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Fish River Lodge

3.0 star property

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Outdoor pool
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In-room safe, desk, bed sheets
Exterior
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Reviews

9.4 out of 10

Exceptional

Popular amenities

  • Bar
    Bar
  • Pool
    Pool
  • Breakfast included
    Breakfast included
  • Housekeeping
    Housekeeping
  • Parking included
    Parking included
  • Laundry
    Laundry

Explore the area

Map
D463 Road, Farm Soutkuil, Fish River Canyon
  • Fish River Canyon Viewpoint
    490 min drive
  • Fish River Canyon Park
    491 min drive
  • Ai-Ais Hot Water Spring
    593 min drive
  • Ai-Ais Airport (AIW)
    350 min drive

Room options

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Standard Twin Room | In-room safe, desk, bed sheets

Standard Twin Room

  • 388 sq ft
  • Sleeps 3
  • 2 Twin Beds

About this property

Fish River Lodge

3-star Fish River Canyon lodge with restaurant
An outdoor pool, a restaurant, and a bar/lounge are available at this lodge. Free buffet breakfast and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include a poolside bar, WiFi in public areas, and coffee/tea in a common area.
Fish River Lodge offers 20 accommodations with complimentary bottled water and coffee/tea makers. Rooms open to balconies or patios. Accommodations offer separate sitting areas. Business-friendly amenities include desks and safes. Bathrooms include showers. Housekeeping is provided daily.
Recreational amenities at the lodge include an outdoor pool.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

The lodge offers a restaurant. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the lodge's bars, which include a poolside bar and a bar/lounge. A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. Wireless Internet access is available for a surcharge.

This business-friendly lodge also offers an outdoor pool, a terrace, and gift shops/newsstands. Onsite self parking is complimentary.

Fish River Lodge has designated areas for smoking.

A complimentary buffet breakfast is served each morning between 7:00 AM and 9:00 AM.
Fish River Lodge has a restaurant on site.

Languages

Afrikaans, English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: WiFi (NAD 60 for 30 minutes)

Parking and transportation

  • Roundtrip airport shuttle (surcharge)
  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • Free buffet breakfast available daily 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM
  • A bar/lounge
  • A poolside bar
  • A restaurant
  • Coffee and tea in common areas

Things to do

  • Outdoor pool

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool

Conveniences

  • Gift shop/newsstand
  • Laundry facilities
  • Limited-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Outdoors

  • In the mountains
  • Terrace

Spa

  • Swedish massages

Accessibility

  • No elevator

More

  • 1 floor
  • 21 buildings
  • Built in 2009
  • Designated smoking areas
  • Fireplace in lobby

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Free bottled water

More

  • Ceiling fan
  • Desk
  • Safe
  • Separate sitting area

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 8:00 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10 AM

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

No pets or service animals allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for wireless internet in public areas: NAD 60 (for 30 minutes, rates may vary)

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property

Property is also known as

Fish River Lodge
Fish River Lodge Namibia/Fish River Canyon
Fish River Lodge Fish River Canyon
Fish River Fish River Canyon
Fish River Lodge Namibia/Fish Canyon
Fish River Lodge Lodge
Fish River Lodge Fish River Canyon
Fish River Lodge Lodge Fish River Canyon

Fish River Lodge Reviews

Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 82 out of 106 reviews" "
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9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

9.0/10

Amenities

9.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Marina

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
The view from the lodge was nice, though I don’t think it was worth the extremely long drive to get there (the detour to this lodge added 3 days to our itinerary). I was disappointed by the guided full-day hike into the canyon. The guided hike had a large (and very loud) group of about 10 people, and the guide Fillamon didn’t speak much English so he didn’t really tell us any interesting facts about the canyon or anything else. He also walked much too fast, not pausing for enough breaks. The guided hike has almost no good views as you hike deeper into the canyon; that’s the problem with downhill hikes. The sundowner was similarly crowded with loud people (a group of at least 20), which really detracted from the nature experience. We didn’t experience that many crowds anywhere else in Namibia. However, you can do some self-guided hikes along the rim of the canyon, and that was nice. I wish they just allowed you to hike into the canyon without a guide; I don’t really feel like you need a guide for it if they’d just provide a map, so it’s frustrating that you’re not allowed to do it without a guide.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Penny, Cape Town

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The Lodge is situated on the edge of the canyon with spectacular views. The rooms are comfortable and clean, with a nice big shower, however, the shower head fixture had been fixed with a finger plaster and was shooting water out in all directions. The food is ok, not great, and I would have expected a higher quality at a lodge in this price range.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Hugo

