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Kalahari Bush Breaks
Kalahari Bush Breaks

Kalahari Bush Breaks


22°20’10.0"S 19°45’8.2"E

Reviews of Kalahari Bush Breaks

Wildlife sightings and reviews

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

Wildlife sightings by our travellers
Starting in Aug-2021, 3 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Kalahari Bush Breaks.
Cheetah

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Aardvark

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Brown Hyena

0% success

Eland

0% success

Meerkat

0% success

Oryx

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Pangolin

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Spotted Hyena

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Wildebeest

0% success

Zebra

0% success

Showing 11-19 of 19
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Mr & Mrs A
Hants

"Great overnight stop"

1 night Arrived 3 Oct 2009
"Well run family establishment with two ,labrador dogs. We had a comfortable semi-detached chalet with bath. One of our best dinners with a whole kudu fillet and similar oryx cooked medium rare on braai before slicing.

Activities limited to viewing various antelope and zebra from 4WD or walking on well mapped and waymarked paths (which suited us). An excellent overnight stop on the B6 road. Not enough activities for two nights but perhaps worth arriving early or staying late the next morning." See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia; 4n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Average
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Good
5 friends
Amsterdam

"Mixed feelings about Kalahari Bush Breaks"

1 night Arrived 13 Aug 2009
"The room was beautifully furnished, but tea facilities would have been nice. The service was mostly polite, sometimes friendly, but sometimes rude. It seemed like the owner's experience with some previous guests influenced her reactions to current ones. Perhaps that's the consequence of people never staying for more than one night, so she never gets to know her guests properly.

We would have appreciated knowing beforehand that it is a game farm. This was the only game drive we went on where the animals ran off quickly when they spotted the jeep!

It was a very different 'food experience' to any of the previous lodges. It was also the only one that didn't serve bread or an hors d'oeuvre. They would have preferred it if we hadn't wanted a second helping from the buffet. And they got rather annoyed when it turned out that we wanted breakfast at a different time to what she thought we had said the day before. So our punishment was yoghurts over the use-by date in our packed lunch for on the way to the airport!

Although it was in pleasant surroundings, we may have enjoyed an overnight stay in Windhoek just as much. After all, the distance from Ghanzi to Windhoek wasn't all that long." See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia; 5n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Service:
Average
Activities:
Average
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Average
Mr & Mrs F
Lancashire

"Very pleasant intermediate stop-off"

2 nights Arrived 18 Sep 2008
"Overall an agreeable lodge.We appreciated the private patio at the rear of the chalet, which also allowed a very personal viewing of animals visiting the waterhole. The food was first class although, as a vegetarian, I was disappointed that there was no alternative to the chicken dinner on the second night.

On the game drive,we were rather discontented that, in the rear of the vehicle, we were unable to hear the driver's comments. We were fortunate that the other passengers, a Dutch couple, relayed the dialogue to us.

We both felt that the owner, Barney,(?) really did not want to be involved with the guests." See all these reviews: 10n in Namibia; 6n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Activities:
Average
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Good
Mr D & Mrs L
Cumbria

"meet on arrival"

1 night Arrived 13 Sep 2008
"a lovely place to start or end your holiday." See all these reviews: 11n in Namibia; 4n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Caracal party
London

"Wasrm welcoming lodge in Kalahari"

1 night Arrived 1 Jul 2008
"Kalahari bush Breaks was terrific, again we were made to feel really welcome, the design and setting of the place was lovely and the game viewing was much better than we expected.

We had a great time driving ourselves around the 4-wheel drive route and had good sitings. The food and wine were excellent." See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia; 3n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mrs K
Berks

"A good end to our holiday"

2 nights Arrived 21 Oct 2007
"Very comfortable room and excellent food and service. Not a great deal to do but a nice way to end our holiday" See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia; 3n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

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

"An oasis in the desert"

1 night Arrived 7 Oct 2007
"Fantastic accom with excellent food and v pleasant hosts. Once again we were the only guests that night but meat was braai'd and served with excellent accompanyments.

Morning dawned wonderful blue sky but windy and - 3 degrees - freezing. Unfortunately we had to eat breakfast outdoors as repairs were taking place to their home roof so could not offer indoor facilities but not their fault.

Thought this lodge was brilliant and wished we could have stayed 2 nights then continued on to airport. Safari vehicle had puncture so we were unable to do game drive - pity." See all these reviews: 11n in Namibia; 5n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Poor
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Good
Ms J
Arizona

"Taxidermy Manor is a better name!"

1 night Arrived 15 Aug 2007
"This is a hunting lodge. My grandaughter was horrified by the stuffed baby giraffe and it's mom standing next to the breakfast table. Every room was filled with examples of stuffed animals representing the best of every species, deleted from the gene pool. If you are interested in taxidemy this is the place for you!

Our room was nice, clean and ICY COLD. One thin blanket on each bed. When we realized how cold the room would get we got dressed at 11 pm and went to the reception to get more blankets. In every other place we stayed we had had plenty of warm quilts, blankets or covers.

There were 17 for dinner, divided into 4 parties of which we were one. It was freezing cold (41 degrees) yet they served everyone outside at 730 pm. All of us 17 wore our warm everythings, hats and mittens and were still very cold. The hostess/owner seemed extremely stressed and had difficulty managing getting the food out in a timely way. She was not especially pleasant; when others complained about being cold she replied, "Cold? Oh, I am roasting. How can you be cold?"

For us this was a no-star place." See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia; 6n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Poor

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Poor
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Average
Mr Caracal
UK

"A convenient stopover"

1 night Arrived 27 Jul 2007
"Being the only guests made the place a little soleless although the owners were pleasant and attentive.

We were not offered activites but were happy to relax after long day driving and early walk at Erongo.

We enjoyed the food but just felt a little uncomfortable alone at the big table!" See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia; 5n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average

Location:
Average
Service:
Average
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Good
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19 reviews of Kalahari Bush Breaks by travellers since August 2007
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