Palmwag Lodge

Fantastic campsites at the lodge. Huge spot with suberb view. You can use the facilities from the lodge, like the pools and restaurant. We did a beautiful morning walk with their guide and saw mountain zebras. Unfortunately the elephants had moved on when we were there. Highly recommended.

Great lodge. Quiet and clean. There were lizard and squirrel around my room. Buffet dinner was quite good. Lunch option is a bit limited to bar food but it's not bad. Sunset was beautiful as you sit in the restaurant enjoying your dinner. The rhino tracking tour is highly recommended.

We enjoyed our stay at Palmwag. The accommodation is beautiful, set in a little oasis in the middle of the dry and rocky landscape of Damaraland. The main dining area where dinner and breakfast are served is very spacious and offers fantastic views of the oasis and waterhole, including some animals who come there for a drink. Dinner is buffet style, and there was a variety of options to choose from. There's also a second dining area for lunch and snacks, and everything is "open air", but still providing lots of shade and great views. We did an evening game drive with Nero (very entertaining and educating, and saw lots of animals) on our first day. The second day we did the Rhino tracking in the morning, which was a bit expensive, but in my opinion worth the money. They also need to pay the local rhino rangers which are responsible for protecting the rhino from poachers, so I would say the money is well spent. And we saw three black rhinos in the wild, which was a great experience. The rangers make sure that the animals are not disturbed or bothered, and it is all done very professionally. The same day we also joined the guided walk in the evening, which was very pleasant and offers great view of the oasis, and you learn interesting things about local plants and birds.

Beautiful campsite with clean private ablutions. We did not see the resident elephant (maybe luckily) but that did not take away from the views across the river bed and beyond and the beautiful sunset and sunrise. The night sky was also amazing. The property is beautifully laid out. As with all campsites, it is a tricky balance to not place campsites too closely together. We were lucky with our neighbours who, like us, went to bed early and woke up early. Breakfast was really good too.

Very comfortable lodge with great facilities. Our room was very comfortable and looked directly over the waterhole. Unfortunately this was dry due to very low rainfall in the last year, so we didn't see any animals up close but you can't blame the hotel for that! The communal areas for eating and relaxing were very comfortable, and the buffet dinners and breakfasts were plentiful and tasty. We did an early morning game drive and afternoon bush walk with Nero, who was very knowledgeable and entertaining. Unfortunately the Big 5 animals weren't keen to come out for us on this occasion as we only saw boks, kudu, zebra and baboons, but we learnt a lot about the area and the plant life, the 'Ugly 5' and the 'Little 5'.

Stayed here for 1 night as part of a tour group of 6. I really liked my room, it was huge, well lit and had a monstrous bathroom. There is supposed to be a resident elephant called Jimbo but we didn't see him. We had a very nice dinner and breakfast buffet there.