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Okaukuejo Camp
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Okaukuejo Camp
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Okaukuejo Camp

Reviews of Okaukuejo Camp

Wildlife sightings and reviews

701 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Okaukuejo 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 May-2018, 107 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Okaukuejo Camp.
Lion

71% success

Leopard

6% success

Cheetah

19% success

Giraffe

99% success

Zebra

96% success

Oryx

96% success

Elephant

95% success

Wildebeest

94% success

Black Rhino

90% success

Spotted Hyena

58% success

Eland

43% success

White Rhino

35% success

Brown Hyena

23% success

Roan antelope

20% success

Sable antelope

15% success

Aardvark

0% success

Pangolin

0% success

Showing 311-320 of 701
Duration
Arrival date
Mr & Mrs C
E Sussex

"Okaukuejo Camp review"

1 night Arrived 20 Jul 2014
"The room (chalet) was excellent and very comfortable. The food (lunch and dinner) was poor although breakfast was fine - one doesn't visit Okaukuejo Camp for fine dining!

The water hole is the main attraction and certainly lived up to all our expectations, particularly after dinner when there was great interaction between elephant and rhino and the sighting of a leopard creeping away.

The staff were very good and friendly." See all these reviews: 18n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Average
Facilities:
Good
The E family
Bath

"Okaukuejo Camp"

3 nights Arrived 19 Jul 2014
"Fantastic room next to water hole with lots of wildlife. Good centre to watch wildlife. Buffet style food rather mixed." See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Excellent
Family S
Leeds

"Excellent waterhole viewing"

2 nights Arrived 18 Jul 2014
"The plus points are; excellent game viewing-self drive or with driver and also the waterhole at night. The buffet food was good too and the restaurant service was very friendly and helpful.

The minus points were; very big and the Okaukuejo waterhole viewing was with so many other people it felt very touristy but again that said, the amount of animals we saw was super. We booked an afternoon safari and had to wait over an hour and when we questioned if it was going to happen and if not, could we change to the following day as soon it would be dark (supposed to be 3 hours long and by now 3.30) the woman on reception who we had paid was very rude." See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia; 3n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Average
The B Family
Leatherh

"Water hole is astonishing"

2 nights Arrived 16 Jul 2014
"The brilliance of the water hole will make you forget everything else.

Accommodation is perfectly adequate and comfortable. People are very friendly." See all these reviews: 7n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Average
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Average
Facilities:
Average
Family H
Bedfordshire

"Okaukuejo Camp review"

2 nights Arrived 14 Jul 2014
"Accommodation, in a premier waterhole chalet, was very good. It meant we could see a lot of activity from our upstairs terrace and nip across to the barrier when we wished, very easily.

The restaurant (self service apart from drinks), was just ok but that wasn't a surprise, as we had been told beforehand. The camp is very large, with lots of different types of accommodation and camping. But it's the best place to stay for seeing the waterhole activity." See all these reviews: 18n in Namibia; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Average
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr K & Mrs N
UK

"Okaukuejo Camp review"

2 nights Arrived 13 Jul 2014
"As with Halali, the rooms here were very good (slightly better than In Halali, more recently refurbished). We stayed in a Bush Chalet which had a small sitting area with kitchen sink and fridge, large bedroom, modern shower room. The facilities in the camp were also overall very good with a well stocked shop, helpful staff across the camp, clean pool area, good restaurant.

The restaurant staff in particular gave very good service with the chef coming to speak with customers at each meal service to check everything was OK. The jewel in the crown here though is the waterhole with herds of elephants visiting on each of the two days we were here plus rhino, lion, giraffe and many herds of ungulates." See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Ms A
Australia

"Okakuejo -once again for us !!"

4 nights Arrived 11 Jul 2014
"I have stayed here many times and it does not ever disappoint. We had a self catering family chalet for 3 nights and then 2 Bush chalets on night 4 which was fine. We had enough food for our 4th. night and as it was not set up for self catering the kitchen lent us plates ,utensils and would not hesitate to do this again.

The waterhole is wonderful with a fabulous lot of animals visiting particularly in the evening.It is a big camp and I must say it is amazingly quiet for the number housed there. I guess a lot of people go to bed early to be out early on their game drives.We self drove which is always satisfying.

The accommodation was clean and when we had to change chalets they made our new chalet priority cleaning so that we could move early. I would not like to stay in the more upmarket waterfront chalets as they have too much foot traffic past them and I find the appearance of the camping area ,bleak.

It is a quite basic camp but I will definitely go back again and probably again. The staff at reception were great and I saw some appalling behaviour from some guests and the staff were calm and polite." See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia; 1n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Mr & Mrs P
Sydney

"Okaukuejo Camp review"

4 nights Arrived 11 Jul 2014
"Having stayed here before there were no surprises, great place to stay and well appointed, and equipped for self catering in the family chalet.

this is a great holiday place ,clean, tidy and full of activity, pool lovely and of course the waterhole never lets yoiu down, we will return!! shop adequate and office girls very helpful.

Even though it was busy with school holiday campers etc it was not truly crowded. excellent" See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia; 1n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Mr & Mrs D
Bristol

"Best water hole in Etosha"

2 nights Arrived 20 Jun 2014
"The accommodation was comfortable and warm. Staff were friendly and helpful.The food was much better than we were expecting from reading other reviews. It was also well served. The maintain attraction was the water hole which could be reached on foot from our lodge. It is very well designed and a large number of people could be accommodated without difficulty. The animals did not disappoint. On the very first evening 35 elephants came down to drink. On the second night we saw 7 rhinos. Springboks, zebras and jackals were part of the supporting cast." See all these reviews: 20n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr R & Mrs E
Bucks

"Okaukuejo Camp Review"

2 nights Arrived 16 Jun 2014
"We had been told this camp might be a little 'touristy' and perhaps below the standard we had so far experienced. It was indeed busy but the buffet style food was excellent, the staff helpful and friendly. Although the room was within a complex with no view, it was clean and of a good standard. No complaints.

The floodlit waterhole was a novelty and a treat. One evening we saw eight black rhino at the water's edge alongside a large herd of elephant (35+).

An excellent base for visiting central waterholes and the salt pan." See all these reviews: 26n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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