It was just an overnight stay after Etosha park. Nevertheless, the place is very beautiful. Rooms are in separate wooden houses with thatched roofs. It was very comfortable and beautifully decorated. Mosquito nets are provided. There are trees all over the place and walking back to the room feels a bit like a walk in the forest. There is a nice open bar. Dinner is served on the terrace at the pool, with a little waterhole in the background. Food was nice, of the normal local game prepared western style variety. Staff was friendly and the singing performance before dinner was a nice add on. The only drawback was the number of insects in the room. Seemingly you could not lock them out. However this may just be a local feature.

great, you won't regret. charming place, great friendly staff, next to etosha.

Stayed for 3 nights at this lodge in Sep 2010, with husband. First a niggle that dogged us throughout our Namibia holiday - no double beds! I guess you are meant to be more interested in the wildlife than in snuggling up with your significant other, but of the 10 hotels on our hols, only 4 had double, rather than twin beds, and of those 4, 3 were "town" hotels. Anyway....not quite what you might expect if you're on honeymoon - which we weren't. Never mind, Etosha Aoba is a lovely lodge - small, welcoming, personal service, nicely done, rustic rooms and game roaming through camp (some magnificent kudu, in particular, and my husband found a pair of dik diks sleeping under the loungers outside our room!). We had some wonderful game viewing in Etosha and the nice thing is that this lodge is about as close as you can be to the Von Lindequist Gate (although it's still a 13km drive from the gate, to the actual camp). We did go on a sundowner drive from the lodge, inside their own (still very large) game area with a good, friendly, and informative guide - reasonably priced and good fun. The food was fine considering the location, although the fact we were eating outside on coolish breezy evenings on cold plates did mean that it was all rather cold and all the meat was well done - which to this lover of rare steak seemed rather a waste of good game. Even our guide was suggesting, which seemed eminently sensible, that when guests check in they should be asked how they like their meat cooked, which shouldn't be too hard for the kitchen to arrange (there are only 10 rooms/20 people at any one time). Can the lodge please take note? I would be happy to go back there.

Our two nights at Aoba were magnificent
The staff were professional and friendly

A special thanks to Harry and the hostess whom really made us feel at home