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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 71-80 of 469
Duration
Arrival date
Mr and Mrs RB
Bristol

"Great camp for Desert elephants"

2 nights Arrived 26 Sep 2018
"Very good camp overlooking dramatic scenery. We took a guided safari to find desert elephants, which we did in a dry river bed. Very close encounter ! Our guide, Markus, was very good and very knowledgeable - he also took us for a walk into the bush.

Good food, very large rooms, friendly staff." See all these reviews: 16n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Elephant

8 sightings

Mrs E.
Exeter

"Doro Nawas review"

2 nights Arrived 26 Sep 2018
"Exciting safari searching for the elephants. Guide had amazing eyesight!

Great drive up the sandy dry riverbed." See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Elephant

1 sighting

Mr A
Somerset

"Doro Nawas review"

2 nights Arrived 21 Sep 2018
"GREAT LOCATION,VERY FRIENDLY STAFF AND GREAT GUIDES" See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
C & D
Woking/Brighton

"Absolutely incredible...not to be missed!"

2 nights Arrived 12 Sep 2018
"Doro Nawas was easily our favourite place that we stayed in on our Namibia trip! It's panoramic views of the surrounding mountains are incredible and matched by the beautiful rooms that can be opened up to take it all in. Sleeping outside on the verandah, cosy in bed under the blankets, watching as shooting stars streaked across the sky is something I will remember forever.

The staff were the most friendly, polite and smiley group we had the pleasure of meeting, and they are brilliant singers too! They sing a welcome song as guests arrive, all joining in as they gather in reception area, it was very special.

The food was very tasty and there was a little help-yourself table in the afternoons if you needed a little something after a trip out! We were treated to a bush dinner too, 3 delicious courses at a long table lit with little lights and candles flickering up the hillside. Amazing!

We took ourselves off for a trip to the Skeleton Coast National Park - a long way to go to see the sea but an incredibly scenic drive, with a brown hyena and a puff adder to add to the list of things spotted!" See all these reviews: 10n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Brown Hyena

1 sighting

Giraffe

3 sightings

Mr & Mrs Braddock
UK

"Doro Nawas"

1 night Arrived 12 Sep 2018
"Taking the turn off from the road towards this camp we drove expectantly over the flat plain surrounded by jagged peaks of mountains on the horizon towards a small hill on which it turned out was the main building of the camp.

I parked and was sorting something out in our car as my wife ascended the steps through the imposing rustic doors into the reception, she was only moments ahead of me but as she entered she was greeted by wonderful singing voices! They stopped their native sounding vocal greeting just before I entered and as I did so.........I was rewarded with a similar singing greeting!!!!! Now that's a first for me in a hotel! It seemed the entire staff were assembled to greet us in a rather wonderful native style musical chant!!!!! Beat that for a friendly welcome!

Very friendly and helpful, even though our only nights stay with them was on their barbeque night several hundred yards out into the desert and therefore all staff were hands on to help, they still managed to get a staff member to sit and guard my camera as I made a four hour time lapse video of the setting sun and ascending Milky Way - that was ultimately condensed into 7 secs of real time video as we were guided out to the dining area for a delicious meal!!!

Fabulous individual and spacious accommodation in a glorious setting.........I could have stayed longer!!!!!!" See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Mr M & Ms E
France

"Doro Nawas review"

2 nights Arrived 7 Sep 2018
"We loved our stay here at Doro Nawas - the vast, surrounding landscape was so beautiful and we were very comfortable in our room.

We particularly enjoyed wheeling our bed out onto the room's terrace to relax in the afternoon sun.

The staff here was very nice and we also very much loved our elephant drive, where we saw many packs of elephants." See all these reviews: 10n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Elephant

4 sightings

Giraffe

1 sighting

Oryx

1 sighting

Ms G
Merton

"Doro Nawas review"

2 nights Arrived 10 Aug 2018
"Watching the sunset from our chalet, with the accompanying background noise of barking ghekkos and crickets, was another trip highlight." See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Sightings Report

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Mr S
UK

"Stunning lodge"

2 nights Arrived 31 Jul 2018
"Lodge has huge potential - a few minor improvements and would have been a highlight of our trip. The bush dinner's are fantastic, and the staff are all delightful.

Attention to detail was not quite as good as in other lodges. For example, we arrived to dinner on evening dressed in normal clothes to be told we were going out into the bush and should be dressed warmly. All of the other guests had already been told!" See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Elephant

1 sighting

Oryx

1 sighting

Mr W & Miss P
UK

"Too far out given poor weather conditions"

2 nights Arrived 19 May 2018
"Unfortunately the two days previously there had been record rainfall on the coast round Walvis bay and we were advised that due to the subsequent flooding not to use the coastal road heading towards the seal colony and up the skeleton coast so we drove as much as we could on tarmac which lead to the drive taking 7 hours with the last hour being on an undulating dust road with large deep puddles on the low parts.

No one could predict this but almost the last straw was the terrible pitted driveway from the road to the camp which was quite badly signposted. I think this jaundiced us about the camp where the staff were lovely and the accommodation was good. Food was good and the pool provided a welcome relief.

We did not partake in any drives the following day as we just couldn't face getting back in a vehicle. Staff had good singing voices and all looked like they enjoyed entertaining us.

We had a walk in the bush from the lodge and saw an ostrich and a snake." See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Mr K
Maidstone

"Doro Nawas"

2 nights Arrived 27 Apr 2018
"The main building on approach looks rather like the Alamo, defended on top of the hill. The open air setting is very well designed for maximum viewing and each chalet has utmost privacy.

To be greeted by a staff choir was a little disconcerting (they are called up every time someone arrives) and the level of bureaucracy and waiver signatures needed seemed a little excessive (and was repeated at Kulala in exactly the same wording).

Obviously a regular feature, the evening meal was a 'secret' and a trek by torchlight for a few hundred yards to a fully equipped BBQ, a bar and a long table for everyone, encouraging conversation (as it did) and fully staffed service - excellent and utterly efficient. Other meals were also very good and pleasantly served.

The pool again well used and well-sited. Very relaxing." See all these reviews: 16n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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