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Reviews of Ai Aiba - The Rockpainting Lodge

3 out of 5
Ai Aiba - The Rockpainting Lodge
D2315 Erongo Conservancy, Omaruru

Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 23 out of 31 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 5 out of 31 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 2 out of 31 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 31 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 31 reviews" "

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

9.0/10

Amenities

9.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Jonathan

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This lodge is a gem in the middle of the desert. The views from the room and dining area are priceless.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

gregory

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay
Great location and great activities, I particularly enjoyed the E biking
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Madelhn

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Stephen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Rock paintings and birding
Just wonderful. As good a lodge as we have stayed all holiday. Great birding and game
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Markus

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Best lodge I stayed at on my 17day Namibia trip.
What an amazing lodge in the middle of nowhere. The surroundings is just incredible beautiful and you will experience the best sunsets. I could kick myself for only booking one night. Dinner was fantastic too. First we started with a Brioche with three different kinds of butter, followed by an amazing salad, then Beef filet on a delicious mushroom sauce and to finish all this off a nice pudding for dessert. In the morning I had springboks right in front of the veranda. Will definitely go there again!
Stayed 1 night in May 2021

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Skippable
The area around the property is cool, really nice rock formations. The property itself from the outside looks unique but other than that it’s skippable. Check in was extremely inconvenient and long (couple of hours), no capability to pay via credit card on checkout. Staff not helpful or knowledgeable on questions about vicinity. Go to Spitzkoppe instead.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Nancy

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Christmas treat
Everything about our stay was perfect - highlight so far.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We chose Ai Aiba to spend our 10th Anniversary during a two week trip to Namibia and we were not dissappointed. The food was excellent and location is just pure magic. We hiked over the rocks at the back of the lodge and saw San paintings.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019
Response from Katja on 21 Oct 2019
Thank you so much for your review. Glad to hear that Namibia and Ai Aiba Lodge were your choice to celebrate your 10th Anniversary and that it we could make this special for you. Looking forward hearing from you again and hoping to welcome you back at some stage. All the best and kind regards from your Ai Aiba Lodge Team

10/10 Excellent

richard, france

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
High quality in a remote setting
This lodge is in a great location and although the bush trips won't quicken your pulse, the knowledgeable guides make them a good experience.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2018

6/10 Okay

Ian, Swakopmund Namibia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice hotel facilities 2hrs from Swakopmund
Access by 2 wheel drive on gravel road. Not much wildlife, rock painting nice but not spectacular, staff and facilities good. Dinner was 3 course fixed menue. very peacful spot.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Chill out in the mountains
Brilliant place just to stop and chill. We had been travelling for a while, visiting and driving ot was good just to have a pulse of days downtime in a very beautiful part of the country. Staff were really accommodating and very adaptable to what we wanted to do. Good was good but the evening meal was a little like European prices. Not a place that you would drop in to, you have to book and give yourself plenty of time drying through the conservation area
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2017

8/10 Good

Jan-Joost

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice property with a beautiful self hike which you should definitely do in the morning. Rooms are spacious and nice but will need an upgrade in the next couple of years. Main area is very nice, food was very good, staff was polite but a bit stiff. Overal definitely a place i would stay again.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wunderschöne Lodge umgeben von Felsen
Wir können die Lodge wärmstens empfehlen. Wunderschönes Ambiente, toller Service, geschmackvolle Einrichtung, wunderschöne Landschaft! Man ist direkt im Urlaub angekommen. Die Anfahrt sind ca. 50km über Schotterpiste - lohnt sich aber total! Eine Sundowner-Wanderung mit Guide ist im Preis inbegriffen (lohnt sich! Ist sehr interessant!). Wir können die Lodge absolut weiterempfehlen!
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Bernd, Forbach

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Ai Aiba is a wonderful place in the beautiful Erongo mountains to relax and to recreate in this calm and peaceful area. The kitchen is phenomenal good.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Harald

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Großartige Lodge, toller Service
Großartige Lodge, toller Service
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

4/10 Poor

Cara

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
ich hatte ausversehen einen falschen zeitraum gebucht, wollte stornieren und bekomme meine 250€ nicht wieder! Personal lässt nicht mit sich reden. Ich bin in der Ausbildubg und ärgere mich extrem
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023
Response from Katja on 16 Feb 2023
Dear Pauline. We received your "Poor" review and off course would like to find out why and what happened, as we are not aware of any amendment or cancellation request? We are very sorry if you had the feeling that we were not approachable, but can ensure that we were/are not aware of any modification or cancellation request from you, as it would have shown in our Conversations. The conversation history regarding your booking for the 07th February 2023 at Ai Aiba Lodge reflects only our booking reconfirmations with you prior your stay, and have also received post-stay confirmation that you have stayed at Ai Aiba Lodge the night of 07 February 2023, which we hope was a most wonderful experience. Guest feedback is very important to us, and we would certainly like to clear up the confusion. We would appreciate, if you could please fill us in on any further details this regard. Many thanks in advance and look forward hearing from you. Kind regards, Katja (Ai Aiba Lodge / Big Sky Lodges)

10/10 Excellent

Bernd, Forbach

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Wunderschöne Lage und Aussicht über die weite Landschaft des Erongogebietes. Herrvorragende Küche - bestes Rindersteak. Sehr freundliches Personal. Saubere und geräumige Chalets. Verschiedene Aktivitäten und Wanderungen. Habe mich sehr wohl gefühlt. Jederzeit wieder gerne.

