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Travel reviews by Family S from Leeds

Review Distribution

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Good
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Total number of trips

1

Countries visited

2

Lodges stayed in

12

Excursions taken

1

Our Namibia trip Jul 2014 was fantastic

Namibia and 1 other country between 10 Jul 2014 and 4 Aug 2014

Trip rating: Excellent
"We loved our time in Namibia-the variety in what we saw and experienced, the people we met.....we had hoped for a holiday of a lifetime and we got it!!

Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
We didn't have a price breakdown of each accommodation. I'm still undecided if this would have would have been helpful or not......it may have been interesting to compare places, and may have affected feedback, as value for money is another factor."

Arranged By Tracy Lederer


Elegant Guesthouse

Elegant Guesthouse

"Good to unwind at Elegant"

1 night Arrived 11 Jul 2014
"Helpful about finding a place to eat at and although a misunderstanding about the taxi price, all was sorted easily.

Very easy to find when driving from the airport."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Facilities
Good
Rooms
Good
Food
Excellent
Hoodia Desert Lodge

Hoodia Desert Lodge

"Fantastic place and people."

2 nights Arrived 12 Jul 2014
"A highlight of our trip.....its in a beautiful setting, the accommodation is great and such a unique experience...we loved this place.

The owner and staff are great, as was the food! Not to be missed!!"
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Excellent
Cornerstone Guesthouse

Cornerstone Guesthouse

"Friendly and helpful Cornerstone guesthouse"

3 nights Arrived 14 Jul 2014
"Breakfasts were delicious and the staff went above and beyond in helping us arrange our activities.

Really friendly people.

Whilst staying in Swakopmund these travellers also did the Pelican Point Kayaking about which they commented:
Excellent - Great fun kayaking
Lovely lady and everything provided for the water activity_ waterproof shoes and clothes. Also had photos and videos taken and sent to our emails. The kayaking itself was easy- I had been a bit concerned as we were on the sea, but no experience needed!"
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Good
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Good
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Good
Kayaking with seals

Kayaking with seals

"Great fun kayaking"

16 Jul 2014 • Morning excursion

Lovely lady and everything provided for the water activity_ waterproof shoes and clothes. Also had photos and videos taken and sent to our emails. The kayaking itself was easy- I had been a bit concerned as we were on the sea, but no experience needed!
Excellent
Ondudu Safari Lodge

Ondudu Safari Lodge

"A beautiful place"

1 night Arrived 17 Jul 2014
"Such a gorgeous special place. We arrived by lunchtime thankfully so we could enjoy the setting. Peaceful and a wonderful stopover. What a setting for a restaurant!

We all agreed that we would have enjoyed 2 nights......although no big animals it is the walks, and setting as well as fab food and quality of everything. The staff were all helpful and very friendly too."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Excellent
Okaukuejo Camp

Okaukuejo Camp

"Excellent waterhole viewing"

2 nights Arrived 18 Jul 2014
"The plus points are; excellent game viewing-self drive or with driver and also the waterhole at night. The buffet food was good too and the restaurant service was very friendly and helpful.

The minus points were; very big and the Okaukuejo waterhole viewing was with so many other people it felt very touristy but again that said, the amount of animals we saw was super. We booked an afternoon safari and had to wait over an hour and when we questioned if it was going to happen and if not, could we change to the following day as soon it would be dark (supposed to be 3 hours long and by now 3.30) the woman on reception who we had paid was very rude."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Good
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Average
Food
Good
Facilities
Average
Mushara Bush Camp

Mushara Bush Camp

"Mushara Bush Camp review"

1 night Arrived 20 Jul 2014
"Really enjoyed it here. Reception/restaurant area lovely. Food great.

Friendly service and nice touches such as homemade biscuits in tents as well as tea/coffee and hot water bottles. Very clean. A great stopover or base to enter Etosha from the east gate (although not in the park so wouldn't have the night waterhole experience).

Other than Okaukuejo, some of the best game we saw was at the east Etosha waterholes as we drove through."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Good
Service
Excellent
Facilities
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Nhoma Camp

Nhoma Camp

"Great experience at Nhoma"

2 nights Arrived 21 Jul 2014
"We had a really good time at Nhoma.

