Gondwana Namib Desert Lodge

The beauty of the scenery where Namib Desert Lodge is situated is not possible to do justice in photos. They have some marked trails you can hike by yourself, but also arrange trips and activities. It's a 2 hr drive from Sossusvlei and, yes, they do arrange daily excursions there - a must! The staff at Namib Desert Lodge were all wonderful - attentive and taking the best care of us. The room I had was great - clean and comfortable. The restaurant had good food - game meat always part of the menu - and they have a good wine cellar. I stayed five days and really relaxed there - enjoyed sitting outside in the lounge chairs with a book and watch a group of oryx/gemsbok come by the water hole just outside the lodge, every afternoon.

The red sanstone cliffs make the property so worth visiting. You won’t find hiking trails such as those in neighboring lodges and not even those in sesriem. The lodge offers sossusvlei excursion which costs about 150 usd per person where lunch and unlimited drinks are included. The sundowner excursion just around 50 usd is a must! The sunset from the top of the red sandstone cliffs is out of this world and they serve a beautiful snack tray with drinks while you enjoy the sunset. There’s wildlife everywhere such as oryxes, birds like guinea fowls, some guys saw giraffes and foxes too. Our guides in both excursions were so nice and professional. The buffet breakfast was just ok in my opinion nothing extravagant but decent. The buffet dinner also was just ok although the grilled steak was nice. The design of the reception, the restaurant, and the pool area is lovely with ornate ceilings and walls. I enjoyed shopping in their souvenir shop. It was a good decision to stay here instead of Sesriem for the sundowner at the sandstone cliffs, and the well marked hiking trails by the cliffs. The room has a safe where you can put your valuables and the heater worked just fine. There’s a good supply of hot water which I really enjoyed after each excursion. My room had a perfect view of the cliffs which I enjoyed from the huge balcony. The property has 2 swimming pools with great views. Wifi worked perfectly everywhere even in rooms that are far from the reception and restaurant.

The rooms are old with some chipped glass in the window. The room didn’t have blackout curtains so it can be really bright during the day although if you’re staying for 2 nights you will most of the time be outside doing the excursions. If you’re staying longer, it can be a problem. There’s no TV in the room but who goes there to watch TV. If they can put blackout curtains to cover all the windows that would be awesome. The lady preparing the omelette at the breakfast buffet mistakenly gave my omelette to another person, not a big deal but I still thought it wasn’t super nice. Bear with her because there can be really plenty of guests requesting omelette during breakfast so I don’t really blame her for being confused sometimes.

Good location and clean room

Price is too high compared to the services and the quality of food

Beaautiful location. Friendly staff

The staff were Amazon - super friendly and all the little details were thought about. We woke up on Easter Sunday to some Easter eggs left outside the door which was a nice touch

Serene desert setting and staff were exceptional

Nothing

All wonderful - location under the dune mountain, sunset drive to the fossilised dunes, variety of food choices at dinner, the margaritas, friendly staff

Loved everything!

Clean, attractive, well run, comfortable, nice pool area.

Too many people. It’s a big property

2 pools with nice size

No minibar ir fridge in the roon