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Doro Nawas
Doro Nawas
Doro Nawas
Doro Nawas
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Doro Nawas
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 181-190 of 469
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Arrival date
Mr D & Ms P
Dursley

"Wonderful resting place in great location"

1 night Arrived 28 Oct 2015
"Really friendly and helpful staff who can't do enough to make staff pleasant.

Facilities and food are good and the service excellent." See all these reviews: 11n in Namibia; 4n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs K
Hereford

"Doro Nawas - a real gem"

2 nights Arrived 29 Sep 2015
"The best staff ever - so happy and friendly !

Everything else was perfect too but the staff are the icing on the cake ! After dinner all the staff came out singing - magical !!

The morning desert elephant tracking tour was excellent. In the afternoon we drove ourselves to see the rock carvings at Twfelfontein." See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs H
Derbyshire

"Doro Nawas review"

1 night Arrived 27 Sep 2015
"What a lovely place - superb chalet, really made by the great staff - enthusiastic and warm.

Wheeled the bed out and slept under the stars (holiday highlight). One night not enough. Should have had 2 to allow for some activities and another night under the stars.

One less night in Swakop - one more here." See all these reviews: 19n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Good
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Mr S & Ms M
UK

"Beautiful setting. Loved the nature walk."

2 nights Arrived 23 Sep 2015
"Fantastic and very private room with enormous verandah, giving views of the setting sun.

Once again would have appreciated a bit more advance information about the early morning nature walk before committing to it but it turned out to be excellent. We learned so much from our guide and, as we were the only guests on the walk, we were able to ask lots of questions.

We also went on the afternoon drive to see the desert-adapted elephant. We were very impressed by our guide's persistence - he eventually tracked them down after 2.5 hours. It meant that our drive back to the lodge was more exciting than anticipated; we will never know how the guide managed to find the way in complete darkness!

The service could again not be faulted but we were less at ease in the Wilderness Safaris lodges compared with the privately owned ones. In general, the Wilderness Safaris lodges do not seem to provide advance information on prices for drinks (which is slightly unnerving) but they were very generous measures and turned out to be very cheap!" See all these reviews: 16n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Ms M & Mr N
Hagley

"Grew on us as we stayed"

2 nights Arrived 18 Sep 2015
"Initially we thought it looked a bit tired and dark - but as we got used to the building the ambience was really good particularly at night - the evening meal on the rooftop was a highlight as was the elephant tracking" See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Ms L
Leeds

"A Mad Max desert experience"

2 nights Arrived 14 Sep 2015
"This is a Mad Max sort of place in that the design, exterior and location are intriguing and in keeping with the desert, mountain and boulder scenery.

Our room was comfortable and well designed and the activities and food were good.

The visit to the rock engravings at Twyfelfontein was very interesting." See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia; 7n in Botswana; 2n in Zambia; 2n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Mrs D
Esher

"Doro Nawas review"

2 nights Arrived 11 Sep 2015
"Wonderful location and we had a great trip looking and finding desert elephants.

Staff friendly and helpful when asked but lack of attention to detail compared to other places.

B B Q under stars was great and could move our bed out to sleep under stars." See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Average
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Excellent
Ms R & Mrs A
UK

"Doro Nawas review"

2 nights Arrived 3 Sep 2015
"We had very little idea about what to expect as we drove to Doro Nawas, although Sabina at Expert Africa had told us that it was special. Nothing could have prepared us for what we found on arrival.

The setting is spectacular, the last few meters of drive up to Reception slope up steeply and dramatically. After our long drive we were delighted to be greeted as we got out of the car by cool towels and fruit juice. As we were shown around I kept saying 'I'm at a loss for words'. The panorama view is breathtaking. Our room was also beautifully appointed. We pushed our beds out onto the veranda and slept under the stars, which was one of the highlights of our trip, unforgettable. We also loved the fact that meals were served variously in the dining room, out on the veranda or up on the roof by candle light at night. Sitting round the fire in the evening was so peaceful.

The service at Dora Nawas was exceptional. The staff were extremely helpful, friendly, efficient, attentive and happy. Again, we were made to feel like part of a big family during our stay.

Mwezi was our guide as we visited the rock engravings, burnt mountain and organ pipes. He was excellent, very informative, enthusiastic and cheerful.

Doro Nawas was our favourite stay of our whole holiday." See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mrs K
Sydney

"Absolutely loved Doro Nawas"

2 nights Arrived 30 Aug 2015
"What an amazing location!

Doro Nawas is set on top of a hill, and has the most beautiful view over the surrounding landscape. The highlights of our stay at Doro Nawas were our elephant trek, nature walk and sunset drinks, and dining on the roof under the stars. Rooms were clean, comfortable and beautifully decorated, with a bed that rolls out onto the verandah and an outside shower. The staff were incredibly helpful and so friendly.

Highly recommend Doro Nawas!" See all these reviews: 6n in Namibia; 5n in Botswana; 1n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Excellent
Miss & Mr D
UK

"Interesting place to stay"

2 nights Arrived 12 Aug 2015
"Nice room and warm welcome. Booked activities but confusion over whether it was going ahead and timings were confused - too many staff involved it seemed. (actual activity when sorted was good).

Pool was closed and emptied for half our stay with no warning - a shame (would have used it earlier if we had known).

Food was really nice and all staff were very keen to help." See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Average
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469 reviews of Doro Nawas by travellers since August 2007
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