Originally Posted by
naxos
Just returned from a 35 day self drive trip to and around Namibia- ending with a few days in Kasane and Vic Falls (Zim).
We stayed the the Garden Lodge in Kasane and had wonderful guided game drives on the Chobe river and in the park with an excellent guide. Feel free to message me if you want further information. there are other websites with lodge reviews and you can check out the Garden Lodge- a small friendly and peaceful place in Kasane, which has big hotels.
Thanks for the recommendation.
Kasane/Chobe seems to have quite limited accommodation options. I was aware of the Garden Lodge and have its website, but it is great to get a recommendation from someone that stayed there.
Originally we were looking at 3 nights in the Chobe area. But it now looks like it will be only 2 nights in order for us to get the train option to work. The overnight train only has limited departures each week (1 on the route to/from Cape Town, and 3 on the Port Elizabeth route and vice-versa).
So if 2 nights then Kasane rather than further into the actual park would be a better use of the time available. As it seems that the river cruise is a main feature then staying in Kasane itself should work out ok.
On Namibia, we have now decided that this will not form part of our 2015 trip as we want to do the overnight train, visit Cape Town, drive the Garden Route and do some whale spotting. So rather than do a quick trip to Namibia this, we will finish off in Kruger and leave Namibia to another year in a more extensive way.