Reviews of Okaukuejo Camp
(84%) From 312 travellersThey do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa.
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Okaukuejo waterhole great place for wildlife
Reception staff were surley and somewhat ignorant and made the introduction to the camp a disappointment. However, once over this, the camp was a revelation from what we expeted from reading guide books.
Accommodation was very good standard and the camp plenty of space, clean and tidy. Waterhole particulary good feature and we saw a number of specacular wildlife events there. Food is OK, but as it is buffet did run out of some items. Overall the camp has undergone some significant refurbishment making the stay comfoprtable, they just need to do the same with reception.
Great aterhole on the door step.
Room very comfortable, situation fantastic, near to waterhole.
Great to see a waterhole and all the animals that gathered, especially at night.
The resturant was self service, but sadly the staff let it down, service to get a table, a drink etc was non excistence...
Okaukuejo Restcamp review
Slightly difficult to find where to check in coming from Outjo. National Park and camp reception staff were rather austere in contrast to other places.
Other staff were fine. Rooms were slightly small but the waterhole provided great interest and while we were there was very little people noise.
Okaukuejo Restcamp review
Arriving at Okaukuejo from a spell in Damaraland, this restcamp came as a bit of a shock to the system. It's a very large camp, with lots of people. Through a booking mess-up, we were put into a standard double room which was perfectly adequate. Meals are all buffet style and generally the food quality was fine. The highlight however are the steaks cooked to order, including African game and the usual beef, chicken and pork etc.
Apart from being within the park, the other main feature of the restcamp is the floodlit water-hole. Whenever we were at the water-hole, we always saw something interesting, including elephant, rhino and giraffe. However, there are a lot of seats around the water-hole (think auditorium) and invariably enough human noise to dispel the 'wild' atmosphere, although the animals didn't seem too bothered. It is very impressive at night!
There are other lodges in the area, but the location of Okaukuejo is ideal for visiting the park without lengthy journeys in.
brilliant waterhole
Although we could not see the waterhole from our room inspite of it's name, we were a very short distance away. The crowds round the waterhole were not oppressive or noisy; we saw a great many animals.
Being in the park was a great advantage for night and early morning viewing of the waterhole and easy access to the rest of the park.
Okaukuejo Restcamp review
The expensive accommodation over looking the night lit water hole was very special. Though we got very liitle sleep because we had to keep sitting up to see how many rhino were there.
I am not sure were to put this but the etosha park ranges are military or police trained, have no tourist industry training and considering that they are there to keep you safe are very heavy handed, inconsistant and threatening. Thier job could be easily done by a handful of signs.
Okaukuejo Restcamp review
Great being inside the park. The room was simple but very nice, but the food is pretty awful. We'll self-cater next time. We saw some fantastic game at the waterhole (worth putting up with the food), which is why we have rated the facilities and our overall experience as excellent.
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We enjoyed our stay at Okaukuejo as the water hole attracted a wide range of animals over a short period of time and its location is good for exploring western Etosha.
The 45 minute queue at check in confirmed that the place was run by the government, as did the beaurcracy of having to fill out repeated forms with the same information. Expert Africa had told us that a deposit of N$500 was required and advised us to check the room inventory, which we did.
Our recommendation would be to get dinner over with early to spend maximim time at the waterhole in the evening. In our visit we saw elephants at 7.30, giraffes at 8.00 and rhino's at 8.30. But they might not keep to a timetable.
Okaukuejo Restcamp review
Fantastic waterhole and great value. The rooms were clean, air-conditioned, great value and the standard was as high as some of the private lodges.
The food was good when we were there (especially for a buffet) and was certainly good value, although veggies may struggle for choice.
It is a busy site but well worth it to be inside the camp and for the waterhole.
Okaukuejo Restcamp review
We had a chalet near the waterhole at Okaukuejo, but weren't disturbed by all the people who come to view the waterhole in the evening. The waterhole is brilliant - there is so much wildlife around in the middle of the day, and we saw rhinos both nights at around 9pm.
The chalets have very recently been refurbished, and are very smart and comfortable, with mosquito nets and air conditioning.
The food was ok - one night it was a buffet, the other a barbeque, but we would recommend either getting food early or booking a table, as Okaukuejo is very busy. The shop had a limited selection of goods - better than Namutoni though (which only had sparkling bottled water).
Note that on checking out, the reception radios one of the housekeeping staff to check that the room has been left in a good state before returning the deposit.
We expected there to be more information about where particular animals had been sighted and were surprised that this didn't exist.
We enjoyed our time at Okaukuejo, and saw a lot of interesting things on our self-driven game drives.
We have always believed that acting responsibly is the only way to approach tourism and we're one of
the few companies to hold AITO's original coveted 5-star status for responsible tourism. It's a lead
that others are now following.
