Etosha Village

Very good option for accomodation near Etosha NP. Bungalows situated in the bush, parking next to it. Very nice selection of food for dinner and breakfast. Friendly staff. Wifi not working in rooms, only in the reception/restaurant area.

Was greeted by super friendly staff, with ice cold ice tea and a refreshing cold towel. The campsite is very neat, well lit and private ablutions with hot and cold water. Washing up station is outside with hot and cold water as well. The only negative was the canvas shower curtain. Wifi is only available at the reception and bar area. Kudus roam around the lodge and campsites.

DO NOT STAY HERE-ORGANIZED THEFT RING BY MANAGEMENT. My tour with G Adventures/National Geographic Journeys just ended a 2-night stay at Taleni Etosha. Please read all of this long review to understand what happened. 1- Our group arrived at Taleni Etosha on Tues., Sept. 3, 2024, late in the afternoon. At check-in, the man working at the reception desk provided an orientation and advised that should we want our rooms cleaned the next day, we should leave our keys with reception before we left for our day-long Etosha National Park safari the next morning. If keys were not left, the rooms would not be cleaned. 2- My roommate and I went to our room and promptly locked unneeded things in the safe, e.g., my camera, wallets with credit cards and cash, passports. We would be out of the room for a group dinner and wanted to ensure it would be secure. 3- The group had dinner in the common area. After dinner, we went to back the room to prepare for an early morning the next day. The room safe wouldn't open so I went to reception to ask for someone to open the safe. The duty manager was called, when she came, I told her that I needed help opening the safe, and her immediate response was "We only open the safes when you've gone." (An eery response given what happened, see below). Surprised at the remark, I stared at her for several seconds until she said she was just joking. It was an odd interaction. She came to my room and opened the safe. I got my camera out for the next day's safari and locked the safe. 4- We left for safari early morning the next day, Wed., Sept. 4, 2024. After the safari, we arrived back at Taleni Etosha and went to the rooms to rest and clean up before dinner. My roommate and I were both surprised to see that our room had been cleaned despite not leaving our room key with reception that morning. We did not need or want our room cleaned. 5- After dinner that evening, I unlocked the safe and retrieved our items in preparation to leave early the next morning. We were counting our cash to set aside money for tips and both realized that there was less money than before. My roommate was out $200 USD, and I was out $100 USD (that I know of; this was taken out of a Bank of America envelope that I received when I withdrew $300 before the trip so I knew the total—there was other USD in my wallet but I don't recall how much was there originally) and 600 South African Rand that I had set aside for tips. 6- We were in disbelief and thought 2 things: (A) the duty manager who opened the safe for me the evening before clearly knew we were using our safe to store things, and (B) someone had been in our room to clean despite our not providing our key to reception. We agreed to speak with Johannes, our tour leader, the next morning. 7- At breakfast on Thurs., Sept. 5, 2024, we spoke to Johannes about the issue. He promptly informed G Adventures and left to speak to the Taleni Etosha manager at reception. At the same time, other people

Etosha Village is beautiful and something special, such a lovely surprise on our safari. The rooms are clean, spacious, private and well designed. Location is great for exploring Etosha and is not far from the park entrance. The whole food experience is amazing, so much on offer and all fresh and delicious. Would have loved more time to stop and enjoy the village.

This lodge was lovely. As we were walking from our cabin to the restaurant, a group of kudu marched right past us! In terms of the lodge, it’s a great location for Etosha park. The rooms are very comfortable and large, the restaurant was great and the staff attentive. Couldn’t ask for more!

The location of the hotel is excellent for access to Etosha National Park. The rooms are located around the main building and were of a high quality. We particularly enjoyed the wildlife roaming around the site. Dinner and breakfast were buffet style and provided extensive options of a high quality, despite there being a lot of people to feed. We also took advantage of having lunch at the bar on one day which was excellent, as was the packed lunch which we organised for our second day in Etosha. We were travelling with guests with limited mobility so did use the car on a couple of occasions to get them to the main building for meals. There were some steps into the rooms etc. but nothing too extensive. Overall, we really enjoyed our stay at Etosha Village.