Gondwana Hakusembe River Lodge

We arrived on New Year’s Eve. No efforts were made in making it special. The food was cold and there was no atmosphere or ambience. No music at all during dinner. Each couple were given a small bottles of sparkling wine to share and plastic champagne glasses.

What a fabulous lodge! We arrived 2 days earlier without any notice as we were getting very tired after 2 weeks travelling in a heatwave. The welcome we received were very warm and friendly, absolutely no hassle for us to check in before our due date. The staff are super friendly & helpful, the rooms were spectacular and let me not get started on their wide variety of buffet options. I loved it & I will definitely recommend Hakusembe to my fellow travellers. For birders, a fabulous introductory stop to the Caprivi and river birds. Got plenty of new ticks in my book. :)

I give it 5 stars because with it being out in the middle of nowhere, it was great. Wonderful staff, very clean room and good buffet style food. Lodge is situated right on the Chobe River with Angola across the river. Separate shower and toilet area in each cassita. Coffee is left on your porch each morning at 5:30 so you can enjoy the view.

Staying in your wonderful lodge was a Real pleasure. We had 2 nights there right on the Okavango. Listening to the birds and all the Sounds coming acrossthe river from Angola was a wonderful experience. The accommodation was clean and the staff very friendly and helpful. The chief Cook prepared excellent buffet style dinner.

Below expectations, the lodge is very noisy from the chickens and cows from the local communities, also had dogs running around the campsite in the evening. Campsite had neat private ablutions with hot and cold water. Outside was also a washing up area available with a single plug box available. Sunset cruise was enjoyable with drinks and a small platter included, after the cruise was met with staff singing and drums playing adding to the experience. Staff can be more helpful with buying wood. Wifi was supplied at the restaurant and reception but quality was not good.