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Avani Windhoek Hotel
Avani Windhoek Hotel
Avani Windhoek Hotel
Avani Windhoek Hotel

Reviews of Avani Windhoek Hotel

Wildlife sightings and reviews

11 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Avani Windhoek Hotel and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa

Showing 1-10 of 11
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Arrival date
Mr & Mrs D
Sussex

"Okay stay in a city hotel"

2 nights Arrived 2 Oct 2019
"The Avani was a high-rise conference hotel in the centre of Windhoek. For self-drivers, the multi-storey car park entrance was at the back of the hotel, not the front, and had reserved parking for Avani guests on an upper floor (was it the 4th?) with a bridge directly into the hotel. These points would have been useful to know beforehand!

The rooftop bar was pleasant but very busy (Wednesday evening) and they couldn't offer us a table for an evening meal so we ate in the ground floor cafe. Since I was ill the following day - perhaps a reaction to the malaria tablets I was taking - I didn't see anything of Windhoek, but the rest of our party did explore some of the sights, although the zoological gardens weren't well maintained (perhaps due to the current drought) and the Alte Feste - the old German fort - was closed until further notice.

Breakfast service wasn't particularly friendly or efficient, with an unsmiling greeter demanding room numbers and food spilled on the floor by the chefs, however the location of the hotel was convenient for sightseeing, and as a stepping off point for the airport it was a good choice." See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Poor
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Poor
Mr A
Oxfordshire

"Avani Windhoek Hotel review"

1 night Arrived 19 Feb 2019
"Great location in centre of town, friendly staff and they even helped to fix the the 4*4 we had broken on the drive up. Only had breakfast at the hotel as we went to Joe's Beer House for the evening so cannot comment on the food really." See all these reviews: 11n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Average
Crooks
Bristol

"Avani Windhoek Hotel review"

1 night Arrived 4 Sep 2018
"The hotel and surroundings are having some renovation work carried out which was a little disruptive. Although efforts had been made to work around this disruption signage could have been better about revised arrangements (like how to get to the parking garage or access a working elevator). Staff were efficient and friendly enough and breakfast was good.

Check in and check out we're both well managed." See all these reviews: 8n in Namibia; 3n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Ms C & Mr N
October

"Avani Windhoek Hotel review"

1 night Arrived 28 Oct 2017
"Perfect for the first night - good location.

Would recommend NICE for dinner for anyone staying there about at 10 min walk away - the concierge recommended it." See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Mr B & Mrs C
Glasgow

"Good easy undercover parking and bell boy"

1 night Arrived 14 Apr 2017
"Modern down town hotel . Breakfast excellent choice of food . Good bars , shops and restaurants nearby .

No problem to have late check out as flight late afternoon. Roof top pool small but we had it to ourselves." See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Mr J
Luanda

"Avani Windhoek Hotel review"

2 nights Arrived 24 Mar 2017
"Getting old. ..needs refurbishment" See all these reviews: 8n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Average
Activities:
Average
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Average
Mr J
Luanda

"Avani Windhoek Hotel review"

1 night Arrived 18 Mar 2017
"Lift to small and old
No swimming pool
Good parking" See all these reviews: 8n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average

Location:
Good
Service:
Average
Activities:
Average
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Average
Ms J & Ms C
UK

"Kalahari Sands Hotel review"

1 night Arrived 29 Sep 2014
"the reception desk was very helpfulvry helpful" See all these reviews: 19n in Namibia; 1n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
The S Family
Darwin

"Kalahari Sands Hotel review"

1 night Arrived 7 Sep 2008
"This is a hotel in Africa trying to be a big posh all serves european or american hotel which sort of worked the bits that didn't gave you some interesting insight into trying to operate such a concept in Africa.

We slept well and had quick reasonable room service.

Only negative is that they had alot of staff around obviously with wage structures that required them to almost beg for tips." See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Mr P
Chipping Norton

"Convenient location for one night."

1 night Arrived 21 Apr 2008
"Overall, the hotel was good but we felt that the staff were not particularly friendly. They did what was necessary but no more.

We had dinner at Joe's Beer House. The meal was good but the service was very slow." See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Service:
Average
Rooms:
Good
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