Reviews of Galton House
Wildlife sightings and reviews
166 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Galton House and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa
"Comfortable stay at Galton House"
Helen arranged a taxi to take us to the excellent Joe's Beerhouse (thoroughly recommended). Good breakfast.
No problem for Helen to give us directions to find the route south out of Windhoek." See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia
"Comfortable place for a night in Windhoek"
The room was quite small but well appointed and very comfortable.
The manager, Eddie, was very attentive and runs the place well." See all these reviews: 18n in Namibia
"Galton House was a good Windhoek choice"
The staff were very friendly and welcoming. We had a very spacious room by the pool and a very pleasant meal in the evening. Overall we were very pleased." See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia
"Galton House review"
"second visit so commented earlier"
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"Excellent but rooms variable"
The furnishing was most attractive - modern and clean-looking, and breakfast and dinner were good.
The first time we had a large room with a large bathroom, so we were disappointed on our return to have Room 5, a small room with a poky bathroom, and the bathroom door didn’t close properly." See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia; 4n in South Africa
"Galton House review"
If you wanted to eat in Windhoek, you would need to take a taxi, as it was on the outskirts of the town." See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia; 4n in Botswana; 1n in Zimbabwe
"Superb little placr"
The is food is superb here and the staff are very helpful and polite." See all these reviews: 8n in Namibia; 3n in Botswana; 2n in Zambia
"Galton House review"
Positive:
Very clean tastefully executed room with a spacious bathroom, At the wall beautiful (black and white) pictures of wild animals. The whole B&B gave me a quiet luxury feeling, even around the swimming pool.
The food (breakfast, lunch and diner) is simple but very tastful.
The staff is warm and very helpful, spacially the manager.
It was a pleasure to be there.
Negative:
It took the ordered taxi for visiting Windhoek more then 1 1/2 hours to arrive. Almost to late to go. But I went and found Windhoek not interesting and dull.
The next morning, waiting for the pickup to the airport, it turned out that my flight was not in the morning but in the afternoon. Because of that I was arriving late insted of early on my next destination." See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia
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