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Namutoni Camp
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Namutoni Camp
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Namutoni Camp

Reviews of Namutoni Camp

Wildlife sightings and reviews

89 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Namutoni Camp and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa

Wildlife sightings by our travellers
Starting in Sep-2018, 15 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Namutoni Camp.
Lion

69% success

Leopard

17% success

Cheetah

54% success

Giraffe

100% success

Oryx

100% success

Wildebeest

100% success

Zebra

100% success

Elephant

93% success

Eland

70% success

Spotted Hyena

62% success

Black Rhino

60% success

White Rhino

33% success

Brown Hyena

15% success

Aardvark

0% success

Pangolin

0% success

Roan antelope

0% success

Sable antelope

0% success

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Duration
Arrival date
Mr P.
Chelmsford

"Namutoni Camp review"

1 night Arrived 15 Sep 2023
"Far better than we had expected. Rooms recently done up and very pleasant.
Food perfectly adequate but rooms not set up for self catering.
Nice pool." See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Average
Facilities:
Good
Sightings Report

Cheetah

1 sighting

Eland

1 sighting

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Oryx

Multiple sightings

Spotted Hyena

Multiple sightings

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Mr D.Geer
Chelmsford

"Namutoni Camp review"

1 night Arrived 15 Sep 2023
"Very comfortable and better than expected" See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Average
Facilities:
Average
Sightings Report

Black Rhino

Multiple sightings

Cheetah

1 sighting

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Oryx

Multiple sightings

Spotted Hyena

1 sighting

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Mr&Mrs D + kids
Herts

"Namutoni Camp review"

1 night Arrived 23 Aug 2023
"From experience, we always find it best to be realistic about what to expect at a NWR camp, although typically expectations are usually met and often exceeded. Namutoni was definitely substantially better than hoped.

The drive from Galton Gate is not long - only about 12km, but this is not the most exciting stretch of road in Etosha and some of the waterholes around Namutoni are excellent, making it definitely worth considering staying here if wondering whether to instead stay at one of the lodges outside the park.

Staff at reception were really very welcoming and efficient both on arrival and departure. The required NAD500 deposit had to be paid in cash but now appears to be for return of keys only - there was no inventory check.

The fort dominates first impressions of camp and there is a lot of open space and fairly green grass. The view from the fort across the veld is excellent and offers a good opportunity for game viewing in the mid-distance in some context. The waterhole was not particular popular with guests. Although large, it is half obscured from the camp side by a large reed bed. We saw a herd of about 30 elephants here, but from outside of camp rather than from within the fence.

Bush chalets were unexpectedly really of pretty high standard, well finished and equipped - for example even with UK 3-pin sockets. They were in good condition. Showers were a bit odd, being over a sunken bath.

Paths between chalets are very strange, being constructed of thin concrete, undermined my mongoose, and laid out so that vehicles have to drive across them. Inevitably, they are cracked, uneven and broken and we now understand historic comments about trip hazards on 'walkways'. That said, they are well lit - it would be much better if they weren't there at all as they are unnecessary and it is perfectly ok to walk on the sand and gravel.

The best surprise was the food. Dinner had to be booked but this was not a problem despite arriving quite late. The menu was a fairly undescriptive list of meat / game / fish but the cooking was excellent and the restaurant staff were really welcoming and engaging. Breakfast was more mundane with a rather less enthusiastic group of staff but the food was perfectly satisfactory.

Did not do any camp-run activities but evening and morning self-drive game drives were very productive." See all these reviews: 16n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Facilities:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Black Rhino

2 sightings

Eland

2 sightings

Elephant

8 sightings

Giraffe

10 sightings

Lion

1 sighting

Oryx

2 sightings

Spotted Hyena

2 sightings

White Rhino

1 sighting

Wildebeest

10 sightings

Zebra

10 sightings

Boghall birder
Roslin

"Namutoni Camp review"

1 night Arrived 13 Nov 2022
"Much better than Halal.

This quieter camp was a very pleasant place to stay in the east of Etosha.

