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Reviews of Njaya Lodge

3 out of 5
Njaya Lodge
Chikale Beach, Nkhata Bay

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 8 out of 15 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 4 out of 15 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 1 out of 15 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 15 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 15 reviews" "

8.2/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

6.8/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

James

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Pleasant lakeside cabins; very responsive staff; good prices; fantastic views of the lake. Beach consists of rocks; access road poor; located in a village which can be noisy. Owner very pleasant and accommodating. Clean, and would stay again, but not appropriate for a "luxury" lakeside stay.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

GRACE

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We enjoyed the scenary of the lake, the rhythm and sound of the lake was soothing Inside the chalet we were in needed a bit of maintenence especially the show tap was a bit rusty. All in all everything else was good.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Chris

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Ian

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Christopher

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

8/10 Good

Bernadette

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Simon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing place
Although a bit run down it was impossible to fall in love with the location. Because we were on our honeymoon l had book the luxury lodge unfortunately we were one day late due to border problems then when we did arrive we were told our lodge had been booked out to others. however, the staff were lovely and after offering us numerous bottles of wine as compensation for the oversight.
Lodges overlooking the lake
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Adam, Johannesburg

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful cliffside lodge right by the beach
We only planned to stay 2 nights here over Christmas, but the setting, staff and owners were all so nice that we had to extend by two more. Dixon, Gilbert and Kingston are all fantastic characters that really make you feel welcome and add that family vibe. Thanks also to Paul and Collette for making us feel that much more at home. We'll be back for sure.

4/10 Poor

Charl

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
not impressed.
1. booked and paid on website for most expensive rooms. rooms not as advertised. 2. wifi not working. 3. no cold drinks, little ice, could not make a plan to get more ice. 4. credit card machine badly operated by pulling out card while still in operation and immediately pushed it back. sms on my phone as paid, but machine printed declined. had to pay again, and therfore another sms. paid twice? will see if they will refund me?

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful place, awesome location,
Would like to keep it a secret, but that wouldn't be fair, a long way north of the airport, but well worth the effort. Highly recommend

10/10 Excellent

Helen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Place was very quiet as it was low season when we stayed. Very helpful staff, friendly atmosphere. Food simple but fine. Would stay again. Good value room, breakfast and coffee a bit overpriced

8/10 Good

Bill, Cornwall

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great spot next to beach
What a pleasure! We had booked for 1 night but came back for a second. Terrific staff made us extremely welcome. Lovely jubly! . It is a great spot overlooking the lake,which was a good place to swim. Would recommend. Like all Malawi,getting a little tired!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
オーナー（多分イギリス在住）はきちんとインターネットをチェックしているようで、チェックインはスムーズだった。 　従業員たちが懇切丁寧にもてなしてくれたので満足。ただし料理には期待せぬように。 　場所は眺めが最高。
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Nice view, poor service
Hotel with a lot of potential but unfortunately not much service to go with it. Our room (beach cottage) had a nice view but there was no hot water for our entire stay and we had to deal with plenty of spiders and ants in the room (which can be expected in this part of the world). The internet was down on the first day but it more or less worked afterwards. Obviously, there was no coverage in the room. The food was average at best and they mostly didn't have what was offered on their menu. The price of the food and beverages was ridiculously expensive for the place, so were other services (e.g. laundry). Also, the price of activites offered was more than twice the price of what we paid in another lodge nearby. Plus, the visa machine didn't work so we had to pay in cash. That said, we really enjoyed the beach and our room. The lodge is a bit far from the village and the port (30min walking), but is makes it more like a secret place. Still, the staff were kind...
Stayed 5 nights in May 2017