Reviews of Dolomite Camp
(86%) From 94 travellersThey do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa.
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Great location
Incredible location and great wildlife viewing everywhere. Badly let down by the state of the room, which would have been magical but almost every zip (forming blinds) was broken which meant that the freezing wind went straight through the tented room all night and there was only one blanket for the two twin beds. Leaking taps etc too. Great design, and spectacular position just needs an overhaul -though obviously can only speak for that room.
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A nice camp, although we did have a mouse issue in the room which munched though one of our bags.
Read more about the whole safariWonderful Camp in the hills.
On the far west of Etosha, rooms built in the hills overlooking a huge plain, with good amounts of game to be seen. Well worth a stay here. (There are steep areas but a golf cart is available)
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Fabulous views and great wildlife
Lovely tented cabins in a stunning location with great views of the plains below and lots of wildlife.
Staff in restaurant pleasant but overstretched. Food very average.
Very disappointing
This camp is in the most wonderful location but ruined by poor design of the bar and restaurant, bad food and terrible service. The bar and restaurant were in tents with the flaps closed and completely failing to make the most of the spectacular views.
We had to carry our luggage up a steep hill to the room as the luggage van wasn't working, the staff were rude and unhelpful and the food was barely edible.
The room was attractive but in need of maintenance.
Dolomite Camp review
The Dolomite camp in Etosha has a beautiful setting and with the infrastructure it really could be a showplace of the park. unfortunately it is probably the least well run of th camps in the park. the shuttle taking you around the camp or too and form the parking lot is awkward. it is not just a matter of running on Africa time but is treated as an unnecessary detail by the staff yet they demand you rely on it to go anywhere.
The dining room staff also comes off as having no desire to be there and help you, and is in stark contrast to employees at all the other camps in the park. The tent lodging themselves have the potential to be dramatic but there is insufficient ventilation (and no AC). The canvas flaps are designed to open and with the proper adjustments could really make the rooms comfortable, but the key hardware is out of reach and even the zippers at floor level are often broken and unusable. We had broken glass in our main sliding door, and while i understand it is a difficult situation to make those repairs some key duct tape would have at least made this a safer situation.
The most unfortunate thing about the camp is that only two of the tents have views of the waterhole. From the waterhole itself you can see the camp and what looks like a magnificent setting overlooking the water hole. However, the bar/restaurant/pool are on the other side of the hill and views are only available to a small percentage of the guests. It is a long drive out to this side of the park, and i do not think I would encourage people to go there unless they were entering the park from the western edge.
Wonderful lookout for Etosha first night
Amazing setting but what a pity there was really no evidence of anyone in charge. Lodges are strung out across 400 metres of the ridge of one of the few hill ranges in Etosha.
But the lodges really needed a critical eye passed over them. Every window zip was broken in our tent and if the weather had been anything other than queit and hot they would have allowed wind, rain, and dust dust to pour in. Electrical plugs a shambles and probably dangerous. Any of these issues could be easily sorted with a program of regular preventative maintenance.
But what a setting and such nice staff with good food and remarkable views.
Dolomite Camp worst of the bunch!
We last stayed here 2 weeks after it opened which was about 5 years ago, such a great camp then we opted to return on this trip. What a big mistake!
Bearing in mind we booked this accommodation a year in advance and specifically requested an eastern facing room. When we checked in we were allocated a western facing room, we questioned this with the person checking us in who immediately blamed a central booking system and started to argue with us about the mistake. Eventually we were given a room on the eastern side, but her whole could not care less attitude put a bad taste in our mouths. I could write a book an our experience here but will keep it brief.
The camp is understaffed and unmotivated. It is quite clear there is lack of management and NWPs need to sit up and take notice.
ROOMS: Tired and need a good deep clean.
Food: Disgusting. Every meal was cold and quite honestly inedible, although for some reason the soup was warm and good. The amount of waste food at each dinner was huge and with starving people in the country unacceptable. Surely with what was being returned to the kitchen, when does the chef realise that there is a problem?
Staff: Understaffed, demotivated , miserable, do not communicate, rude, argumentative and just could not care less.
When we stayed there they were overbooked and one couple had to sleep in the guides room, plus on the same night guests had to take their meals in the bar area as there were no spaces in the dining rooms.
The whole camp is just a chaotic mess!
Dolomite-great location but poorly managed
Dolomite Camp is in an amazing setting with beautiful rooms overlooking the plains. The reception staff were fairly welcoming on our arrival but then we never saw them again! The shop was never open although we were here for 2 nights. There was one lovely member of staff, Fima Simon, who seemed to be the only serving staff apart from the barman who helped out when he could.
Fima was solely responsible for serving and clearing dinner and drinks in the 2 restaurants each with 20 people, plus managing reception when a guest turned up. It was an impossible task and she could be seen running up the steps with a laden tray in semi- darkness trying to serve all the residents. We later heard from the reception staff at another Etosha camp that before our arrival some of the staff had gone on strike and so all of them had been dismissed, including the manager. They were running the camp, which was full, with the very bare minimum of staff.
No hot breakfast was offered on day 1. On our second night it took over an hour to be served our first course and when the main course arrive all the vegetables were cold.
We visited Oliphantsrus water hole during our stay ay Dolomite and thought that the new hide was excellent. A large bull elephant came in at mid-morning to drink and we had great viewings of hundreds of sand grouse coming to drink and collect water for their young in their chest feathers.