The best NWR camp we have seen." See all these reviews: 10n in Namibia; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Facilities:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Average
Sightings Report

Cheetah

Multiple sightings

Eland

Multiple sightings

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Lion

Multiple sightings

Oryx

Multiple sightings

Spotted Hyena

1 sighting

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Mr Antony
Auckland

"Namutoni Camp review"

1 night Arrived 11 Oct 2022
"The camp itself is a little tired but we found it way more charming than Okaukuejo.

Cute rooms. Interesting layout and very close to some spectacular encounters in the nearby waterholes.

Well worth getting up early for a drive at dawn (we were well rewarded)" See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia; 1n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Poor
Facilities:
Average
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Poor
Sightings Report

Brown Hyena

1 sighting

Cheetah

4 sightings

Eland

10 sightings

Elephant

1 sighting

Giraffe

1 sighting

Leopard

1 sighting

Lion

4 sightings

Oryx

6 sightings

Spotted Hyena

6 sightings

Wildebeest

10 sightings

Zebra

10 sightings

Mr & Mrs S
E Sussex

"Namutoni Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 25 Sep 2022
"Having visited Etosha a number of times in past years we found the food offering in all government camps never particularly good but in this visit all the camps catering standard has diminished to an all time low.

Limited choice, poor quality and often served cold - so be prepared !

Out of all the government camps Namutoni faired just a little better than the others but generally the standard of the food offering was uninspiring to say the least." See all these reviews: 21n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average

Location:
Good
Service:
Average
Facilities:
Average
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Terrible
Sightings Report

Black Rhino

Multiple sightings

Eland

Multiple sightings

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Leopard

1 sighting

Lion

Multiple sightings

Oryx

Multiple sightings

Spotted Hyena

Multiple sightings

White Rhino

Multiple sightings

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Mr K & Mrs N
UK

"Namutoni Camp review"

2 nights Arrived 16 Mar 2022
"Our bush chalet was clean and spacious although in need of decoration and some repair (the entrance door was split at the bottom and so not particularly secure, the air con dripped on to the floor constantly).

The dinners were good although the menu very limited - the same two choices of main course each day.

Breakfast not as good but again very low visitor numbers and still under Covid restrictions. The pool area was good but the pool itself not particularly clean." See all these reviews: 22n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average

Location:
Good
Service:
Average
Activities:
Average
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Average
Facilities:
Average
Sightings Report

Black Rhino

3 sightings

Cheetah

1 sighting

Eland

1 sighting

Elephant

1 sighting

Giraffe

10 sightings

Lion

10 sightings

Oryx

10 sightings

Wildebeest

10 sightings

Zebra

10 sightings

Mrs & Mr DB
BC Canada

"Clean and comfortable"

1 night Arrived 28 Oct 2019
"Similar to Halali camp" See all these reviews: 21n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Average
Activities:
Average
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Average
Facilities:
Average
Sightings Report

Brown Hyena

1 sighting

Elephant

1 sighting

Giraffe

3 sightings

Oryx

2 sightings

Zebra

3 sightings

Mr L
Leicestershire

"Good"

2 nights Arrived 24 Sep 2019
"Excellent rooms here and the food was good. Plus we had a really good drive through Etosha. waterhole here not as good as the previous camp." See all these reviews: 22n in Namibia; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Sightings Report

Eland

1 sighting

Elephant

1 sighting

Giraffe

1 sighting

Lion

1 sighting

Oryx

1 sighting

Wildebeest

1 sighting

Zebra

1 sighting

Eve& Reuben
Bozeman

"Namutoni Camp review"

1 night Arrived 5 Sep 2019
"The room was the worst by far off all we stayed on this trip.

The food was the worst too, and unreasonably expensive. The staff was uninterested in the guests.

The high point was being greeted by a troop of banded mongoose." See all these reviews: 16n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Poor

Location:
Average
Service:
Poor
Food:
Poor
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89 reviews of Namutoni Camp by travellers since August 2007
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