Reviews of City Lodge JNB
Wildlife sightings and reviews
162 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited City Lodge JNB and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa
Mr L & Mrs O
PA, USA
"Perfect Place to Rest"
1 night Arrived 29 Sep 2013
"After eleven days, we must admit to being slightly fatigued and the City Lodge fit our needs perfectly. Convenient, clean, quiet, it was a good place to rest before our flight home. For a reasonable fee, we were allowed to stay in our room until 6 PM.
The restaurant was good, the service friendly. The only downside is that we were headed home instead of back to Botswana!!" See all these reviews: 11n in Botswana; 6n in South Africa
The restaurant was good, the service friendly. The only downside is that we were headed home instead of back to Botswana!!" See all these reviews: 11n in Botswana; 6n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Mr & Mrs W
Texas
"City Lodge OR Tambo review"
1 night Arrived 4 Sep 2013
"Only here overnight so good for the short amount of time"
See all these reviews: 7n in Tanzania; 6n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Mr S
Illlinois
"City Lodge OR Tambo review"
1 night Arrived 3 Sep 2013
"Please see my first review. [Ed: see below.]"
See all these reviews: 10n in Zimbabwe; 6n in Botswana; 6n in Zambia; 2n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Ms T & Mr C
San Fran
"Convenient"
1 night Arrived 19 Aug 2013
"Convenient location for transfer. Standard western comfort and convenience."
See all these reviews: 11n in Namibia; 1n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Average
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Average
Facilities:
Average
Mr & Mrs O
USA
"City Lodge OR Tambo review"
1 night Arrived 16 Aug 2013
"It was OK overall but we found the room rather small. The bathroom was nice and the whole place clean.
We decided to stay at the Intercontinental Hotel on the last day of our African trip." See all these reviews: 11n in Namibia; 1n in South Africa
We decided to stay at the Intercontinental Hotel on the last day of our African trip." See all these reviews: 11n in Namibia; 1n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average
Location:
Good
Service:
Average
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Average
Mr S
Illlinois
"The Perfect Place to Stay Overnight at the Ai"
1 night Arrived 14 Aug 2013
"It is an easy 10 minute walk from City Lodge to the main terminal at OR Tambo. It is a reasonably priced alternative to the Intercontinental Hotel at the airport which is twice as expensive.
The rooms are comfortable and all the necessary amenities although they aren't particularly large. The staff is efficient and polite, but not especially friendly. I have to say that the breakfast buffet was outstanding and I was amazed at wide range of items available. Furthermore, everything was very fresh and the quality was excellent.
Yes It is an ideal place to stay if you have a flight the next day from Johannesburg." See all these reviews: 10n in Zimbabwe; 6n in Botswana; 6n in Zambia; 2n in South Africa
The rooms are comfortable and all the necessary amenities although they aren't particularly large. The staff is efficient and polite, but not especially friendly. I have to say that the breakfast buffet was outstanding and I was amazed at wide range of items available. Furthermore, everything was very fresh and the quality was excellent.
Yes It is an ideal place to stay if you have a flight the next day from Johannesburg." See all these reviews: 10n in Zimbabwe; 6n in Botswana; 6n in Zambia; 2n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Prof & Mrs J
Oz
"City Lodge OR Tambo review"
1 night Arrived 12 Aug 2013
"For an airport hotel it was quite adequate with easy access from airport. However the lunch menu was certainly not the best and dinner menu was exactly the same"
See all these reviews: 8n in Zambia; 3n in Namibia; 1n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Poor
Mr S
West Yorkshire
"Great place to overnight in Johannesburg."
1 night Arrived 4 May 2013
"As we were overnighting between flights in Jo'burg this hotel was ideal. You can walk to and from the arrivals / departure which was a great bonus.
The hotel was very clean and the evening meal menu was better than the hotel suggested . As an alternative you could order in a 'take away'.
There was a small gym and outside pool." See all these reviews: 8n in Zambia; 7n in Namibia; 1n in South Africa
The hotel was very clean and the evening meal menu was better than the hotel suggested . As an alternative you could order in a 'take away'.
There was a small gym and outside pool." See all these reviews: 8n in Zambia; 7n in Namibia; 1n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs W
VIC
"Handy and convenient.. Workmanlike, pleasant"
1 night Arrived 3 Feb 2013
"Glad not to have to wander around Johannesburg. Ease of access to airport for early start"
See all these reviews: 6n in Namibia; 1n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Activities:
Average
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Average
Facilities:
Average
Mr & Mrs W
Edinburgh
"OK Airport Hotel"
1 night Arrived 23 Nov 2012
"Journey from Ichobezi through Joburg to Bazaruto felt very long and a bit of a waste of time.
I noticed that one of the charter companies that flew us into Kasane advertised that they flew direct to Bazaruto - we would definitely like to have explored the cost of that as our actual journey was undoubtedly the low point of our holiday" See all these reviews: 7n in Mozambique; 6n in Botswana; 3n in Namibia; 1n in South Africa
I noticed that one of the charter companies that flew us into Kasane advertised that they flew direct to Bazaruto - we would definitely like to have explored the cost of that as our actual journey was undoubtedly the low point of our holiday" See all these reviews: 7n in Mozambique; 6n in Botswana; 3n in Namibia; 1n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Average
Feedback Response
While it is possible to organise a charter flight from Kasane to Bazaruto (indeed its possible to arrange charter flights from/to many southern African destinations) we find that the high cost of such flights is usually a prohibitive factor. Never-the-less we were interested to learn that this option is indeed being advertised and so we contacted the flight company to gain more information, this is what they had to say:
Our website and in-flight magazine does state:
Based in Maun, the gateway to the Okavango, our destinations are throughout Botswana and neighbouring countries reaching as far as Johannesburg, Victoria Falls, Vilanculos and Windhoek.
We are able, on request, to quote on private charters to any of these destinations but seldom do due to the costs involved. We generally use our larger turbine engined aircraft for the longer charters due to the lack of piston aircraft fuel at some of the airports in Southern Africa.
To give you an idea, a quote from Kasane to Vilanculos in a Cessna Caravan would cost over US$16,000 for the aircraft (rough estimate based on February 2013 prices). The scheduled airline flight does work out much cheaper but we do offer the air charter should we be requested to do so.
Wed always urge any of our travellers to enquire about the possibility of chartering a plane if this is an option they wish to explore but, due to the costs being so high, its rarely an option which we suggest without being prompted to do so.
Our website and in-flight magazine does state:
Based in Maun, the gateway to the Okavango, our destinations are throughout Botswana and neighbouring countries reaching as far as Johannesburg, Victoria Falls, Vilanculos and Windhoek.
We are able, on request, to quote on private charters to any of these destinations but seldom do due to the costs involved. We generally use our larger turbine engined aircraft for the longer charters due to the lack of piston aircraft fuel at some of the airports in Southern Africa.
To give you an idea, a quote from Kasane to Vilanculos in a Cessna Caravan would cost over US$16,000 for the aircraft (rough estimate based on February 2013 prices). The scheduled airline flight does work out much cheaper but we do offer the air charter should we be requested to do so.
Wed always urge any of our travellers to enquire about the possibility of chartering a plane if this is an option they wish to explore but, due to the costs being so high, its rarely an option which we suggest without being prompted to do so.
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