Reviews of Hoodia Desert Lodge
Wildlife sightings and reviews
233 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
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"Hoodia Desert Lodge review"
Our one issue was the Soussusvlei excursion. Overall we were very disappointed with this activity – except the lunch which was fantastic.
[ Ed: See their comments on this trip amongst our reviews of the Hoodia Sossusvlei excursion. ]
Although there’s lots of positives about the lodge we probably wouldn’t have stayed here if we’d known what the excursion was going to be like. I would have done more research and either found someone who does give an ‘off the beaten track’ experience or found somewhere we could have self-driven to the sites as early as possible and to our own timetable.
We didn’t do the Sundowner experience which at N$850 each (~£38) seemed pretty expensive.
If you are not worried about getting off the beaten track then this lodge is a great option." See all these reviews: 23n in Namibia
Oryx
2 sightings
"Hoodia Desert Lodge review"
Giraffe
1 sighting
Meerkat
1 sighting
Oryx
Multiple sightings
"Hoodia Desert Lodge review"
Giraffe
Multiple sightings
Oryx
Multiple sightings
Wildebeest
Multiple sightings
Zebra
Multiple sightings
"Hoodia Desert Lodge review"
"Hoodia Desert Lodge review"
Oryx
Multiple sightings
Zebra
Multiple sightings
"Hoodia Desert Lodge review"
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
Oryx
Multiple sightings
Wildebeest
Multiple sightings
"Hoodia Desert Lodge review"
Seriously encourage the climb up half of Big Daddy!" See all these reviews: 20n in Namibia
"Hoodia Desert Lodge review"
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
Oryx
Multiple sightings
Wildebeest
1 sighting
"Hoodia Desert Lodge review"
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
"Hoodia Desert Lodge review"
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
Oryx
Multiple sightings
Zebra
Multiple sightings
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