Woodlands Stop Over and Lodge

Location: Plot 9/10/11 NQ24 Gerald Estates Francistown Botswana, Francistown, bw

Star Rating: 8.9 Stars

Property Type: Lodges

About this Property

Important Information

Policies

Check-in: 03:00 PM - 06:00 PM

Check-out: 09:00 AM

Amenities & Facilities

• Offsite parking discounted rates available
• Guest education on local ecosystems and culture
• Parking
• Non-smoking rooms
• Swimming pool
• Terrace
• Family rooms
• Pets allowed
• BBQ facilities
• Safety deposit box
• Fax/photocopying
• Car hire
• Packed lunches
• Non-smoking throughout
• Shuttle service (additional charge)
• Outdoor furniture
• Shallow end
• Spa/wellness center services
• Beauty Services
• Manicure
• Pedicure
• Guest rooms disinfected between stays
• Hand sanitizer in guest room and key areas
• Fire extinguishers
• First aid kit available
• Key access
• CCTV outside property
• Process in place to check health of guests
• 24-hour security
• Television in common areas
• Free wired internet
• Self parking (surcharge)
• Pool sun loungers
• Offsite parking discounted rates available
• Internet access
• Private picnics
• Wine release events
• Reception hall
• Exercise/lap pool
• Japanese garden
• Secured parking
• Swimming nearby
• Charcoal grill
• Guest education on local ecosystems and culture
• Accessible shuttle
• No accessible shuttle
• Accessible train station shuttle
• No accessible train station shuttle

Rooms Available

• One-Bedroom Chalet - The Deck Room

  Chalet with an electric kettle and a fan. It has an outdoor shower and access to a communal toilet.

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

  • Shower
  • Fan
  • Private bathroom
  • Shared toilet
  • Private entrance
  • Hardwood or parquet floors
  • Electric kettle
  • Mosquito net
  • Barbecue
  • Linen
  • Outdoor furniture
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only
  • Toilet paper
  • Chocolate or cookies
  • Trash cans
  • Fire extinguisher
  • Hand sanitiser

• Double Room - Riverview

  Room with an electric kettle and a fan. The private bathroom includes a shower.

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

  • Shower
  • Safety deposit box
  • Air conditioning
  • Hair dryer
  • Kitchenette
  • Refrigerator
  • Desk
  • Fan
  • Toilet
  • Microwave
  • Private bathroom
  • Private entrance
  • Tile/marble floor
  • Electric kettle
  • Wardrobe or closet
  • Toaster
  • Barbecue
  • Linen
  • Outdoor furniture
  • Entire unit located on ground floor
  • Clothes rack
  • Toilet paper
  • Chocolate or cookies
  • Trash cans
  • Wine glasses
  • Fire extinguisher
  • Hand sanitiser

• Family Cottage - Woodlands Cottage

  Room with an electric kettle and a fan. TThe private bathroom includes a bath and shower.

  Max Occupancy: 4 (4 Adults)

  • Shower
  • Safety deposit box
  • Air conditioning
  • Hair dryer
  • Refrigerator
  • Desk
  • Seating Area
  • Fan
  • Toilet
  • Microwave
  • Dishwasher
  • Washing machine
  • Private bathroom
  • Kitchen
  • Fireplace
  • Additional toilet
  • Private entrance
  • Sofa
  • Tile/marble floor
  • Dining area
  • Electric kettle
  • Wardrobe or closet
  • Oven
  • Stovetop
  • Toaster
  • Barbecue
  • Additional bathroom
  • Linen
  • Dining table
  • Outdoor furniture
  • Entire unit located on ground floor
  • Clothes rack
  • Toilet paper
  • Chocolate or cookies
  • Trash cans
  • Wine glasses
  • Fire extinguisher
  • Hand sanitiser

• One-Bedroom Chalet with External Shared Bathroom - Campground Chalet

  Chalet with an electric kettle and a fan. It has access to shared communal bathroom facilities.

