The brand new Dolomite Camp (it was originally going to be called Dolomite Point (Dolomietpunt)) is the newest camp by Namibian Wildlife Resorts. This is the first camp to be built in the far west side of Etosha National Park, opening up an area that few people have accessed before.
Located near the Dolomietpunt waterhole, this exciting new camp gives access to a whole new section of the park which up until now has been off limits to those without a permit. This western side of Etosha National Park has different vegetation to the rest of the park, being made up of a mixture of scrub mopane woodland and sandy acacia shrubland.
Game viewing is also very good in this area – and this hilly western area of Etosha is used by the wildlife as something of a retreat during the wet season.
Dolomite Camp opened in June 2011, and the Galton Gate, which is closed to the general public at present, is open to only those staying at this camp. As a result of this, a stay at Dolomite Camp will mean that essentially you (plus a handful of other people) will be the only travellers to have access to this otherwise restricted western side of Etosha National Park.
(There is a rumour that this gate may open in 2014 to the general public. If this happens it will be great for people travelling from Damaraland and Kaokoland who can then access Etosha National Park from the C35 on the western border of the park and then drive across the whole park from west to east. Watch this space for future developments!)
None of the team from Expert Africa has visited Dolomite Camp (Dolomite Point) yet, but we do know that the camp has twenty units. Two of these are deluxe chalets with their own plunge pool, and the other 18 are standard chalets. The standard is similar to Onkoshi Camp in the east of the park. We are very excited about the prospect of this new camp and the opening up of the western side of Etosha.
Dolomite Camp review
Our stay at dolomite was clouded somewhat by rain on the first day/night and a very large fire in Western Etosha which was pretty close to the camp. At night the horizon was orange with flames and sm...
Dolomite Camp review
Only a few months since it opened and there are still little problems to solve. The staff, except the guides, are obviously novices.
The transport to and from the car park is erratic and walkin...
Dolomite Camp review
We arrived after a long and relatively difficult drive from Damarland via the C43/C40/C35. Parts of the C43 had been washed away during during rain earlier in the year, making for unusually difficult...