10/10 Excellent

Naomi

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Die Landschaft und die Lage der Lodge in den Hügeln/Felsen ist einzigartig! Man kann einen wunderschönen Sonnenuntergang von der Terrasse/Pool aus genießen. Der Service ist sehr zuvorkommend. Zum Abendessen gibt es ein Menu mit regionalen Zutaten und Wildfleisch. (Föhn auf Nachfrage)
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Toll gelegen
Idyllisch gelegen, schon die Anfahrt ist sehr schön, große geräumige Bungalows mit schöner Aussicht, ein kostenloser Sundowner-Walk war inklusive, schöner Pool, am Abend Lagerfeuer.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Malerisch an Felsen gelegen
Super Unterkunft mit je zwei Einheiten pro Häuschen. Inbegriffene Mahlzeiten waren hervorragend. Ebenfalls wie der Empfang. Wie in jeder Unterkunft, die wir in Namibia hatten, waren alle Corona-Massnahmen vorbildlich. Die Zimmer sind grosszügig und sehr sauber. Einfach nur empfehlenswert.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lodge besteht aus Bungalows mit jeweils zwei Wohneinheiten. Parkplatz direkt hinter dem eigenen Bubgalow. Zimmer sehr gross und zweckmässig eingerichtet. Kleine Terasse mit Blick in die Landschaft. Frühstück ok und Abendessen (Menü) sehr umfangreich. Leider sind die organisierten Ausflüge im Vergleich zu anderen Lodges gefühlt etwas zu teuer.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2020

10/10 Excellent

Norbert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019
Response from Katja on 21 Oct 2019
Thank you for your feedback. We are happy to notice that all our offerings were up to your expectations. All the best and kind regards from your Ai Aiba Lodge Team

8/10 Good

Jean-Claude

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Mitigé.
Ce lodge très fréquenté par les couples vaut surtout pour les environs et la piscine agréable (mais froide). Un repas correct. Pas d'eau chaude, mais le patron s'en excusé le lendemain (panne mécanique). On a eu du mal à trouver notre lodge car l'explication fut furtive et sommaire. Un accueil pas top mais cela arrive. Un coucher de soleil depuis une colline proche. Des singes qui passent au petit matin, mais pas grand chose d'autres. Mitigé en regard de nos attentes.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wunderbare Lodge mitten im Nirgendwo. Wir haben am Nature Drive mit Sundowner teilgenommen. Unser Guide war sehr gut und hat uns viel erklären können, einige Tiere wie Zebras und Dik-Diks konnten wir auch erspähen. Das Abendessen war ein Traum - das Oryx-Steak hat super geschmeckt. Wir können diese Lodge wirklich empfehlen.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019
Response from Katja on 21 Feb 2019
Herzlichen Dank das Sie Sich die Zeit genommen haben, uns Ihren Feedback zu teilen. Wir freuen uns das es Ihnen gefallen hat und das Sie schöne Erinnerungen mit nach Hause nehmen konnten. Wir hoffen auf ein baldiges Wiedersehen. Seien Sie herzlich gegrüßt vom Ai Aiba Lodge and Big Sky Lodges Team

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wunderschöne Unterkunft mitten im Nichts! Der Ausblick ist grandios – vor allem vom Pool und von der Terrasse. Es wäre vielleicht bloß besser, wenn es etwas mehr Liegen am Pool gebe :-) Mein Freund hatte am nächsten Morgen Geburtstag und er wurde mit einem Geburtstaglied und Kuchen samt Kerzen überrascht :-) vielen Dank nochmal für den tollen Aufenthalt!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lodge in outstanding location
This lodge is perfectly situated "in" the rocks. You will have an outstanding, unobstructed view from every room and a beautiful pool area. Rooms are in split Villas, nice and clean. I highly recommend a visit the "Living Museum" of the San People directly at the entry of the Lodge premises. The San People live there in a village and they offer 1,5 hour tours to rockpaintings and to show their ancient hunting knowledge.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018
Response from Katja on 13 Sept 2018
Dear Peter....thank you very much for taking the time to share your experience and recommendations on Ai Aiba Lodge and the San Living Museum. We are glad that all met your expectations and we do hope to welcome you back on day. Best regards from Namibia.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Ottimo lodge in bellissimo contesto
Contesto molto bello, camere ampie e pulite, cena al ristorante curata nei dettagli
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018
Response from Katja on 23 Aug 2018
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience at Ai Aiba Lodge. We do appreciate every feedback and glad to know that you spend a wonderful time at our Lodge.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Prima Lodge!
Außergewöhnliche Umgebung, ruhige, angenehme Athmosphäre, perfekt für einen Zwischenstopp vor dem Besuch des Etosha NP. Sehr empfehlenswert!
Stayed 2 nights in May 2018

10/10 Excellent

Alicja, Frankfurt

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Luxus in Erongo
Auf dem Weg zwischen Etosha und Swakopmund verbrachten wir 2 Tage in Ai Aiba Lodge. Die Chalets sind sehr geräumig, komfortabel mit grossartiger Aussicht auf Erongo Gebirge. Aus der eigenen Terrasse kann man die Wildernis bewundern, ohne die anderen Chalets wahrzunehmen. Die Küche ist ausgezeichnet, besonders die Steaks. Gleich neben Lobby beginnt der Wanderweg zu Rock Paintings. Kleines Pool unter Palmen ladet zum Relaxen ein. Insgesamt waren wir sehr zufrieden und würden gerne dorthin noch Mal reisen.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2018

10/10 Excellent

Karina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Schon da zu sein!
Super Lodge, sehr zu empfehlen
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2017