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

  • Fan
  • Private bathroom
  • Shared toilet
  • Private entrance
  • Tile/marble floor
  • Electric kettle
  • Mosquito net
  • Barbecue
  • Linen
  • Outdoor furniture
  • Entire unit located on ground floor
  • Toilet paper
  • Chocolate or cookies
  • Trash cans
  • Fire extinguisher
  • Hand sanitiser

Guest Reviews

• Cheryl (9/5): Great overnight stop - Woodlands is a great place, very comfortable (just a bit far off the A3 for an overnight stop, especially after hours of the awful roadworks on the A3.) However, we really enjoyed our stay and would recommend it. Staff friendly, ready meals very helpful after long journey! The unpleasant road to get there
• Heleen & Eugene (8/5): Perfect stopover! Charles were clean. Personal very friendly and helpful - Perfect stopover! Charles were clean and we had a nice outside braai. Personal very friendly and helpful.
• Simone (8/5): Great stop over place - Great stop over property. The fans and air conditioner didn’t work.
• Jacob (10/5): - We had such a lovely stay that we returned and stayed here on our return a second time for two days. Tebogo is a gem of an employee!! Nothing
• Roux (9/5): -
• Johannes (8/5): - . .
• Carol (10/5): -
• Henry ZIM (9/5): Best 'campsite' in Bots - Superbly maintained facilities throughout the site (we were in a lodge). Manicured lawns, nice braai set-up. Decent en-suite ablutions and a comfortable bed. The kitchenette area despite being well-kitted is more suited to wing three-quarters than front-row forwards spatially. That said, as night-on-the-road accommodation, no complaints! Having prepacked meals, ice and some wines handy is a boon.
• Stephen (10/5): A fabulous stopover - Fabulous grounds, lovely location, spotlessly clean, with really friendly and efficient staff Nothing
• Colleen (10/5): - Nice & quiet stopover en route home.
• Petrus Jacobus (9/5): Quiet,pieceful and comfortable - Maybe a single gas stove
• Vivienne (10/5): Fabulous - Beautiful and peaceful. Gardens lovely to relax by the river, beautiful big trees and great birdlife. Very well maintained and welcoming
• Danny (10/5): -
• Steve (8/5): -
• DP3220 (9/5): A great stopover. - The location was off the main road and fairly easy to find. I appreciate that they had a later evening check in. The saff were very friendly and we were able to order a dinner to heat up in the unit's microwave. The grounds were very well kept. It room needed a little modernizing. The cooling unit was very noisy and you had to vent the windows in order for the unit to work efficiently.
• Arkadiy (8/5): -
• Francois (9/5): I would stay here again. Tea welcomed us with absolute friendly housewarming feeling - Feels like home and very quiet area Hot water pressure a bit low but not a train smash
• Richard (10/5): Loved our stay - Great location on beautiful grounds with abundant bird life Nil
• Brown (7/5): Amazing place, a bit pricey, but lovely for a stop over. - The venue was beautiful and spacious. The road to get there from Francistown (the one Google Maps took us), was not passable in a normal car and there were no sign posts. Thankfully we were in am SUV which could handle it.
• Leon (10/5): -
• Edith (10/5): -
• Andries (10/5): -
• Andre (8/5): -
• Karen (9/5): -
• Andre (10/5): -
• Daryl (8/5): -
• Adele (9/5): - Beautiful, venue. Having meals available was great. It was a bit far off the main road, which adds to your to your journey after a long drive.
• JORS DANNHAUSER (7/5): -
• Charles (9/5): - Having hot water bottles; spacious room; well equipped kitchenette The hot water in the shower was much too hot (close to boiling)
• Sean (10/5): Would love to have a holiday here - Beautiful stay green and clean very welcoming
• Wiebe (9/5): - No hot water
• Don (8/5): -
• Leon (10/5): Exceptional -
• Christoff (9/5): Family Stopover - Kids liked the grass in front of the room after the long drive. Relaxed setting for an evening braai. Perfect stopover on the way to Kasane
• Mirella (10/5): Exceptional -
• Jessie (9/5): Close to nature, special -