It was a unique experience to visit the village and meet the lovely people. Although they didn't speak English this didn't matter, they were very friendly and the local man who took us from our camp to visit did so we could ask questions.

Arno also gave us the background to the Bushmen and how the relationship with tourists works for them. Worth the drive there!!"
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Good
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Average
Food
Good
Facilities
Good
Hakusembe River Lodge

Hakusembe River Lodge

"Great rooms and location"

1 night Arrived 23 Jul 2014
"After the long drive from Nhoma, the really lovely airconditioned rooms and facilities here as well as great terrace over the river were so welcome.

We all thought it was a great stopover....a real chill out place."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Good
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Good
Facilities
Excellent
Ndhovu Safari Lodge

Ndhovu Safari Lodge

"Great hippo experience at Ndovu"

2 nights Arrived 24 Jul 2014
"We really enjoyed it here......although the accommodation was tired, the things we really liked were the people (managers and owner and staff), the eating together (and the food!), the honesty bar (showed they trusted us and made us feel welcome), able to help ourselves to tea and coffee (small detail, but we liked that!), the decking (so relaxing looking out on the hippos) and the boat trips.

(although I have put average, other family members would probably have put poor for the rooms and facilities!)"
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Good
Rooms
Average
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Average
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Mazambala Island Lodge, Namibia (this camp has since closed)

"Great safari and boat trip at Mazambala"

2 nights Arrived 26 Jul 2014
"We have mixed comments about here;

The 2 things we enjoyed most were the boat trip and the safari trip. The safari guide was really good and we saw elephants very close up, as well as a very exciting ride back on the boat (hippo dodging!!) - felt safe as the guide seemed to be very experienced.

However, to have to pay for our meals in cash (I can understand having no facilities to pay by card, but surely we could prepay our meals when it was a fixed charge with no choice) meant we had to choose who did a safari as we needed so much cash we couldn't afford to eat and us all do both activities.

Also no tea/coffee facilities either in our rooms or in the bar area...a small point but the ONLY place not to offer it. Even at the end of our meal there was a half hour gap before tea/coffee was served and insufficient cups if everyone hadn't left by then. The speed at which our plates were taken seemed as though they couldn't wait for us to go- it was actually rude.

Although the staff were friendly the lack of care in the smaller things seemed it was very much a business."
Good
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location
Good
Service
Average
Activities
Good
Rooms
Good
Food
Good
Facilities
Average
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Chobe Bush Lodge (Not currently featured by Expert Africa)

"Great safaris and boat trip at Chobe Safari L"

3 nights Arrived 28 Jul 2014
"We didn't stay at Chobe Bush Lodge as it wasn't ready - we stayed at Chobe Safari Lodge and we all really enjoyed it. Although a big lodge, the service was very friendly and helpful. The rooms were excellent and were overlooking the river.The food although buffet style was very good with lots of choice.

The safaris we did were great- the boat trip was definitely worth doing and on the land safaris we saw the illusive leopard very close, as well as lions and lots of elephants-we all loved it.

We were all glad we came here."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Excellent
Ilala Lodge

Ilala Lodge

"Ilala Lodge review"

3 nights Arrived 31 Jul 2014
"A lovely lodge to relax and finish our trip with. We didn't do the boat trips as we had spoken to someone who had been to Chobe the same time as us, and not as good as there (hardly any animals and far off), so we relaxed here instead. Having looked around the town, this did seem the best.

We walked to see the Falls and we did the helicopter flight (the shorter one -12min-Flight of Angels) - it was expensive but felt worth it, just to see the Falls, so close from above-amazing. We booked it from the lodge which seemed competitively priced and felt safer in that we were staying there. Although there were other activities to choose from, we chickened out of the zip-wire rides, having watched them and the Devil's pool was not possible as the water was too high. We had done so much throughout the trip though,so it was great to chill in such a lovely lodge.

The breakfasts were great as was the outside bar to chill beside the well maintained pool. The evening menu was not that adolescent-friendly, so we only ate here once (but was delicious). We didn't find a restaurant in Victoria Falls for evening eating to recommend for families."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Excellent

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