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Doro Nawas
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Doro Nawas

Reviews of Doro Nawas

Wildlife sightings and reviews

469 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Doro Nawas 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, 65 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Doro Nawas.
Lion

0% success

Leopard

0% success

Cheetah

2% success

Elephant

90% success

Oryx

59% success

Giraffe

49% success

Zebra

21% success

Wildebeest

9% success

Brown Hyena

6% success

Black Rhino

2% success

Spotted Hyena

2% success

Showing 171-180 of 469
Duration
Arrival date
Mr & Mrs W
Singapore

"Luxurious accommodations with 360 views"

2 nights Arrived 6 Feb 2016
"Doro !Nawas was simply enjoyable. The room was beautifully laid out, and the main dining area was even better - with cosy sitting areas, a little garden, an outdoor verandah, and a rooftop terrace that afforded 360 views of Damaraland, as well as amazing stargazing in the night.

The guides here were also fantastic, and the service staff were friendly and helpful. We had an east-facing room so we enjoyed stunning sunrises (and rainbows!) every morning from our beds.

We would definitely return to Doro !Nawas in the future.

Tip: The Elephant Safari is highly recommended!" See all these reviews: 10n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Mr S & Mrs G
Malaga

"Unique place"

2 nights Arrived 31 Jan 2016
"Slightly mixed views on Doro Nawas.

The setting is gorgeous and we had great sunsets seen from the verandah, excellent food and a lot of fun with the local Damara staff who were most attentive. We did however find it rather expensive for what it offers and N$800pp is over the top for a game drive especially as we did not see any elephants or other exciting game.

It was very hot when we stayed at the end of January, 45 degrees with a hot wind, and A/C would have been very welcome. One night would have been enough for us." See all these reviews: 21n in Namibia; 5n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Average
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Average
Mr S
Wales

"Doro Nawas review"

1 night Arrived 27 Dec 2015
"Nicely positioned. Food was average.

My wife slipped badly in the outdoor shower.

The floor gets very dangerous when wet." See all these reviews: 3n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Drs L & J Whitley
UK

"Amazing place to stay for Christmas"

2 nights Arrived 24 Dec 2015
"Doro Nawas was a magical place to stay for Christmas - the staff were the friendliest and most attentive of our whole stay. The staff made a massive effort to make our stay memorable and definitely succeeded.

Everything about the accommodation was amazing - outdoor shower looking out over the desert, beds that can wheel outside.

The main building really was special, built around the crest of a hill, with access to the roof (where we had Christmas Dinner at sunset - the most spectacular I have ever seen). The pool was small but perfectly formed with wonderful views out across the desert and mountains, our kids spent 2 very happy afternoons there.

We went on their Desert Adapted Elephant safari which was great - found a family of elephants with a baby and followed them for a couple of hours. The guide was very knowledgeable and made the safari great fun.

This was a really, really special place to stay." See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs Ant
Surrey

"Doro Nawas - a really lovely camp"

2 nights Arrived 1 Dec 2015
"We thought Doro Nawas was delightful - a wonderful setting and very friendly and helpful staff. The chalets were very spacious and charming with great views over the plain and the ability, if you wanted to, to wheel your bed onto the verandah and sleep under the stars.

We had a very good morning game drive to find desert adapted elephants and drove ourselves to see the rock engravings and organ pipes.

One highlight was the impromptu (or so it seemed) singing by the staff at the end of the meal on our second night." See all these reviews: 9n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs P
W Yorks

"Doro Nawas review"

1 night Arrived 22 Nov 2015
"We used our stay here as a rest day and the facilities more than assisted this. The rooms are very spacious, private and comfortable. The view from the room was great for a relaxing sundowner.

The introduction to the lodge was poor, with no mention of any possible activities offered by the lodge, no real time spent showing the lodge / room and the free refillable drinks bottles were not mentioned to us, we found them on a table near to the restaurant with our names on.

The service for the restaurant improved with staff being more helpful and friendly." See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average

Location:
Good
Service:
Poor
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Average
Facilities:
Average
Mr & Mrs B
Chiswick

"Doro Nawas review"

2 nights Arrived 4 Nov 2015
"Despite the bizarre main-building architecture, the individual chalets were attractive, appropriate and generous.

The elephant spotting is pretty sure it seems, and rewarding. In quality and service, although a whisker down on its sister Desert Rhino Camp, still excellent.

What was amazing was the change in scenery that took place about 15 kms before Noro Nawas, coming from DRC." See all these reviews: 16n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Good
Dr K & Mr M
Australia

"Beautiful rooms at Doro Nawas"

2 nights Arrived 2 Nov 2015
"Doro Nawas was an impressive complex, but overall we felt it was trying a little hard to be something it wasn't. The room was certainly a highlight - huge, comfortable and innovative, with the rolling bed for stargazing and the outdoor shower, as well as an impressive view.

However, we found the food and service was not up to the standards that seemed to be targeted. It would have been much more enjoyable if they stopped trying to be 5-star and embraced the relaxed friendly energy that seemed to exist between the staff." See all these reviews: 9n in Namibia; 5n in Zimbabwe; 2n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Service:
Average
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Mr A
Washington DC

"Doro Nawas - hilltop respite in Damaraland"

2 nights Arrived 29 Oct 2015
"Wonderfully located atop and around a small hillock in Damaraland near the mountain ridge that includes Twyfelfontein.

Very large, comfortable tented cabin rooms, with decks looking out on the mountains beyond. Brilliant night-time skies with endless banks of stars. Extremely attractive common areas. Excellent food. Especially friendly and helpful service that even included tentative lessons at Khoisan. Very quiet and peaceful (when the wind isn't blowing), so you can hear your neighbors cough.

The morning drive by Doro Nawas to Twyfelfontein was very informative; the separate guided tour of the site itself was extremely interesting, as was a later visit to the Damaraland Living Museum." See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Ms J & Mr J
Reading

"Fabulous desert elephants & wonderful staff!"

1 night Arrived 28 Oct 2015
"We were only able to stay one night and it was a really long detour - but the great trip out to (successfully) see the desert elephants made it worthwhile. Excellent local guide with whom we were totally confident when the elephants came very near. Interesting social commentary on the village where he grew up and his parents still live - we went there. Shame that the old farm house is no longer used for camping after the 2011 rains. Wondered why Wilderness community programme didn't help village to develop a craft centre, showing off local crafts skills etc, as a well to bring income into a very poor village that is now mainly older people.

Breakfast good - best granola we had all trip! Delicious. Lovely staff - feisty and a good team spirit.

The main memory we will have of Doro !Nawas is the staff's friendliness and their keenness to teach us 'the click'. We engaged with several staff over breakfast and what was exceptional was the way they broke out into spontaneous singing for us, with most of the kitchen staff then coming out to join them. It was fun and not contrived. I was very impressed that the manager was quite happy for about 10 of his staff to spend time with us when he might have been more worried about getting the jobs done.I really thought that Wilderness had instilled a great team spirit and the staff were excellently trained. I felt that Wilderness were good employers and that it showed in how the staff were with guests and each other." See all these reviews: 10n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
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