• Mirella (10/5): Exceptional -
• Max (10/5): Exceptional -
• Alan (8/5): Having heard of Woodlands we chose to stay there for a break and fully enjoyed it. - Chose to stay for 2 nights, and we were fully satisfied with the accommodation. All good
• Dina (9/5): Tranquility - Set along a river (although no water when we visited) the location is peaceful and the room spacious with a small kitchenette. The amenities and decorations were appreciated. A nearby bird walk was enjoyable. It is away from town but that is the charm, sitting and listening to nature’s songs. Delicious frozen dinners are available for purchase at reception.
• Margot (10/5): Another wonderful stay. - We love coming to Woodlands - the braai area and property is immaculate, the beds comfortable, and the self-catering equipment all you need. It is wonderful arriving at this little oasis after a long day’s travel. Nothing.
• Dirk (9/5): Superb - Clean, tranquil, everything you need.
• Gerben (9/5): Superb -
• Philip (9/5): Superb -
• Penelope (7/5): Good. - Well kept gardens and clean. The bed I had needs a new mattress.
• Philip (8/5): Very good -
• Debbie (9/5): Superb - Amazing, staff very friendly and helpful. Room was clean with everything that we needed.
• Dries (10/5): Exceptional -
• Francois (9/5): Comfortable Stay - Absolutely like the remoteness and bush atmosphere. Comfortable and clean accommodation. Our go to stop over to Kasane. No Meat Casserole for the braai. No dish cloth for washing dishes.
• Natasha (7/5): Good -
• Elsa (9/5): Perfect stopover - Easy check-in, nice pre-cooked meals, nice spot, spacious, clean, functional, pretty cottage and garden. The shower head could be replaced for a nicer shower experience.
• Loots (3/5): Poor -
• Neil (10/5): Exceptional -
• Gustav (8/5): Very good - Neat, attention to detail, fantastic environment. Nothing
• Leeanne (10/5): Exceptional property - Tranquil and peaceful environment! Exceptionally friendly and accommodating staff and owners. Thoroughly enjoyed our stay! Nothing
• Louis (9/5): Superb -
• Carel (9/5): Superb -
• Laura (10/5): Exceptional -
• Justine (10/5): Exceptional - Everything!
• Timothy (9/5): Superb - great location, well off the beaten track, an oasis delicious frozen meals! had some power issues, but these were sorted swiftly by helpful staff
• Izelle (8/5): STaff and location great but aircolling and wifi a problem - Place ifsbeautiful with plenty bird watching opportunities. However Wifi did not work and no normal cellphone reception. Aircooling not effective Shower door did not close and Wifi did not work. Aircooling not very effective
• Ruth (8/5): Very enjoyable - 1. Beds and linen VERY comfortable & clean 2. Location was great 3. Pool was the best 4. Change Rooms exceptionally good 5. MIKES Meals were really good 6. Kiosk needed savoury goods - crisps & salty biscuits & Biltong 😬 Too many Knick knacks & Ornaments - Too busy - Not easy to locate your belongings
• Ferguson (8/5): Great location for stop overs. - Well signposted. Clean. Nice green space. Easy booking and check in process. Everything to like. Dirt road coming in was quite rough after the rains. I find it priced about 20% more than similar places.
• V (10/5): Beautiful tranquil stopover. - The staff (Daniel) was very friendly. The rooms are beautiful and generous. The available meals were tasty and filled the spot. The gardens are beautiful. Nice viewing deck as well! The aircon is extremely windy and there's wind on your face making sleep impossible. Even on the lowest setting the wind was very strong. I would move the bed so it's not under the wind.
• Christo (10/5): Excellent, - Great location under the trees on the river with so many birds. A cool oasis. Nothing comes to mind
• Christo (10/5): Exceptional - Location great, no breakfast
• Herman (3/5): Extremely frustrating and expensive exercise. This could possibly also be due to wrong information on booking.com. - A comfortable bed and clean room. The booking.com website stated their reception is open until 10 pm. Yet their reception closes at 18:00 and we had to sleep in our car until a night guard opened up a room at about midnight. There was no one there that could help us upon arrival.
