Xaus Lodge

30 reviews

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  Els

  BE · couple · Sep 2026

  9/10

  Een aanrader om helemaal ZEN te worden !

  Dit was een ongelooflijke ervaring. Je wordt er gesoigneerd tot en met. Het is een dure overnachting maar je moet constant rekening houden op welke locatie je daar zit... Zo mooi ! Je verveelt je geen moment. Super lekker gegeten, volpension. De wandelsafari was ook super leuk en veel bijgeleerd. Bezoek aan het dorpje is een commerciële bedoening maar dat namen we er graag bij !

  niks

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  Susan

  GB · couple · Mar 2026

  9/10

  Four days was perfect

  Great welcome from Anthony and Suzi. Our guide Castro was excellent and has the ability to spot birds and game we would never have seen without him. We were so well taken care of, and thoroughly enjoyed our four days. To see the resident genets was lovely, and we were lucky enough to see the lion around the property on our first morning. Being able to leave the car at their safe shelter, at entrance to their land is such a good idea. And our Toyota SUV was fine on the roads in the park. A constant supply of drinking water was much appreciated.

  Although the dune ride to get there is spectacular it is quite far from most of the game, and therefore longer driving hours for the guides, while you sit back, relax and enjoy. The brackish water there is odd but after a shower you feel very refreshed and not at all ‘tacky’ as you might expect!

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  H.Fellner

  AT · couple · Jan 2026

  5/10

  Enttäuschung pur!

  Die Lodge liegt in exponierter Lage.

  Wir freuten uns seit Monaten sehr auf diese Lodge und hatten aufgrund der Werbefilme eine freudige Erwartung. Nach zwei Nächten reisten wir sehr enttäuscht ab! Die Einrichtung ist sehr in die Jahre gekommen, schäbig! Der Preis steht in keiner Relation zur Leistung. Das Frühstück war gut, aber Lunch und Dinner mittelmäßig. Die Game Drives waren total enttäuschend, da der Guide unvorbereitet auf gut Glück durch die Gegend gefahren ist. Wir hörten die Löwen in unserer Nähe sehr deutlich, aber der Guide schaffte keine Sichtung. Als erfahrene Afrika-Reisende können wir die Lodge auf keinen Fall weiterempfehlen!!!

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  Francois

  FR · couple · Nov 2025

  6/10

  La beauté du lieu ne suffit pas , trop cher .

  Endroit magique Guide très intéressant ( deux game drive sans beaucoup de succès , une promenade à pied instructive ) Nous avons vu beaucoup plus d oryx et de Hardbeest depuis la terrasse qu en safari Route d accès très sympathique

  Souffre d un sous investissement majeur ; tout est dans son jus ; tout est assez obsolète ( avec les panneaux solaires nous pourrions avoir un frigo ) Des bonnes viandes , mais noyées sous une sauce brune . Le meilleur repas est le petit déjeuner . Plomberie pathétique . Un peu de wifi serait bien pratique . Très ( trop ) cher , d ailleurs nous étions seul ( début Novembre ) Ce n est pas l endroit pour voir beaucoup d animaux , nous sommes dans les dunes ( comme nous l avions anticipé)

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  Hans

  ZA · couple · Oct 2025

  2/10

  Absolutely shit

  Nothing

  !Xaus in the Kgaligadi is a lodge in a beautiful location on a large salt pan in the middle of the desert and is run by dedicated local staff. So much for the positives in this review. The lodge claims to have a formal 4-star rating, but in practice, it's absolutely nothing like it. The lodge is poorly maintained and dirty; the buildings, rooms, furniture, and bathroom fixtures are completely worn out. The chairs were hand-assembled long ago from old wood. They are dangerously rickety, with bolts and nails sticking out. Hot water is provided by old-fashioned gas heaters located inside the bathroom and smelly. The combined CO2 detectors don't work because the batteries are dead. Extremely dangerous. When we stayed, meals were served in a dark room without natural light. We sat there under yellow, fluorescent lighting. The food was unhealthy, too sweet, too fatty, and of unacceptable quality. Electricity is only available for a limited number of hours per day. Wi-Fi/internet is only available to management and not to guests. This information hasn't been mentioned anywhere before, and the website has been down for months. The manager was grumpy, disinterested, and not a host. The price-quality ratio is absolutely terrible, and the lodge is therefore a definite NO-GO.