Reviews of River Crossing
Wildlife sightings and reviews
133 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited River Crossing and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa
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The rooms were spacious, clean and functional with good air conditioning, tea/coffee making facilities, a fridge with complimentary water and plenty of hot water in the bathroom. My room at the start of the holiday had a hand-held shower over a corner bath which was awkward to use so it’s best to make sure you get a room with a shower only.
No wildlife drives or walks were offered and I’m assuming this is because the new road has and will affect their ability to do this.
We found the staff friendly and the food decent. There is a 3 course set meal offered in the evenings with a choice of 2 starters and 2 main courses and a dessert. We got charged only for the courses we ate." See all these reviews: 23n in Namibia
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Room itself was fine. Dinner actually was good a carribean version of gammon with cheese sauce.
Service poor. No breakfast as they were not starting until 7am. Take out breakfast average. Directions good!
Looks like a bypass is being built beneath the property so crossing may be interesting when that is built." See all these reviews: 7n in Namibia; 5n in South Africa
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The rooms here have beautiful views of the mountains or the city and are comfortable, if a bit tired and in need of some basic maintenance.
We ate a good, if basic, evening meal here; we were initially told that it was a set three course menu, but we chose not to eat three courses and were charged accordingly. Breakfast was fine. Service is good, and guests seem to be kept separately from those just coming for a meal.
River Crossing seems to be developing a lodge style, in that they are offering wildlife drives around their land and guided tours of Windhoek. It may well be that it is worthy of a longer stay, rather than being just an overnight stop near the airport. I think we would be interested in doing so." See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia; 7n in South Africa
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We were hoping to be able to go on a game drive on their land but apparently there weren't running, possibly due to it being hunting season (the explanation was unclear).
The water supply to our room ran out in the morning but was soon sorted it when we mentioned it.
Staff as friendly as they have been everywhere else (the slightly surly park staff at Okaukuejo being the only exception!)." See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia
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We had booked a nature drive, which upon arrival were informed had been cancelled due to the need for a game control exercise.
We were not pre-warned of this which was a disappointment as we could have extended a morning/afternoon stay at previous lodge and had an additional game drive there." See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia; 6n in South Africa
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Helpful staff, good food, a bit difficult to find in the dark !" See all these reviews: 10n in South Africa; 7n in Namibia
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The view of the light of Windhoek at night with the spectacular sunset was amazing." See all these reviews: 17n in Namibia
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