Name: Hobatere Lodge
Address: C35, Kamanjab close to Galton gate, Kamanjab, Kamanjab, Kamanjab, 9000, Namibia
Rating: 9

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Hobatere Lodge

Kamanjab

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We were there with a small group of 16 pax in total. We got a very friendly welcome, a feeling of a private lodge dinner-service, a great gamedrive an perfect rooms. Thanks for this perfect hospidality. 
Also for our technical problem we got the best  assistance.We will come back next year! Thanks to the friendly staff!

We felt like home

Very nice Lodge on private concession with verfy good game drive performed by "king" Martin. Thkis men is a walking wildlife enceclopedia. Great location bij illuminated waterhole. Great, frinedly Staf.. Excellent dinerand breakfest. Worth your viist

great stopover from windhoek to Etosha, close to Carlton Gate

The room was a bit on the small side, the shower too. But for the rest it was very nice! The drive to the lodge itself from the entrance gate is 16km, bumpy and takes about 40 minutes, but it is worth it! The staff is very nice and makes you feel right at home. The braai we had for dinner was also excellent (homemade little bread rolls mmm)!

Very nice staff

We visited Hobatere Lodge two times before, 2019 and 2021. It is so great to come back! Very friendly Team, delicious meals, clean rooms and a lot of animals on the waterhole.
Thank you to the Hobatere Team, we will come back!!

Wonderful Stay

A very committed tour guide made the afternoon game drive to one of our best experiences in Namibia. We saw 2 young male lions (2 years only) really up-close, a group of 6-8 elephants also next to the truck and many other game. The big waterhole right in front of the loby attracted many animals throughout our stay. The staff in general was very friendly and committed. Food was good and plenty.Only the rooms are quite antiquated, esp. the bathrooms would need some upscaling.

Great game drive

We had a lovely 2 nights stay here. The food was amazing, the best we had in the whole of our 6 week trip to Namibia. The lodge is in a good location for visiting the western side of Etosha NP, but you can also do a guided game drive in their private concession. We did the night drive, which was really good. The only slight negative is that the walls of the rooms are very thin and you can hear everything in the next room. Next time we will stay in one of the individual rondavels.

Very good lodge, close to Etosha NP

A hidden gem. Wonderful lodge in the middle of Hobatere Concession with their own waterhole. We saw absolutely loads of birds and animals up close just sitting with a drink overlooking the waterhole. Our chalet also had a private terrace (as do all of them) looking into the bush. The sundown tour was perfect as our informative guide knew exactly where to find the lions. We saw a kill and the mother with 2 babies (about 4 months), followed by drinks and snacks at sunset. Dinner (vegetarian) was excellent with very generous portions- it's a set menu so make sure you tell them on check-in if you want vegetarian. They do have (limited) WiFi but it often goes down and you may need cash to pay in this event, so be aware. The access road is tricky and only for 4x4 (we found a 2-wheel drive stuck as we went in); if you break down you shouldn't leave your car. The lodge is quiet and we were the only guests that week, so service is excellent.

Beautiful quiet place with masses of wildlife and no crowds

They are 16km from the main road which is quite a distance to travel.. however they are situated quietly in next to river with plenty of game surrounding you. I fould the rooms very basis and a bit of maintenance and better cleaning can do well. Breakfast and dinner are ok, but nothing to write home abut... Good access to the Etosha Galton gate from here...

good for where you are...

We had a lovely time here. The lodge in genuinely community owned with friendly staff, most of whom are local. The food and guiding was good. It was a good break from the east of the park which was busy and impersonal. Whilst game was less dense the good guiding, waterhole and genuine experience made up for it. They also allow young kids on game drives which is great (many don't). Not much to do in middle of day so bring books etc.

Community owned lodge

We stayed here for 3 nights, having originally booked for 2020 then 2021. Our last  night should have been in the tree house but due to weather damage it wasn't available. We were informed of this a few weeks before we left the UK and that we would have to move to another room from the rondavel we were booked into.  When we checked in we said that if possible we would prefer to stay in the same rondavel for the 3 nights but the receptionist said that we would have to move.  We had to vacate our rondavel and then wait for the other room to be serviced before we could move our belongings. OK, these things happen but what was frustrating was that the lodge was fairly empty that night and as far as we could see our original rondavel remained empty.  It has left us with a somewhat different view of Hobatere overall.  

The rondavel was great, quiet, clean and comfortable. The room we were moved to had rooms either side and we could hear other guests. 

The food was very good, we really enjoyed it. Staff were super friendly and welcoming. 
We went on a night drive which was ok, not the best but fine enough.  We did drive ourselves to the gate and back during the day and sighted a few animals, I too would have liked to explore a bit more like a previous reviewer stated was possible in years gone by. 

So overall, we loved some aspects of Hobatere but felt let down by others.

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