Reviews of Halali Camp
Wildlife sightings and reviews
330 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Halali Camp and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa
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"Halali was a pleasant surprise"
"Worth it for the waterhole"
The rooms we had were slightly scruffy decor wise, but are functional, have good beds and are clean. The inventory check was bizarre, but I assume it's to deter groups of guests just moving stuff from one room to another & not returning it.
Food was very good in the restaurant (gluten free easily sorted) & not expensive.
The water hole is charming as it's not too big - we were lucky enough to witness a few 'visits' whilst we were there including a rhino." See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia
"small simple and fairly quiet"
Rooms simple but perfectly acceptable. Served breakfast on time." See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia
"Halali was a pleasant surprise"
we stayed here for two nights and returned later for another two nights. There was little wildlife at the waterhole on the numerous occasions we went there.
The food is good for one night but tends to be the same every night with just the choice of meat changing.
Overall a pleasant place to stay" See all these reviews: 20n in Namibia
"Halali Camp review"
Our 2nd time to Etosha, wonderful self game drives. ." See all these reviews: 23n in Namibia; 6n in Botswana
"Slightly scruffy but well located Camp"
"Halali Camp"
We really liked the waterhole here too. It's further away from the accommodation (but a pleasant walk) but very atmospheric and we had some very nice rhino sightings here.
Breakfast was excellent (wide selection and great coffee) and started at 5.30am so plenty of time before sunrise gate opening. On most of the mornings the gate was opened on time but on our last day it was nearly 15 minutes late in opening (clock hands don't match to official gate opening ...).
There was quite a big fire at Halali (not in the actual camp) when we were at Etosha and this may have impacted sightings in the surrounding area - so we found it best to explore the waterholes in the direction between Halali and Namatoni. So location-wise Halali wasn't as well-positioned as Okaukuejo but we still really liked it as a camp and would definitely stay there again.
We didn't eat in the restaurant (though it sounded popular) or use any of the other facilities. We enjoyed our stay here." See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia
"Functional camp in heart of Etosha"
Reception had quite a queue in late afternoon and was very bureaucratic. Checking-in was very functional. A deposit was required for all room equipment. Despite others' comments and advice, check-out for us was very rapid; the deposit was returned instantly and without any check of the inventory.
Family chalet had a small communal room and two bedrooms - one with a third bed, which was cramped as a result. but completely fine ffor children to sleep in.
All meals were buffet-style and rather mass-catered. Dinner had several choices - sufficient for kids to find something they would eat (no kids options). Waiting staff very over-run, but largely not required due to self-service nature of meals.
Large swimming pool, with plenty of space around. Decent shop for basics - including bread to avoid another buffet for lunch!
Fantastic waterhole with black rhino both nights as the sun set - male first night; female and calf second night. Despite 50+ people on each occasion, a lot of respect and almost total silence.
Whilst there was quite a lot of interesting small game and birdlife, there was not a great amount of large game to be sighted generally across a range of habitats around central Etosha. However, sightings at waterholes were absolutely phenominal and would rival anything we have seen previously in Africa - several thousand antelope and zebra simultaneously / 50+ elephants together / hyena / leopard / large herds drinking within 30m of sleeping lion three times......Spend your time waiting for the game to come to you, rather than giong looking for it!
Game drives available but we self-drove." See all these reviews: 16n in Namibia
"Halali Camp in Beautiful Etosha"
The location of the camp was excellent but there is so much noise and camera action at the watering hole that I think the animals were staying well away! We drove to various locations from here and saw nearly every animal except for big cats.
The main negative for us was that there was only one person at reception and usually a queue of at least ten so quite a lot of time was wasted waiting to check in, check out and ask for pool towels etc. We did not use the dining room as it was a flat fee for a buffet and we wanted to cook for ourselves and the children did not want a big meal.
We did not use the guides and were very happy to drive around and make our own choices of where to stop, the roads are good to fair but perfectly usable by a normal two wheel drive car driving slowly. It is a good idea to have stocked up with a few picnic foods to save you having to drive to camp when the masses get hungry. We took our cool bag and an ice block and these were used everyday of our holiday." See all these reviews: 10n in Namibia
"Halali Camp review"
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