Reviews of Doro Nawas
Wildlife sightings and reviews
502 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
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"Enjoyable stay at Doro Nawas"
Guided walk with Michael was very informative and we had such a good time the walk took longer than was planned.
Despite the car problems it was a very enjoyable stay and although we can't remember all the names of the staff we met, everyone was wonderful and we were quite sad to leave, a place we hope to return to one day." See all these reviews: 11n in Namibia
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"A great base for an Elephant Safari!"
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Peter our guide was fantastic - really knowledgeable and friendly. We saw a Cheeter eating an ostrich it had recently killed as well as lots of desert elephants thanks to his tracking skills.
The views were fantastic from the hotel - perfect for sundowners." See all these reviews: 11n in Namibia
"Asleep under the stars bliss!"
We found the staff to be friendly and helpful.
We happened to meet the MD of Wilderness Safaris who was visiting and expressed our concern at the exorbitant cost of safaris to see the desert adapted elephants. He assured us that Chris [Ed: Chris McIntyre, of Expert Africa] had already raised this with him and that it would be rectified next season. He actually gave us a free safari so we were, of course, very happy customers." See all these reviews: 17n in Namibia
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Also, lovely staff (who sang to us after dinner - in the 'click' language)." See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia
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A great location for many different acitivities, though the only one arranged by the hotel of which we took advantage was an early morning walk in the desert. The prices of anything else on offer seemed extremely high and as we had a hired car (and had already spent so much on the holiday) we did not go on any of their organized trips.
We enjoyed the desert walk and we visited the Petrified forest (which was very interesting), Twyfelfontein, the Organ Pipes (which we loved) and the Burnt Mountain under our own steam. Did not use the swimming pool - no time and very small. We loved our room there." See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia
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Not good for older people and those with any problems walking.
Service and friendliness of staff superb. Liked the singing after dinner by the staff." See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia
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The rooms are vast and the highlight is being able to wheel your double bed out and sleep under the stars.
Service was very good and they made a real effort to provide interesting vegetarian food for us." See all these reviews: 18n in Namibia
"Vastly overpriced"
The game drives were twice the price of any where else and they certainly weren't twice as good. In fact the 2nd drive was more or less a repeat of the first such was the limited knowledge of the guide. We were fortunate in the fact that the guide trainer from WS happened to be there so we were able to gleen some wildlife and environmental information from him.
We also had to pay for lunch if we were doing the morning drive, yet this was just back at the lodge and was nothing to do with the drive and we didn't need or want it yet we had no option but to pay for it.
The whole experence was very food orietated and not wildlife orientated so they have their priorities all wrong.
The staff however were very friendly and helpful.
Note the reason I have indicated that the location was poor is due to the state of the road to it." See all these reviews: 16n in Namibia
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