Reviews of Swakopmund G'house
Wildlife sightings and reviews
24 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Swakopmund G'house and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa
Jane U
London
"Swakopmund Guesthouse review"
3 nights Arrived 11 Dec 2023
"The location of the guest house was excellent. The room was spacious and comfortable and the staff friendly and helpful if I needed to ask anything. It was a rather odd experience staying here, however, as I was the only guest other than a group of young people who were members of the owner's family. The room was a bit tired and needed a facelift. I just didn't really get the feeling that there was much interest in running the place as a hotel, if that makes sense."
See all these reviews: 19n in Namibia; 1n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Average
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Average
Mr P.
Chelmsford
"Swakopmund Guesthouse review"
1 night Arrived 20 Sep 2023
"Just a functional clean guesthouse in quite a convenient location"
See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average
Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Average
Mr D.Geer
Chelmsford
"Swakopmund Guesthouse review"
1 night Arrived 20 Sep 2023
"Satisfactory for an overnight stop...nothing fancy"
See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average
Location:
Good
Service:
Average
Facilities:
Average
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Average
Charlie
London
"Swakopmund Guesthouse review"
2 nights Arrived 6 Aug 2022
"Good guesthouse - helpful staff, clean room, well located.
Not 'luxurious' but perfect for what we needed." See all these reviews: 9n in Namibia; 5n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
Not 'luxurious' but perfect for what we needed." See all these reviews: 9n in Namibia; 5n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Greg's group
Regina
"Just what we needed. "
2 nights Arrived 13 Oct 2019
"Our rooms were clean & comfortable, we appreciated the fact they did laundry at a reasonable price and all took advantage of that.
We spent two nights here, and enjoyed the breakfast and friendly staff. We were away on activities during the days, and enjoyed dinners out." See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia
We spent two nights here, and enjoyed the breakfast and friendly staff. We were away on activities during the days, and enjoyed dinners out." See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Dr CB & Dr MB
Tring
"Swakopmund Guesthouse review"
2 nights Arrived 21 Sep 2019
"Pretty basic accommodation with a small room. Not much to say about it otherwise. It was clean"
See all these reviews: 17n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average
Location:
Average
Service:
Average
Rooms:
Poor
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Average
Mr & Mrs D
Hampshire
"Swakopmund Guesthouse review"
2 nights Arrived 16 Sep 2015
"Swakopmund was our least favourite place in Namibia, but that is not due to Swakopmund Guesthouse. The guesthouse is perfectly adequate, but perhaps a little sterile and characterless.
We had two nights in Swapokmund and felt that was one too many.
Whilst here, we organised a Pelican Point Kayaking trip for these travellers. They commented:
Get your fingers nibbled by baby seals
A real highlight of the trip. Jeanne who runs these kayaking trips with her husband has been doing it for years and has perfected it. Everything you might need is provided and you are guaranteed to see seals close up - baby seals will even come up and nibble your fingers if you want them to - which I did! If you are lucky you may see dolphins too. Jeanne takes photos of you in your two-man kayak and emails them to you that evening. The drive out to the launch point goes past bays full of pink flamingos.
Highly recommended." See all these reviews: 24n in Namibia
We had two nights in Swapokmund and felt that was one too many.
Whilst here, we organised a Pelican Point Kayaking trip for these travellers. They commented:
Get your fingers nibbled by baby seals
A real highlight of the trip. Jeanne who runs these kayaking trips with her husband has been doing it for years and has perfected it. Everything you might need is provided and you are guaranteed to see seals close up - baby seals will even come up and nibble your fingers if you want them to - which I did! If you are lucky you may see dolphins too. Jeanne takes photos of you in your two-man kayak and emails them to you that evening. The drive out to the launch point goes past bays full of pink flamingos.
Highly recommended." See all these reviews: 24n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Good
Mr & Mrs R
Newport
"Swakopmund Guesthouse review"
1 night Arrived 14 Sep 2015
"A very comfortable stay close to the heart of the town."
See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Average
Mrs D
Esher
"Swakopmund Guesthouse review"
2 nights Arrived 9 Sep 2015
"Be good if people well aware that much colder here. Thank you for pre booking kayaking trip. This was well organised and fun despite the fact we hadn't done this before we managed well. Do be aware that you might need to take sea sickness tablets as I felt a bit off towards end of trp.
Hotel helpful and booked evening meals at the Jetty and Kukis. The latte was rather surreal to find typical Herman beer cellar in the middle of Africa." See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia
Hotel helpful and booked evening meals at the Jetty and Kukis. The latte was rather surreal to find typical Herman beer cellar in the middle of Africa." See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr J & Mrs S
Streatha
"Swakopmund Guesthouse review"
2 nights Arrived 2 Aug 2015
"Clean and functional - helpful staff happy to serve us muffins and coffee ahead of the official breakfast time as we needed to get to Walvis Bay early for kayaking.
Restaurants seem to book up early in Swakop - think about booking a day ahead of your arrival if possible. The Tug was very good but fully booked on our first night and we could only get a very early table elsewhere.
Pelican Point Kayaking
This was one of the highlights of the trip. Jeanne is very relaxed and competent leader - it is not strenuous and much better than the alternative launch trips. It was quite cold but Jeanne had all the right gear available for this.
Worth noting the seal pups are at their most playful between June and September (according to Jeanne) - the best time of the year for this activity.
We also saw large groups of flamingoes and half a dozen jackals on the way to Pelican Point." See all these reviews: 17n in Namibia
Restaurants seem to book up early in Swakop - think about booking a day ahead of your arrival if possible. The Tug was very good but fully booked on our first night and we could only get a very early table elsewhere.
Pelican Point Kayaking
This was one of the highlights of the trip. Jeanne is very relaxed and competent leader - it is not strenuous and much better than the alternative launch trips. It was quite cold but Jeanne had all the right gear available for this.
Worth noting the seal pups are at their most playful between June and September (according to Jeanne) - the best time of the year for this activity.
We also saw large groups of flamingoes and half a dozen jackals on the way to Pelican Point." See all these reviews: 17n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
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