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Gordon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Living on the edge
Great location obviously sitting right on the rim. Good food and wide selection of drinks. Good service. Strange you don’t get a Wi-Fi voucher for each night stay as we ran out on final night of our 2 nights. Appreciate you can buy more access but really for a hotel of this standard you should get one voucher per night. Trip into canyon worth doing, whilst it’s a full day and on some bumpy roads, to be able to get to swim and lunch near the bottom was a special experience.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Place Rough Road
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The lodge is amazingly beautiful. What a view! And the staff is so friendly.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2021

10/10 Excellent

Chris

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Not an easy place to get to, but the view makes the drive worthwhile. We had a puncture just before the 20km turn off, but when we arrived, all hot & bothered, we were greeted with a smile, a cold flannel & a welcome drink. We were assured that our tyre would be fixed & it was, at no charge! Great customer service. We did the tour into the canyon, where Daniel exhibited incredible driving skills. Enjoyable trip, but very hot. The only negative was the lack of air conditioning in the room. When the temperature has been 40 all day a fan is not adequate.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Jacqueline

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The view is just unbelievable. You cannot stay anywhere but this place. Absolutely a fantastic experience.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Christa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

ODAIR

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Maritza

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Awesome
The views, the friendliness of the staff, the food... memorable experience
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Patricia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Remote 5 star lodge!
The canyon views are breathtaking. Rooms are great. Staff is very friendly and helpful. Food is delicious. This is a 5 star lodge in a very remote part of the world. Well worth the effort it takes to get there!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Arman

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great view
View is unbelievable
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
love everything about the property . breathtaking views.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

6/10 Okay

Clinton

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Beautiful view but not much more and very HOT!
Beautiful view of the Canyon! Five star rating for the view! But for the money overall more was to be expected. Rooms were very simple, not the place that you want to spend anytime. No airconditioning, dirt walkways to your cabin made it difficult for luggage transfers. Lots of wind at night but the windows were at the ceiling so it did not help with the heat. Also the 2 hour drive on rough roads was tiring. The last hour was only on lane and had to be driven slowly but we made it in a front wheel drive Renault Sandero. No WiFi in the room and lobby WiFi was super slow. Dinner was good as well as breakfast.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

martin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing place!
An amazing hotel on the edge of a canyon with spectacular views. It is very remote but the lodges were spacious with big comfortable beds. There's a pool and bar area in the main hotel. All the food we had was tasty. Overall we had a great stay here for 2 nights.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Dianne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very comfortable stay with amazing views.
Highly recommend staying here. The views of the canyon are amazing and all the guest ‘chalets’ are situated along the rim of the canyon. They are very comfortable, considering this place is in the middle of nowhere (the drive to the lodge is bumpy but lovely too). The staff are all friendly and helpful. The food is excellent too. Thought it was very good value especially considering the price included dinner and it is so far away from anywhere.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
fantastic view
One of the most beautiful settings for a lodge you can ever imagine. Beautiful chalets. The guided trip into Fish River Canyon is highly recommended. The staff were the friendliest we encountered in Namibia and that's saying something because all Namibians have been very friendly. A maintenance man named Old Joe fixed a puncture in my tyre for free. Warning: We did the final 19km drive to the lodge in a two-wheel drive saloon (goingless than 20 kmh), but I would never do it again - an SUV is the minimum required.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2017

8/10 Good

Ceri

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Birthday Stay as par of a long trip
This was a birthday stay at this excellent lodge - on the rim of the canyon. The 104 km drive on a track was a bit of a long one particularly in a VW Polo - the last 19 km is fine but there is one section on the "main" gravel road that includes sand and then gravel hitting the underside of the car. Same going back the following day! Food good and service fine. The first hotel I've stayed at where we issued with ear plugs at check in - because of the wind!!
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2017

10/10 Excellent

Olga, Cape Town

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Spectacular location on the edge of the canyon
A gem in the deep south of Namibia. This lodge has a great location with most spectacular views from every spot on the premises including the chalets. The service was very warm and welcoming and the staff tried to make sure we optimise our experience time and cost wise. Although not young child friendly due to its location right on the canyon edge with no fences, our two kids (5 and 8) were warmly welcomed and made very comfortable at this lodge. The sundowner drive is wonderful and a self guided walk along the edge is quite easy and a great diversion. The decor was contemporary but grounded in local natural materials. The food was good and the prices overall felt reasonable. Not to be missed.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2017

10/10 Excellent

Manuel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2017