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Hoodia Desert Lodge
Hoodia Desert Lodge
Hoodia Desert Lodge
Hoodia Desert Lodge
Hoodia Desert Lodge
Hoodia Desert Lodge
Hoodia Desert Lodge
Hoodia Desert Lodge
Hoodia Desert Lodge
Hoodia Desert Lodge
Hoodia Desert Lodge
Hoodia Desert Lodge
Hoodia Desert Lodge
Hoodia Desert Lodge
Hoodia Desert Lodge

Reviews of Hoodia Desert Lodge

Wildlife sightings and reviews

201 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Hoodia Desert 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, 61 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Hoodia Desert Lodge.
Leopard

0% success

Cheetah

0% success

Oryx

87% success

Wildebeest

40% success

Zebra

31% success

Giraffe

11% success

Meerkat

7% success

Brown Hyena

5% success

Spotted Hyena

2% success

Aardvark

0% success

Pangolin

0% success

Showing 11-20 of 201
Duration
Arrival date
Mr D.Geer
Chelmsford

"Hoodia Desert Lodge review"

3 nights Arrived 21 Sep 2023
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Oryx

Multiple sightings

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Mrs B.
Chicago

"Hoodia Desert Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 10 Sep 2023
"Amazing lodge and gorgeous location!" See all these reviews: 16n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Mr N.
Teignmouth

"Hoodia Desert Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 3 Sep 2023
"Good location for access to Sossusvlei." See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Oryx

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Mrs C.
London

"Hoodia Desert Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 2 Sep 2023
"This was a fabulous lodge with attentive staff, excellent facilities, beautiful rooms and delicious food.

What a treat - thank you.

It was a wonderful welcome to the Namibian desert and the communal areas were so relaxing as was the rather fresh but welcome pool." See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia; 3n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Oryx

Multiple sightings

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Ms J.
Mijas

"Hoodia Desert Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 30 Aug 2023
"I guess on reflection this was probably the most disappointing location, but the host owner Tomas was really friendly and the trip out was incredible.

Seriously encourage the climb up half of Big Daddy!" See all these reviews: 20n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average

Rooms:
Average
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Average
Service:
Good
Activities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs A
Kent

"Hoodia Desert Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 29 Aug 2023
"We loved Hoodia. The owners were extremely welcoming and very gracious. They were kind enough to deliver a pair of glasses we accidentally left behind to our next accommodation.

The food was excellent. We thoroughly enjoyed our trip to Sossusvlei with Daniel, who gave us expert information about the region and the desert." See all these reviews: 18n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Oryx

Multiple sightings

Wildebeest

1 sighting

Mrs L.
London

"Hoodia Desert Lodge review"

1 night Arrived 22 Aug 2023
"Stunning location and a warm welcome.

The rooms were very good with lovely views.

The food was particularly good and the staff very friendly," See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs B
Cambridge

"Hoodia Desert Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 20 Jun 2023
"We stayed for two nights at Hoodia and were greeted by an incredible dark sky for both nights with the incredible milky way and stars flooding the night sky. This was especially enjoyable on our first night sundowner where our hosts had laid a table for two with snacks and drinks on the side of a nearby mountain for us to watch the sunset and the stars. So memorable.
We took a guided tour out to Sossuslvei deep in the Namib Desert. An incredible place with might dunes in red sand creating a cove around a dead lake with 1000yr old tress on the lake floor. A much photographed location and you can tell why when you are there, striking shapes and colours, quite other worldly in the middle of the desert. Our guide had laid another incredible table in a shaded area for us to enjoy lunch, we felt very privileged.
The Hoodia Lodge is beautifully presented with only a small amount of lodges which ensured is was a relaxed atmosphere and food served here was possibly the best we had on our whole 2 week holiday." 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

Oryx

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Tammy H
Redmond

"Hoodia Desert Lodge"

2 nights Arrived 23 May 2023
"After a long drive, especially with Google taking us to a locked gate, we were so happy to arrive. Thomas the owner was there along with the staff to greet us. I had requested in advance chalets 9, 10, 11, and we were assigned to those chalets. The chalets are set apart, so they are very private.

Hoodia Lodge is set in an amazing location with a mountain backdrop and views of the desert. There is a small waterhole behind the main lodge, but we did not see any animals there. On the morning we left there was a large troop of baboon on the move behind the chalets.

We arrived. Had a chance to change and do some hand washing, then we were taken to have sundowners in the desert on the side of a butte. A table was set with drinks and appetizers, then we were treated to the spectacular colorful sunset with the desert colors changing from browns, to oranges and pinks. Along with some springbok off in the distance. What a wonderful start to our Namibia holiday.

The rooms are well appointed, very comfortable beds with quality linen and mosquito netting. Each room has an indoor and outdoor shower (outdoor is also a large bath tub). There is an outside seating area, and also a large outside deck at the main lodge.

The lodge staff are friendly and very service oriented and all speak excellent English. And the food - every meal we had from breakfast to dinner was excellent.

The day after arrival, we did the full day excursion to Sossusvlei. It is about 30 minutes to the park entrance gate. We were not particularly impressed with our guide. It felt like he had a schedule of stops, and he was not stopping except at those stops. The only animal he pointed out all day was a jackal that ran across the road in front of us. I'm rating the lodge as Excellent. But to be honest, if you read my review, I'm giving the Sossusvlei excursion an Average because of the guide." See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Oryx

Multiple sightings

Spotted Hyena

1 sighting

K&G
London

"Hoodia Desert Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 15 Apr 2023
"A very warm welcome awaited us as we drove towards the Lodge as staff were waving at us and greeted us with hot face/hand towels and a drink.

Check in was thorough and helpful, and the room was just as described online, very pleasant.

The food here was amongst the best on our trip - the steak on our first night was not bettered anywhere else - and the view from the terrace for pre, and post dinner drinks was divine." See all these reviews: 11n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Oryx

4 sightings

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