Travel reviews by Dr D & Dr U from UK
Review Distribution
Total number of trips
2
Countries visited
2
Lodges stayed in
14
Excursions taken
0
My May 2022 trip
Namibia and 1 other country between 6 May 2022 and 21 May 2022
"Absolutely fantastic holiday.
Twice postponed due to covid it did not disappoint when we finally got there.
Everything went extremely smoothly, it was both exciting and relaxing at the same time and we cannot wait to go back.
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
No, I think the service is well above and beyond what can be expected and so was our trip"
Twice postponed due to covid it did not disappoint when we finally got there.
Everything went extremely smoothly, it was both exciting and relaxing at the same time and we cannot wait to go back.
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
No, I think the service is well above and beyond what can be expected and so was our trip"
Arranged By Sabina Hekandjo
Olive Grove
"Olive Grove review"
1 night
Arrived
6 May 2022
"Fabulous room, lovely staff, good food"
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Facilities
Good
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Good
Okonjima Bush Camp
"Okonjima Plains Camp review"
2 nights
Arrived
7 May 2022
"We got upgraded to Bush camp which was fabulous.
Fantastic experience leopard tracking"
Fantastic experience leopard tracking"
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Good
Facilities
Excellent
Sightings report
Brown Hyena
1 sighting
Giraffe
1 sighting
Leopard
1 sighting
Oryx
1 sighting
Zebra
1 sighting
Ghaub Guest Farm
"Ghaub Guest Farm review"
2 nights
Arrived
9 May 2022
"Great setting and food. Impressive rhino viewing. Lovely staff.
We got a bit lost walking as the trail markings are not that good."
We got a bit lost walking as the trail markings are not that good."
Good
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location
Good
Service
Good
Activities
Good
Rooms
Good
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Average
Sightings report
Oryx
1 sighting
White Rhino
Many sightings
Zebra
1 sighting
Hakusembe River Lodge
"Hakusembe River Lodge review"
1 night
Arrived
11 May 2022
"Fabulous setting and food.
Very nice staff, bit on the large side but perfect for an overnight stay."
Very nice staff, bit on the large side but perfect for an overnight stay."
Good
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Good
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Good
Sightings report
Hippo
Many sightings
River Dance Lodge
"River Dance Lodge review"
2 nights
Arrived
12 May 2022
"Fabulous setting and rooms with most impressive views.
Nice staff and good food."
Nice staff and good food."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location
Excellent
Service
Good
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Good
Facilities
Good
Sightings report
Hippo
Many sightings
Lianshulu Lodge
"Lianshulu Lodge review"
3 nights
Arrived
14 May 2022
"Fabulous setting, lovely staff, fantastic food.
Great wildlife viewing."
Great wildlife viewing."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Good
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Good
Sightings report
Buffalo
1 sighting
Elephant
1 sighting
Giraffe
1 sighting
Hippo
1 sighting
Roan antelope
1 sighting
Nkasa Lupala Tented Lodge
"Nkasa Lupala Tented Lodge review"
3 nights
Arrived
17 May 2022
"Great location, lovely staff, good food, great wildlife viewing, loved the Linyanti boat trips in particular"
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Good
Food
Good
Facilities
Good
Sightings report
Buffalo
1 sighting
Elephant
Many sightings
Hippo
Many sightings
Wildebeest
1 sighting
Zebra
1 sighting
Chobe River Lodge
"Garden Lodge review"
1 night
Arrived
20 May 2022
"Great location, fabulous design, fantastic food and lovely staff.
Unfortunately noisy at night with alarms going off nearby overnight, not a problem with ear plugs though."
Unfortunately noisy at night with alarms going off nearby overnight, not a problem with ear plugs though."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location
Good
Service
Excellent
Facilities
Good
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Great Namibia holiday
Namibia between 28 Aug 2011 and 12 Sep 2011
"Great holiday, lovely relaxed start followed by a fantastic journey into the remote Kunene region.
Generally very helpful, attentive and informative staff and really appreciated being able to look "behind the scenes" a bit. Kunene conservancy safari's ethical concept will hopefully be successful in bringing money into this region. Would love to come back some day for one of their other tours and will certainly come back to Namibia as soon as it can be arranged.
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
Can't think of anything, places suggested were excellent and really took our requirements into account, communication was very good throughout."
Generally very helpful, attentive and informative staff and really appreciated being able to look "behind the scenes" a bit. Kunene conservancy safari's ethical concept will hopefully be successful in bringing money into this region. Would love to come back some day for one of their other tours and will certainly come back to Namibia as soon as it can be arranged.
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
Can't think of anything, places suggested were excellent and really took our requirements into account, communication was very good throughout."
Arranged By Sabina Hekandjo
The Stiltz
"Relaxing start into the holiday at The Stiltz"
1 night
Arrived
28 Aug 2011
"lovely place"
Good
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location
Good
Service
Good
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Igowati Safari Lodge (Not currently featured by Expert Africa)
"Stopover at Gowati lodge"
1 night
Arrived
29 Aug 2011
"good place for a stopover, comfortable room, relaxed atmosphere but was a bit disappointed that couldn't arrange donkey cart ride even though I'd emailed a request a few days prior to our arrival and on the evening we were there the food wasn't that good either."
Average
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average
Location
Good
Service
Average
Rooms
Good
Food
Average
Not currently featured by Expert Africa
Huab Lodge
"Very relaxing stay at Huab lodge"
3 nights
Arrived
30 Aug 2011
"Fantastic staff, loved the communal meals and laid back atmosphere."
Good
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Good
Rooms
Good
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Good
Etendeka Mountain Camp
"Great stay at Etendeka"
3 nights
Arrived
2 Sep 2011
"Absolutely beautiful location with breathtaking views, very good guides with great local knowledge, loved the stargazing.
Also great to be able to go out on unguided walks. And bucket showers are suprisingly good :)"
Also great to be able to go out on unguided walks. And bucket showers are suprisingly good :)"
Good
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location
Excellent
Service
Good
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Good
Food
Good
Guided Safari (Not currently featured by Expert Africa)
"Insightful journey into Kunene"
6 nights
Arrived
5 Sep 2011
"Etambura lodge is a great place in a fantastic location with breathtaking views and a fabulous architectural design. Landscape in Kunene was very impressive and seeing game in that set-up was brilliant. Particularly loved the rhino tracking. Also, getting insights into how the local communities live and conservancies work was very informative and interesting.
Catered camping was excellently organised and very comfortable. Staff was brilliant. Due to long distances and poor roads a lot of time is spend in the car - don't know whether it would be possible to minimize this by replacing some of the game viewing by car with walks?"
Catered camping was excellently organised and very comfortable. Staff was brilliant. Due to long distances and poor roads a lot of time is spend in the car - don't know whether it would be possible to minimize this by replacing some of the game viewing by car with walks?"
Good
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Good
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Good
Not currently featured by Expert Africa
Cornerstone Guesthouse
"Cornerstone Guest house"
1 night
Arrived
11 Sep 2011
"lovely way to finish off a great holiday"
Good
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location
Good
Service
Good
Rooms
Good
Food
Excellent