BUG review
Undara Lodge is an extensive complex with a variety of accommodation including budget options such as camping, permanently erected campotel tents and the Wilderness Lodge with small four-bed dorms in prefabricated buildings arranged around a courtyard. The complex is in a natural setting that abounds with wildlife and it features a swimming pool, Internet access and a bar and restaurant set in old railway carriages. At night there are free activities like slide shows and bush poetry.
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Price Bed in a campotel tent $20 plus $7 linen Dorm bed in Wilderness Lodge $25 Camping $6 per person Prices are in local currency and are inclusive of all taxes.
Decent, and indeed only, accommodation at Undara 28 December 2006
Pros:
Clean
Cons:
Zero security, no aircon
Jabe
saw things this way
Maintenance
(3)
Cleanliness
(4)
Facilities
(3)
Atmosphere
(1)
(Review ID: 1062)
This is the only dorm accommodation at Undara. The dorm itself was very hot during the daytime due to a lack of aircon and there was no lock on the door so security was non-existent. The washrooms were very "airy", which was great from a ventilation point of view but also meant you could be attacked by the shower curtain if there was a gust of wind. There was hardly anyone else there when I was there - hence the low atmosphere rating. I would stay here again but frankly I didn't find the lava tubes that impressive so wouldn't bother coming back to Undara anyway.
