Lopesan Baobab Resort

I booked this for my 50th, with high expectations. On arrival the entrance is beautiful, but lacks signage or staff to welcome you as found ourselves wondering which way to go to reception. Checked in then dragged our cases a good 10min walk to our room. Our Room was nice and spacious with view of the relaxed pool at the back, which was nice. We booked half board premium. Which lets you use the al a cartes to.

We had a lovely holiday, but wouldnt go back, to many negatives for us. Weve been far nicer 5 star hotels, the staff, service and food let it down.

Cons Rooms very dark, no full length mirror. Food at buffet luke warm, altho good variety. Staff not the friendliest, hardly interacted. Pools spread out so you dont know whats going on and where. Towel patrol. Like wardens removing peoples towels and belongings. Al la cartes alot of supplements if on half board premium. Sides not included and limited menu. Altho we did enjoy meal at pil pil. Nicer to eat out. Entertainment very amateur. Altho dj on in Burton bar ...no atmosphere Overall no atmosphere on nigghtime

Pros Lovely setting lots of photo ops. Lazy river lovely. Pool bars lovely. Nice cocktails Good location Breakfast nice Friendly staff at pool bar,.

Sioux city nearby worth a visit.

Wouldnt go back

Ok let's start with the positives. The hotel is absolutely beautiful , it's African themed, it's a huge hotel with 9 pools, the lazy river is lovely and relaxing. The tropical beer is lovely and there's a drink called Irish dream, it's baileys with cream and caramel. Plenty of sunbeds to go round. The pool near the Richard Burton bar is lovely for having a swim, it's a suntrap there for sunbathing, so remember to put plenty of suntan cream on, but the pool is full of posers, Instagramers just standing in the pool taking selfies, it's open so you get more sun there. The Richard Burton bar is absolutely beautiful inside, all African themed, but it's sad because the place should be packed and it's not, we went in 3 times and there's just no atmosphere in there, maybe look at karaoke or a live band playing in there, there's just a DJ. The pool near the bar is nice to play with your kids in, but swimming again your better going to the Richard Burton bar pool , there's another pool for kids with inflatables in. The pools aren't massive but ok. Rooms was ok and nice size balcony with 2 chairs and a table even though there was 3 of us. There's a lot of trees near the other pools so you lose the sun and can be quite breezy out of the sun, so again if you like sunbathing stick to the Richard Burton bar pool it's all open so you get more sun. Now the negatives. The hotel seems to be all about money, you pay at lot to get here then at reception when you arrive they try to upgrade you to a unique room, this involves a wristband were you get extras in your room and your own pool. Absolutely ridiculous. They divide the hotel, you can't use there pool, but they can use anything., I've never been to a hotel before were you don't get a kettle, long standing mirror, the fridge topped up, no sunbeds on the balcony unless you pay extra. But the main thing for me like while your trying to have a shave is that ist just completely to dark all through the hotel there's no good lighting. You even have to pay to weigh your luggage, ridiculous. Shower not very powerful. And for a Married couple there's no double bed, unless you upgrade to unique it's a pull out bed for my daughter and 2 single beds pushed together which comes apart, ridiculous. There was topless sunbathing, which was off putting and a lot of girls with g sting bathing suits on. Its a family hotel with little kids, don't wanna see bums everywhere of all sizes. Let's get started on the entertainment , for a five star hotel it was like Butlins, amitutre at best, it was shocking, again little kids about and one woman who thought she was better than she was, showing all her knickers. The band was ok that was on not brilliant acts for a five star hotel . Entertainment staff was none existing, didn't see them apart from the aqua aerobics which in my opinion was to much. They didn't walk round to get to know you are asking if you wanna take part in anything it should be part of there job. Not a lot going on round the pools for entertainment not even music if you like that sort of thing. If you go out the hotel you can go to a shopping outlet, with designer shops if you like that sort of thing. It's about 5mins walk. There's nice cafes and bars you can go in for something to eat or drink. There's a nice Italian called maximillion just on the front, it's nice if you like Italian. Not a nice beach all pebblely. Nice walk on the front though. We went half board plus which means you get breakfast and tea and 2al a cart restaurants free. I personally didn't like the food here ordered a steak in one restaurant and not a patch on miller and carter. My gum was hurting after I get medium rare, suggest you order medium. The buffet restaurant was limited, more or less the same food ,meat was too chewy and no mash always fries. Breakfast was ok, omelettes nice they was the only thing that stayed hot by the time you got to your table it was warm at best, the tea here was disgusting especially in the lobby bar even the coffee. Desserts were horrible, looks lovely but not, I stuck to fruit to be safe. I prefer sitting were I like, but you had to wait to be seated. Again very very dark in the restaurant, better to sit outside, there's 2 buffet restaurants. Found the staff here not very friendly apart from the cleaners, who do a fantastic job by the way. Unless you are a unique board. Didn't see any guess relatetions walking round asking if your ok having a nice time, again it's part of there job. Some pools are man made beach, but it's not, it's gravel what really hurts your feet even in the water with beds plonked on it. Be aware of the traffic wardens 😂 when you get a bed in the morning you get 45 minutes to have your breakfast or your belongings will be taken and bagged up so it you disabled or all of you want to look round or go in the pool it could take longer, so be aware, absolutely ridiculous, never known it before , they watch you as well, a little bit of common sense here is needed in my opinion. The price you pay here isn't cheap . It's dearer than a all inclusive hotel. Yet you still or limited, we love turkey all inclusive which works out a lot cheaper with food and drinks, entertainment, food everything, this hotel is no comparison to an all inclusive hotel in Turkey. The best thing for me was the souix park cowboy show , I do recommend this, it was absolutely fantastic if you like that sort of thing, it gives you an insight as to the wild west, with live shows , shoot outs and a barbaque at the end, brilliant. It's all day but brilliant, you can book it and it's about40 euros there and back, takes about 20min, better taxi than bus which takes an hour. We had a nice time, but won't be coming back, rather go to Turkey for all inclusive.

A stunning African paradise with gorgeous pools, delicious food, and incredibly warm staff. The perfect resort for a dream vacation!