• Karlien (10/5): Idyllic stopover crossing through Botswana. So restful and serene place to recover from a long day’s drive. We will sure - Amazing stop over on our trip back to Zambia. Perfectly located. On arrival the staff are super friendly and helpful. The room was comfortable and exactly what we needed. It was raining and the staff organized a little stove in case we could not light the bbq. Superb service! ⭐️Food ⭐️Service ⭐️Location ⭐️Facilities ⭐️Value for money
• William (9/5): Superb -
• Liezil (7/5): Good -
• Philippe (8/5): Very good - The rooms are spacious with comfortable beds. Bathroom with large shower. The kitchen is small but sufficient for a short stay. The gardens are well maintained and very quiet.
• Steve (8/5): We highly recommend putting in bird baths and drip or sprinklers over the bird baths -
• Goossens (10/5): Exceptional -
• Jana (10/5): Exceptional - Perfect and quiet overnight stay
• Darrel (9/5): Superb -
• Susan (10/5): Excellent stopover - Excellent stop over. Chalet very comfortable and had everything you needed for self catering. Highly recommended.
• Robert (9/5): Lovely lodge surrounded by pristine nature - Stayed for one night and very much enjoyed it. The rooms are well equipped, each with a kitchen and private deck. The lodge and its surroundings are beautiful and we found it very relaxing. The gravel road from the Main Street to the lodge is a bit bumpy but can be driven with a 2x4.
• Michelle (10/5): Excellent place to stop - The setting was beautiful, a lovely place to stop for a night. The pre cooked meals are a winner to have for the night N/A
• Ninette (10/5): Exceptional -
• Eunice (10/5): Exceptional -
• Johann (8/5): Very good -
• Nicola (6/5): Pleasant - Clean, lovely staff, excellent meat in braai packs. Value for money Wifi is relatively non-existent.
• Chris (9/5): Nice and clean. Well managed and well located as a stay-over. -
• Bruce (8/5): Very good - great setting no wifi
• Ben (10/5): Exceptional -
• Renier (9/5): Perfect stopover in tranquil setting - A wonderful stay-over when passing through Francistown. Far away from the main road to be quiet. Extensive gardens make for lovely outlook and the perfect place to relax after a long drive.
• Elizabeth (10/5): Very refreshing - Very peaceful and well piced
• Peter (10/5): Très bien - excellent stop over establishment.
• Mike (9/5): Superb - Easy check in great room
• Liz (9/5): Superb - All was excellent. Thank you. We’ll come again! Please consider a gas burner or an electric plate for cooking purposes.
• Eric (10/5): A wonderful stay over - Its a beautifully maintained property, with individual spacious chalets, with a patio, and braai facilities. Good chairs and recliners for enjoying outside area and friends. The beds are very comfortable, and the kitchenette well organized. Braai packs and cooked meals can be arranged which is most helpful. The gardens are super, so many birds. We initially could not find the directions to the property.
• Ruth (10/5): Comfortable, clean and convenient. - Immaculately kept. Lovely setting. Great staff. Great location.
• Haarhoff (8/5): Enjoyed it and relaxing - Not applicable That you share a veranda
• Chris (8/5): Good stopover - Availability of food at the reception
• Adriaan (8/5): Very good -
• Willem (8/5): Very good -
• At (10/5): Woodlands is the best place to stay over in Francistown - After a long day on the road or doing business Woodlands is the place to come to. The staff is always friendly and helpful, the chalets comfortable, spacious and clean. Braaing outside the Bushbabies visited us. There is nothing that we do not like about Woodlands.
• Louma (10/5): Exceptional -
• Jens (4/5): Disappointing -
• Marion (10/5): always stop here location perfect accommodation perfect - Woodlands is a self catering no meals offered Nothing it is perfect

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