Reviews of Mushara Lodge
Wildlife sightings and reviews
105 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

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"Fine dining at Mushara Lodge"
The staff are extremely professional and courteous and the whole place exudes comfort and luxury. We were fortunate to meet a lovely English couple who were staying the same time as us and we had two excellent dinners in their company.
The food was the best we had throughout our trip with imaginative, tasty meals." See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia
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We chose Mushara as a base for visiting Eastern Etosha, and for this it was excellently placed.
Rooms were well-equipped and very spacious - not luxurious but clean, comfortable and equipped with everything you could reasonably ask for - backed by the very positive attitude of staff, and good communal facilities (pool, sitting areas).
We would unhesitatingly stay there again, and would recommend it to even fussy friends." See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia
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We had stayed in the park so went to Tsumeb which was a small town with banks, shops and a few museums. Would recommend the lodge - lovely visit." See all these reviews: 19n in Namibia
"Ideally situated for East Etosha"
Rooms were comfortable and apart from the bathroom in need of some updating, were stylish and modern. The Lodge does offer game drives into the park but we decided to self drive." See all these reviews: 11n in Namibia
"Thoroughly pleasant place to stay"
We were not disappointed, and hope to stay there yet again." See all these reviews: 8n in Namibia
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"Not as good as previous visit. Pity."
The refurbishment is fine, but there is no atmosphere.. staff can never replace hosts..it doesn't work. People make a place
memorable, unless it is truely exceptional.
The restaurant ..although almost full was like a doctor's waiting room. Also a few people had upset stomaches and it was possibly due to the fact that food is put out to encourage the animals and birds.... Very cute to see them around the pool Maybe.. BUT..We went early for breakfast and there were squirrels eating the cereals..on the tables, everywhere. Then a couple of Hornbills helped themselves to bread etc.
They were shooed off when someone came out of the kitchen and it obviously happens every day !!" See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia; 3n in Botswana
We are sorry that these travellers felt that Mushara lacked ambiance; they specifically asked to stay here because of their previous experience. Mushara has changed in the last four years; it’s now more like a smart, small hotel than an informal, personal lodge. This suits some, but not others. We’d usually have lengthy discussions with our travellers about the pro’s and con’s of where to stay – but in this case we didn’t discuss Mushara much; perhaps we should have.
These travellers report that other at the lodge had stomach upsets. Marc comments that nobody mentioned this to him or his staff. As this didn’t affect our travellers, it’s difficult for us to make any comments here.
We’re told by Marc that the lodge doesn’t put food out for birds or squirrels. In fact, both their check-in information sheet and also a note on each outside table urge guest not to feed the birds and squirrels. Unfortunately, many guests do still feed the animals – and hence the problem. Marc assures us that he’s looking at how to reinforce this message without harming the wildlife.
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On our second night we were entertained at dinner by an impromtu performance by the kitchen and waiting staff singing some of their tribal songs. It was a real treat and gave us another dimention to the african way off life in Etosha." See all these reviews: 7n in Namibia
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Everything else also very good, except that the rooms were very, very brown. This made them rather depressing, and we wouldn't have wanted to spend much time in them." See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia
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