Travel reviews by Mrs C. from Dubai

"The room was very clean and tidy, the meals lovely and staff very friendly."

"While the actual camp was lovely, and our stay was great, the personal were just not as friendly as some of the other lodges.

Our game drive to Etosha was a little lackluster, perhaps it was the wet weather and we got the impression the driver didn't want to travel very far.

However our Sun-downer drive within the grounds was very pleasant. We had some beautiful sightings of giraffe."

"This was a beautiful lodge with extremely friendly staff. The lodge is pretty new and had beautiful rooms, with lovely views.

A swimming pool you could swim which was chilly but not too cold. The location to the park meant it was easy to self drive into Etosha. We had a lovely sighting at the waterhole which was great for this time of year. We were able to watch Impala out of our bedroom window.

The food was 5 star!"

"We loved our stay here the staff were SOOOO friendly. The rooms are a little tired, but the atmosphere made up for it, everyone talks to everyone in this lodge. The food was lovely.

The road from the entrance to exit is long and bumpy our two wheel drive did get stuck in a river bed and we had to be towed out, to be fair had it not been raining in the night this probably would have been okay. I would recommend 4 wheel drive cars or someone from the lodge following you, which they did after our incident.

We did a night game drive and saw an owl, hares and a wonderful chameleon, the stars were amazing as well as different deer.

The sunsets are amazing here!

On our way back in to the lodge in the evening we also had a wonderful sighting of 4 elephants playing in the dust.

Once you get onto the road it is easy to reach Galton Gate."

"Again another special place with very friendly staff. The views are to die for! We loved our little room and the food was brilliant. We did a sunset drive which was a little bumpy but and excellent way to spend our first evening.

While we did not see a huge amount of game we saw lions, vultures, herds of zebra and an African wild cat on the drive to the lodge, we went through Etosha.

I went Rhino tracking it was too bumpy for my husbands bad back, it was a fantastic day and I was rewarded with a Black Rhino sighting, the scenery was stunning too.

My husband stayed and relaxed by the pool and had a massage."

"This lodge was probably our favourite, the team were lovely. They sing to welcome you, they sing at dinner and when you leave! They called us by our first names from the get go!

The views here are stunning! The sunsets and sunrises amazing! We went on a game drive to find the desert adapted elephants and when we found them we spent over an hour watching a herd of 14 elephants. Our driver was very knowledgeable, not just about the elephants but all the wildlife.

The food was lovely!"

"Okonjima does not disappoint, stunning location and wildlife, we saw loads just driving to the inner gate from the outer gate.

The rooms are beautiful and the staff are really friendly.

The game driver who took us for our Leopard tracking, then took us to the information centre and cheetah the next day followed by a night drive which was fabulous and ending in a morning game drive. He was full of information and had a real passion for the foundation. It is good to know that some of the money spent goes to help the foundation in the future. Things cost a little more here but the sightings are wonderful and nothing is rushed.

It also has a wonderful gift shop."

"A lovely place for the last night. Very friendly staff nothing is too much trouble. Had a lazy afternoon by the pool."