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Reviews of River Crossing

Wildlife sightings and reviews

124 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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Four poms
Somerset

"River Crossing review"

1 night Arrived 21 Feb 2019
"Reasonable place to stop over before flying out. Great views from a high point above Windhoek. Nice rooms. Public places a bit 'public'.

Spoilt after the seclusion of previous locations. Preferred Olive Grove." See all these reviews: 17n in Namibia; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average

Location:
Good
Service:
Average
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Average
Facilities:
Good
Mr A
Oxfordshire

"River Crossing review"

1 night Arrived 9 Feb 2019
"This was only an overnight stop after travelling from the UK.

Staff are the highlight and couldn't have been more helpful. Rooms are a bit tired but perfectly OK.

Food was excellent especially the breakfast omelette." See all these reviews: 11n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs D
E Sussex

"Convenient first stop close to the airport"

1 night Arrived 16 Jan 2019
"We were glad to have only a short drive to the Lodge after the overnight flight from UK.

The room had a slightly "tired" feel to it and the air conditioning unit somewhat inadequate for the very high temperature prevailing.
But the Lodge is ideal for an overnight stop to or from the airport." See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Average
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Average
Mr & Mrs R
Syderstone

"River Crossing review"

1 night Arrived 21 Sep 2018
"We have previously only stayed in Windhoek itself, but will probably stay here in future. It is easy to find from the airport road and s in a lovely location in the mountains. the views were as good as any elsewhere on our holiday in Namibia.

Our room was dated, but clean and tidy, with all facilities working. This was the only place that we stayed at with a television!

The staff were helpful in allowing us to book in online and print tickets for our flight home.

We chose to eat in the restaurant here, although it would have been easy enough to go into Windhoek. The food was fine." See all these reviews: 16n in Namibia; 4n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Good
Mr A
Somerset

"River Crossing review"

1 night Arrived 13 Sep 2018
"GOOD HOTEL WELL POSITIONED" See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
A and A
Cossington

"Good first stop"

1 night Arrived 30 Aug 2018
"Convenient first stop after a long trip." See all these reviews: 17n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Average
Samantha
London

"Did the job"

1 night Arrived 20 Aug 2018
"Was fine for one night on way back to airport. Rooms very tired, food not great. Some staff good, some clueless.

We booked horse riding but they didn't turn up and we wasted an hour finding them and got no apology for them not turning up." See all these reviews: 18n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average

Location:
Good
Service:
Average
Activities:
Terrible
Rooms:
Poor
Food:
Poor
Facilities:
Poor
Mr & Mrs S
St Albans

"Good over night stop"

1 night Arrived 15 Aug 2018
"Perfect place to rest up

Good dinner options in restaurant so no need to drive out" See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Mr G
Alstonville

"Handy to Windhoek and airport"

1 night Arrived 31 Jul 2018
"Good outlook and location. Good dining.

There was no water on tap anywhere in the lodge for a day, which could have become a real problem with no toilet flushing etc and no communication with guests about the situation." See all these reviews: 17n in Namibia; 4n in Botswana; 3n in Zambia; 1n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Good
Mrs & Mr R
Australia

"A big disappointment - River Crossing "

1 night Arrived 31 Jul 2018
"This was our second visit to River Crossing and while the first visit was good this visit was very disappointing. Below is a copy of the letter I wrote to River Crossing, dated 8th August. To this date, 21st August, there has been no response.

Dear Management at River Crossing,

Recently we (4 of us in 2 rooms) stayed a night with you on the 1st August, yes, the night the water ran out.

While I understand that unforseen events such as this may occur, I am writing to say that not only were we inconvenienced but appalled at the lack of concern shown by the management for guests. At no time were we informed of the situation nor was anything done to ease the situation for guests.

We commented late in the afternoon of the 1st to staff about the lack of water and were informed that the water had run out and more water was coming soon. So we accepted this to be the case but next morning there was still no water. This of course meant there were no showers and perhaps more importantly no toilet flushing in either of the rooms we occupied, or the main area. There were also no signs in the main toilet at any time to apologise or to indicate that toilets should not be used. Not only was there no notification that there was a problem but there was no thought given to providing buckets of water in either the main toilets or rooms to flush the toilets.

Later, after breakfast, staff were seen taking buckets of water out of the pool presumably for cleaning, and taken to the kitchen (!) but still not being placed in the toilets.

When I approached a senior, but new staff person, and explained our concern, he was most apologetic but informed me management was unavailable. As we were leaving, he took my email address and assured me that I would receive an email from management but this has not been the case.

We paid our bar bill, our room had been prepaid, as we did not want the staff to be adversely affected.

I have not written previously as we have been travelling in areas without Internet, but rooms without showers and toilet flushing and with NO concern for guests is not acceptable.

Additional comments about River Crossing (not included in my letter):

On our two visits here, none of us (4) could get any information about the self-guided walks. It was suggested that we could walk down the dusty road that leads to/from the lodge!

It is also a shame that so many guests throw their rubbish e.g. cigarettes, tissues off the verandah (Unit 14) where it collects in the bushes and rather detracts from the setting.

Overall this seems to suggest that there is a management issue at this establishment." See all these reviews: 17n in Namibia; 4n in Botswana; 3n in Zambia; 1n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Poor

Location:
Good
Service:
Terrible
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Terrible
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