vamonos de fiesta a factory — Hotel in Chobe District

I'm quite surprised to see TripAdvisor exposing this place. What was supposed to be a single night there became a nightmare for me, three yrs ago, by the time I arrived there around 7pm. It was already dark night. Even though the place was informed about my arrival around that time, when I came into the property there was no living person but a weird sleepy dog. The place looked disarranged, one of its houses being restored but, still, l waited around 1 hour. As no one appeared, I decided to walk away in search of help and a place to sleep in spite of the darkness in such isolated area by the border of the Chobe National Park. Well, I just gave up the idea by the time I stepped out and heard sounds coming from the bushes. Once back, I decided to "invade" one of its tiny rooms, wich I found opened with spiders all over, lock myself inside and see what would happen in the following morning. When I moved with that purpose a car arrived in front of the property. The driver remained in it, a guy left and came into the property asking out loud who I was. "I'm willing to be a guest", I answered. When he approached I smelled alcohol all around. The guy was a bald black short lad quite drunk who identified himself as the owner. He asked if I had money, I instinctively sad no and he grabbed my arm telling me to leave with him to withdrawal some money and buy him a car (!). After that we could go party and manage my stay by the morning, he said. I immediately took my bags in the tiny room and walked away. By the time he came back to the car and left with his partner I was already walking in the dark towards some lights I could see some 200m away. Luckily, a concerned guy in there left his home and drove me to a safe guesthouse in town. I'm a very very tough and low budget backpacker, I have experienced loads of things in my world travels, but bananyana exceeded my worse expectations of a -1 star hostel. So far I haven't decided what could be worse - the guy as a scoundrel passing by or, in fact, as the real owner. Btw, the concerned guy who helped me recognized the lad as the owner after I described him. That said, if you decide to go, pray for a...

We stayed at this remote place for 2 nights and it was all in all a very good one, regarding the price and the activities you can do. Its simple but the huts are cozy and the dorms are fair.There was good Wifi and a kitchen, which was dirty but had everything you need. There are now restaurants and shops around but you can always ask for a lift to the supermarket to buy things for self cooking. ||||The staff is helpful and Simo, the person for everything helped us a lot with any of our wishes and problems. You can also do Game Drives and River Safaris to Chobe National Park, which I strongly can recommend cause the prices are reasonable and you get to see most of the wildlife, living in the National Park including Elephants, Hippos and even Lions.||||Dont expect too much, but once you accepted that youre not in a 5-star lodge it will be a nice stay. And remember youre paying a fair price compared to...

We stayed one night here in a tent (bananyana is the name on hostel world) The place is basic and needs some work, but we found it to be enough. The beds were comfortable, with enough blankets to be warm. The wifi worked well. Showers had hot water. There was a kitchen area they said we could use (we didn't). The location requires you to take a ride to town a few minutes, but it's not that far or expensive.

Above all else, the guy running the place is a good man who really tries to make sure you have everything you need. He sent someone to get change for us before we headed out, but it was taking a long time. So instead of waiting, he tried to just give us a 100 back, effectively cutting the cost of our stay by almost half.

We refused, but it was just such a nice gesture and we weren't expecting that, which is exactly why we wanted to send some love...