bungalow.

The outing to Etosha with the guide was great as he was able to spot cheetahs and lions !" See all these reviews: 21n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Wallington
UK

"Mushara Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 4 May 2023
"Very much the feel of a country club. Excellent staff, food and grounds.
We used this as place to recharge the batteries and hardly strayed from the pool area, although it would be ideal to use as a base for Eastern Etosha. Highly recommended" See all these reviews: 30n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Good
Service:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
VicJ
Perth

"Mushara Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 4 Feb 2023
"A refreshingly 'old-fashioned' camp - animal skins on floor, prints on walls, dark wood with white walls.

Beautiful eating areas, outside and inside. Good curio shop. Lovely 'lodge': spacious, well equipped and private (not huddled together).

Really liked this place - it didn't try to impress, but the quality was evident in all that it had to offer." See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Giraffe

2 sightings

Oryx

1 sighting

Wildebeest

2 sightings

Zebra

2 sightings

Mr & Mrs B
Fortrose

"Mushara Lodge review"

1 night Arrived 1 Nov 2022
"Mushara lodge has the amazing stylish decor, in both the central areas and the rooms. The staff were very welcoming.

The only thing we felt let the place down was the quality of the food." See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Good
Service:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Average
Mr G.
Wantage

"Mushara Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 7 Sep 2022
"Another lovely location and feel to this lodge, the chalets in a lightly wooded setting with Damara dik-dik and steinbok around the site.

Very handy for the east side of Etosha - like many of the other places on this trip we'd have no hesitation in staying here again." See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Black Rhino

1 sighting

Elephant

9 sightings

Giraffe

10 sightings

Leopard

1 sighting

Oryx

10 sightings

Spotted Hyena

1 sighting

Wildebeest

10 sightings

Zebra

10 sightings

Richard & Caroline
GB

"Mushara Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 2 Sep 2022
"An excellent lodge with superb rooms and wonderful staff.

Convenient for the National Park through the Eastern gate. The lodge provided game drives are well worth the additional and reasonable cost, so leave your car behind - the ranger/guide (Imelda) is excellent and has a good network of fellow drivers in the Park to optimise game viewing. We saw a pride of lions stalking an Eland and to follow that a Leopard in daylight (!) observing and stalking zebra/springbok. This plus many others which to be honest would be missed if self driving.

Food is excellent and the lodge small enough to give an intimate feel to the stay - would definitely return here should we be lucky enough to visit the area again. Thoroughly recommended" See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia; 6n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Black Rhino

1 sighting

Eland

10 sightings

Elephant

7 sightings

Giraffe

10 sightings

Leopard

1 sighting

Lion

1 sighting

Oryx

10 sightings

Spotted Hyena

2 sightings

Wildebeest

10 sightings

Zebra

10 sightings

Family P
Sheffield

"Mushara Lodge review"

1 night Arrived 2 Aug 2022
"A very special and relaxing location. Top class lodge accommodation with a lovely pool to chill by. Very friendly staff and amazing food and wine cellar. A very relaxing luxurious central area." See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia; 2n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Family P
Spain

"Mushara Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 29 Jun 2022
"There was absolutely nothing wrong with our stay at Mushara Lodge, and yet somehow none of us would choose to return. The location was pretty good for our first visit to Etosha...we stayed for 2 nights before moving on to Okaukuejo, and were able to go out for an afternoon game drive just after we arrived. Our guide Johannes was great once he'd got warmed up, and was both knowledgable and patient, although one game drive in Etosha was all we needed to get the hang of things before self-driving for the remainder of our time in the park.

The lodge felt strangely impersonal, although the staff we had the chance to chat with were always friendly. The decor is certainly beautiful, and the rooms were amongst the loveliest of anywhere we stayed during our trip but we were really chilly in the dining area, despite the blankets they provided. The food was consistently good, despite the lack of flexibility around timing and choice and we really appreciated the singing we were treated to one evening.

A couple of small notes: the wifi available in the main area here was so slow as to be unworkable and we made the mistake of using the laundry service without checking the pricing carefully enough...ouch!" See all these reviews: 22n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

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

Black Rhino

Multiple sightings

Eland

Multiple sightings

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Oryx

Multiple sightings

White Rhino

Multiple sightings

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

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