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Kulala Desert Lodge
Kulala Desert Lodge
Kulala Desert Lodge
Kulala Desert Lodge
Kulala Desert Lodge
Kulala Desert Lodge
Kulala Desert Lodge
Kulala Desert Lodge

Reviews of Kulala Desert Lodge

Wildlife sightings and reviews

366 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Kulala 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 May-2018, 75 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Kulala Desert Lodge.
Leopard

0% success

Cheetah

0% success

Oryx

95% success

Zebra

21% success

Brown Hyena

15% success

Wildebeest

11% success

Spotted Hyena

5% success

Giraffe

4% success

Meerkat

2% success

Aardvark

0% success

Pangolin

0% success

Showing 91-100 of 366
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Arrival date
Mr T & Ms K
NL

"Kulala Desert Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 26 Oct 2017
"Great place for visiting Sossusvlei.

Note for self-drivers: although the lodge is geographically closest to Sossusvlei and has a private entrance to the area, this private entrance is not open for self-drivers. Those that insist on self-driving must return to to the public gate at Sesriem (45 min drive) to get to Sossusvlei, or alternatively join one of the tours runs by the lodge.

Note on the tours: the trip to Deadveli was great, the stop at Sossusvlei itself was rather unremarkable." See all these reviews: 11n in Namibia; 7n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Mr & Mrs P
Hook

"Kuala Desert Lodge - perfect"

2 nights Arrived 16 Oct 2017
"Spectacular location, attentive staff, excellent facilities, great food.

Very relaxing." See all these reviews: 18n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs H
Lincs

"Kulala Desert Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 12 Oct 2017
"Kulala is a lovely lodge and we really enjoyed our time here. The staff were most friendly and helpful. Our guide on all our trips was Richard who was excellent. The morning trips at the Wilderness Lodges include lunch which makes them good value. We did the early morning trip to the dunes and we arrived before it became too crowded. We managed a walk across Dead Vlei without another soul in sight. it was stunning. We also took 2 afternoon drives with sundowners and Richard ably imparted his knowledge of the area.

Our room was excellent and the food superb, especially when you consider how far it has to be transported." See all these reviews: 17n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs H
Taunton

"Kulala Desert Lodge review"

3 nights Arrived 9 Oct 2017
"Balloon ride fulfilled all expectations. Trip to the dunes was good but guide didn’t make much effort.

Again, as a four we found we were seated at the back of the restaurant near the serving hatch and behind the big tour groups." See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Mr D
Cambridge

"Excellent Dunes hike"

2 nights Arrived 29 Sep 2017
"One of the most memorable days of our two weeks in Namibia was the morning dunes hike. We had a wonderful guide and really enjoyed the discussion of the geography of the dunes. The view from the dunes was amazing. It was a wonderful morning." See all these reviews: 10n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Ms G & Mr F
London

"Super amazing stay. Excellent excursions!"

2 nights Arrived 26 Sep 2017
"Amazing location, super rooms, excellent service, great food. No bad words to say at all. Sleeping on the roof under the stars was really nice and guided tours were great!" See all these reviews: 10n in Namibia; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mrs F & Mr N
Surrey

"Go to the dunes!"

2 nights Arrived 26 Sep 2017
"A long drive to get here...and not great signage from the road. Lovely chalet with option to sleep on the roof which we tried!

One of our more expensive stops, I think but work it for the Soussvlei dune trip early morning-not to be missed.

Good food and wine and generally very relaxing. Pretty hot here in late Sept and we slept in the afternoon" See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

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

"Great views of the Dunes "

2 nights Arrived 24 Sep 2017
"Stunning location like something out of 'Star Wars' top class site and facilities but still with the personal touch have been to Wilderness Safari sites before and they do have a distinctive feel to them.

Visit to and up Big Daddy was excellent despite the mist as was the desert game drive and sunset. Food very good again and the staff entertained us after with local dances and songs which my wife was encouraged to join in with.

Just a quick point for info re the journey to Kulala the D854 was particularly rough, although they had the graders out." See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr A
Horsham

"Kulala desert lodge"

2 nights Arrived 21 Sep 2017
"Good lodge , very welcoming , clean and helpful" See all these reviews: 21n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Alan
Glasgow

"magic in the desert "

1 night Arrived 17 Sep 2017
"Kulala Lodge was an amazing experience. The visits to the Dunes was a unique experience and the Lodge itself was excellent, with friendly staff and great food.

We slept out under the stars on one of the evenings which was amazing." See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia; 5n in Zimbabwe; 2n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Showing 91-100 of 366
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366 reviews of Kulala Desert Lodge by travellers since August 2007
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