Name: Thamalakane River Lodge
Address: Sexaxa Ward, Maun, Maun, Maun, Maun", Botswana
Rating: 8

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Thamalakane River Lodge

Maun

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We stayed in a Babbler Chalet with a view of the river. There were cattle across the river and one hippopotamus who wandered in and out of the river. Beautiful birds and frogs sang us to sleep and awake. Nice, comfortable bed. Food was fine. Staff was very friendly and helpful. This was a nice place to stay for visits to Maun and Elephant Havens. Our guide, Happy, made sure we had a great visit with the elephants.

Great place to stay over in Maun

We needed an overnight stay on our first day before heading to the Delta. The lodge was very comfortable with a great dinner buffet and good breakfast. It is a bit further from the airport, but our transport was waiting for us. The rest of the staff was very friendly and helpful. Even though we had a very early departure the next day, they still managed to serve us a full breakfast.

Comfortable

We had a lovely one night stay before our tour began. The staff were very welcoming and helpful. The rooms were spacious, clean and comfortable with the Wifi working well. The property is well looked after and was very peaceful. We did enjoy a dinner and breakfast which were very tasty and with large servings. Would recommended!

Lovely one night stay!

Very nice camp at the river bank of the -actually dry Thamalakane River.
You have own wooden house, social center, restaurant, pool (water is icy cold as the nights are close to 0 °C. Foods are excellent. Breakfast is rich. Dinner could be from menu or buffet, depending on the number of the guests, but in both the cases we found wide variety of foods, in very good quality.
If you are on a longer safari, foods and beverages incl. in the package.
Mokoro station and Moremi Game Reserve as safari targets are recommended, the staff do manage the reservation with guides.
We were very please with Poloso (Moremi Game Reserve) and Philippe (Mokoro boat tour).

Dreamland in the mouth of Okavango-delta

Very friendly staff, all of them, no exception! Helpfull and professional attitude at the reception. Lodge is beautiful with a nice bed and little terrace at the front. The restaurant has a taart buffet and a beautiful view on the river(bed); also in the day season. A lot of animal noices during the evening and night and no music or television makes it a real African experience.

Botswana at it’s best!

It is a wonderful venue to stay, very central to visit the bush. Be aware that a lot of tour groups visit the lodge. Therefor service at the restaurant can be slow for individual guest. We stayed for 4 nights and only saw the managing couple one evening, otherwise no managers? The staff are very friendly.

Nice relaxing venue.

I would give the management, staff, rooms and the food a 10/out of 5! They do more and go above and beyond!  Traveling with a group of 18 guests and for our 8th day on the road, fresh from Namibia, we arrived here and stayed for two nights. Best two nights of the trip so far! We will be back with our next groups!

They go above and beyond!

Firstly this is a nice property. The chalets are pleasant if a little tight and dark. The staff (Kelly was a great host) were also great and very friendly. However the main issue is that it is very expensive for what you get. We had stayed in other lodges in Botswana and we realised that when compared with other properties and their offerings (including the extent of the breakfasts), this is an expensive stay. When we were there, the pool was also under refurbishment and we could not use it.

Not value for money ☹️

Spacious lodge on the riverside with resident hippos and plenty of birdlife. Rooms clean and authentic with ensuite facilities. Fan for cooling with balcony overlooking river. Food and service excellent, pool refreshing but a bit small with just 8 sun loungers. A thoroughly enjoyable stay.

Spacious authentic lodge on the river

We stayed 1 night here as a layover ahead of our trip into the Okavango Delta. We had read very nothingy things about Maun so ensured we just had the one night there. On arrival here though, we said how it would have been nice to have had a couple of nights! The lodge is on the riverside and we had a lovely view of the river from our bedroom and from the restaurant. Sound of hippos and the sunset were a beautiful start to our Botswana trip. 
The rooms are really nicely presented, have the amenities required and we’re comfortable. There’s no aircon, but this should be expected if you’re spending time in Botswana lodges - they all strive to be eco, and aircon is not eco! 
It’s set outside of the ‘town’ and is quiet, slightly better signage along the sandy track would be ideal for self driving as we tried to pull into private property initially, but then again, if you’re self-driving any of Africa you’ll come to expect a few wrong turns, and this one was very easily rectified! 
Food was tasty and plentiful, we enjoyed a couple of alcoholic bevvies which weren’t overly priced. All in all, very happy with our stay. 
I knocked 1 star off as I felt it was a little more expensive when comparing to alternative similar properties, but we would stay again despite this.

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