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Central Lodge
Central Lodge
Central Lodge

Reviews of Central Lodge

Wildlife sightings and reviews

60 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Central Lodge and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa

Showing 51-60 of 60
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Arrival date
Mrs I & Family
Keston

"Central Lodge review"

1 night Arrived 31 Oct 2008
"A nice hotel, good rooms and good food." See all these reviews: 10n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Mr F & party
Portugal

"One night stopover."

1 night Arrived 26 Oct 2008
"Well appointed hotel for a one night stopover. The ambience of a small and typical Southern African town on a Sunday afternoon could be felt.

During the day while driving down from Bagatelle, we visited Quiver Tree Forest, Giants Playground which are well worth a visit. Fish River on the way to Brukkaros was dry and no birds could be spoted." See all these reviews: 19n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Average
Service:
Good
Facilities:
Average
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Average
Mr & Mrs SB
N London

"Central Lodge at Keetmanshoop"

1 night Arrived 25 Oct 2008
"Beautiful location. Driving down dusty street looking for the hotel, and were whisked into cool interior, Rooms laid out round courtyard with fountain and palm trees!

We also enjoyed going to Naute Dam after leaving the next morning. Spent a quiet morning there with refreshments supplied by pleasant English couple - great way to spend the Sunday morning." See all these reviews: 12n in South Africa; 5n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
The Blue waxbills
UK

"Central Lodge Review"

1 night Arrived 22 Aug 2008
"This was comfortable and more than adequate. It was perhaps more of a motel, or in the UK a Travel Lodge, that is more a base to stay to see interesting sites round about.

In particular we went to the Quiver Tree forest just before sunset and the Giant's Playground both of which were well worth the short trip. Very atmospheric (if not a little spooky).

We were lucky in that when we went to the farm office to pay we were told the cheetahs were being fed. We did not know there were rescued cheetahs on the farm, it is only mentioned in the Bradt guide under the accommodation section that we had not read. We were treated to the spectacle of two fully grown cheetahs enjoying their rock dassies for dinner from a distance of about six feet. The young lad who showed us round was obviously proud of them and very willing to talk about them and the farm" See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Good
Mr & Mrs B
Teddington

"A passable stop-over"

1 night Arrived 29 Jul 2008
"A bit of a disappointment. When we arrived we were told emphatically that we did not have a reservation by a very snooty young receptionist. However an older lady who was just going off duty quietly got the file and showed her colleague the booking from Wilderness Safaris with a handwritten note on it saying 'reserve room 8'. As room 8 had already been let, we were finally given a rather tatty room at the back of the hotel. But at least we didn't have to sleep in the Nissan!

The younger receptionist treated us to icy indifference for the rest of our stay, as though her loss of face was our fault." See all these reviews: 19n in Namibia; 6n in Botswana; 2n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Average
Activities:
Average
Rooms:
Poor
Food:
Average
Facilities:
Good
Bitterns
Twickenham

"Stopover at Central Lodge"

1 night Arrived 27 Jun 2008
"Convenient stop on the way to Fish River Canyon in clean, comfortable lodge. Friendly and helpful staff and plumbing problem was dealt with quickly." See all these reviews: 9n in Namibia; 7n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average

Location:
Average
Service:
Average
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Average
Blackwinged stilts
UK

"Central Lodge review"

1 night Arrived 1 Mar 2008
"Good location and lovely courtyard area and pool area. Room was fine, perhaps a little dated in places and the toilet plumbing was not working very well.

Breakfast was of a much poorer standard to the Rivendell guesthouse. Evening meal was eaten at the hotel and was very nice and service was also good, so overall pretty happy with the place but nothing was exceptional about it." See all these reviews: 21n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Poor
Mrs B
Hampshire

"Central Lodge review"

1 night Arrived 5 Oct 2007
"terrible towels,s mall and worn out, otherwise convenient and good" See all these reviews: 18n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
M & M Oxford
UK

"Central Lodge Keetmanshoop"

1 night Arrived 13 Sep 2007
"The main road from South Africa to Nambia was also under going upgrading and we had to take a 30 mile (approximately) detour along the worst gravel track I have ever been on. I doubt if this could have been done with an ordinary saloon car. None were to be seen. I was so glad that we had ordered a 4 X 4 .

Border crossing formalities were uneventful.

At the hotel we had another nice comfortable and quiet room off the courtyard. Also enjoyed a very good meal in the restaurant with an equally good wine!

We then made an early start the following morning and drove up to Brukkaros and were able to drive almost to the rim of the "pseudo" volcano which was something we were keen to do." See all these reviews: 11n in South Africa; 3n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Mr L
Bristol

"A nice little stop-over at Central Lodge."

1 night Arrived 9 Sep 2007
"A worthwhile stopover for seeing the Quiver Tree Forest and Giants' Playground. We found Bill Cllinton (pet wart-hog at ticket 'office')) more amenable than the warden!

Exceptional value dinner at Central Lodge. Also, lodge well situated for buying supplies from local supermarket across the road." See all these reviews: 22n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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