Reviews of The Delight
Wildlife sightings and reviews
26 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited The Delight and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa
Mr & Mrs QS
Wiltshire
"The Delight review"
2 nights Arrived 13 Mar 2023
"not sure what this is?"
See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Average
Mr A
Mallorca
"The Delight review"
2 nights Arrived 23 Dec 2022
"The delight is clean, comfortable and well located in Swakopmund and everywhere was within easy walking distance.
We loved dinner at the tug. Swakopmund is also a great base for adventure in its own right.
We kayaked with seals this trip and offroaded through the dunes down to sandwich harbour on our previous visit." See all these reviews: 21n in Namibia
We loved dinner at the tug. Swakopmund is also a great base for adventure in its own right.
We kayaked with seals this trip and offroaded through the dunes down to sandwich harbour on our previous visit." See all these reviews: 21n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Kartik
Patel
"The Delight review"
3 nights Arrived 2 Oct 2022
"Delightful place for a pitstop on our trip, centrally located in Swakopmund.
It was cold and windy on the coast so we were happy to find hot water bottles provided in the turn down service.
Laundry service is reasonably priced and quick." See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia
It was cold and windy on the coast so we were happy to find hot water bottles provided in the turn down service.
Laundry service is reasonably priced and quick." See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Facilities:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Average
Mrs A.
Newcastle
"The Delight review"
3 nights Arrived 15 Aug 2022
"Quirky hotel with great family rooms (over split level), very good service and lovely breakfasts.
Only downside is that the buildings that the rooms are housed in are wooden only so very cold (day and night) and did creak quite a lot.
The hotel staff did bring hot water bottles around at bedtime though which was amazing!" See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia
Only downside is that the buildings that the rooms are housed in are wooden only so very cold (day and night) and did creak quite a lot.
The hotel staff did bring hot water bottles around at bedtime though which was amazing!" See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Facilities:
Good
Mrs J.
Newton Abbot
"The Delight review"
3 nights Arrived 7 Jul 2022
"Large clean airy rooms. very helpful staff."
See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Ms M
Switzerland
"The Delight review"
3 nights Arrived 3 Apr 2022
"We were given a room on the second floor at the back side of the hotel, looking at the car park behind the hotel.
I immediately complained and got then a sunny room overlooking the street. The hotel was not fully booked at all. So...
We enjoyed the hotel in the end. Nice rooms and very good breakfast." See all these reviews: 21n in Namibia
I immediately complained and got then a sunny room overlooking the street. The hotel was not fully booked at all. So...
We enjoyed the hotel in the end. Nice rooms and very good breakfast." See all these reviews: 21n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Mr R.
Paia, Hawaii
"The Delight review"
2 nights Arrived 23 Sep 2021
"restaurants on the coast are good - bring a sweater - temps in October were 10 C in the morning . The Fir seal colony is worth a stop if you are traveling north ."
See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia; 3n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Activities:
Average
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
AK
USA
"The Delight review"
2 nights Arrived 30 Aug 2021
"We were positively surprised: large and very comfortable room, excellent breakfast (one of the best in trip), helpful staff.
We found the town of Swakopmund quite depressing and lifeless (could be as a result of covid curfew), so one night could have been enough." See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia
We found the town of Swakopmund quite depressing and lifeless (could be as a result of covid curfew), so one night could have been enough." See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
chris
France
"The Delight review"
3 nights Arrived 7 Aug 2021
"There was a mistake with the reservation at the delight which led to us being separated by two flights of stairs from our childrens room. We had to move rooms on day 2.
The rooms were large, modern and clean.
The first room (number 37) was very noisy at night due the adjacent laundry which operated throughout the night.
Service was mixed and ranged from friendly and helpful to rude and apathetic (particularly on the Sunday).
Expert Africa offered to move the reservation to an alternative hotel which in hindsight we should have accepted despite being tired after the journey.
Breakfast was good" See all these reviews: 17n in Namibia
The rooms were large, modern and clean.
The first room (number 37) was very noisy at night due the adjacent laundry which operated throughout the night.
Service was mixed and ranged from friendly and helpful to rude and apathetic (particularly on the Sunday).
Expert Africa offered to move the reservation to an alternative hotel which in hindsight we should have accepted despite being tired after the journey.
Breakfast was good" See all these reviews: 17n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location:
Average
Service:
Poor
Activities:
Average
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Average
Mr & Mrs B.
Richmond
"A Delightful stay in Swakopmund"
2 nights Arrived 12 Sep 2019
"The Delight hotel is situated in a convenient central location in the town, opposite the old railway station and close by the Kristall Gallery, both places being recommended to visit.It is also a relatively short walk from the waterfront area and some historic monuments. The hotel has a pleasant landscaped central courtyard with rooms overlooking it that are very comfortable and well equipped. Front desk and service staff were very welcoming and helpful and parking was no problem. One of their font desk staff, Denise, was extremely helpful in recommending an excellent restaurant for dinner in one of the other hotels and was able to book us a table on a busy night. The hotels small lounge area was a pleasant place to relax.
The breakfast quality was good, although some of the made to order breakfast items were slow in being served and some were forgotten." See all these reviews: 22n in Namibia; 6n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
The breakfast quality was good, although some of the made to order breakfast items were slow in being served and some were forgotten." See all these reviews: 22n in Namibia; 6n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
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