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Halali Camp
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Halali Camp
Halali Camp
Halali Camp

Reviews of Halali Camp

Wildlife sightings and reviews

337 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Halali Camp and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa

Wildlife sightings by our travellers
Starting in Jun-2018, 45 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Halali Camp.
Lion

76% success

Leopard

33% success

Cheetah

6% success

Zebra

98% success

Oryx

95% success

Elephant

93% success

Giraffe

93% success

Wildebeest

91% success

Black Rhino

78% success

Spotted Hyena

58% success

White Rhino

39% success

Eland

30% success

Brown Hyena

9% success

Sable antelope

3% success

Roan antelope

3% success

Aardvark

0% success

Pangolin

0% success

Showing 11-20 of 337
Duration
Arrival date
Mrs K
Andover

"Halali Camp review"

1 night Arrived 21 Jun 2023
"A government run camp so don’t expect luxury but rooms were clean and the shower hot. Food was good.

Waterhole excellent." See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Black Rhino

1 sighting

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Mr D.
Stillwater

"Halali Camp review"

1 night Arrived 14 Jun 2023
"Halali caters to larger numbers of people and is a less personal experience--no comparison to places like Sable Alley or Xaro--but the room was comfy, the food was fine, and the location is ideal for ending a day in the middle of the park without having to hustle to make a gate closing at the east or west end.

Also, sitting by the lighted waterhole at sunset and nightfall was a real treat and the best kind of entertainment that Etosha could offer." See all these reviews: 9n in Namibia; 5n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe; 1n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

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

Black Rhino

3 sightings

Eland

1 sighting

Elephant

10 sightings

Giraffe

10 sightings

Oryx

10 sightings

Spotted Hyena

1 sighting

Wildebeest

10 sightings

Zebra

10 sightings

Boghall birder
Roslin

"Halali Camp review"

1 night Arrived 12 Nov 2022
"Functional camp run by NWR. Convenience is based on the location in the park, and the waterhole.

They appear to ignore the inventory now, which is just as well as many items were missing.

Booked at our request by Expert Africa for location." See all these reviews: 10n in Namibia; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average

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

Black Rhino

Multiple sightings

Eland

Multiple sightings

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Lion

Multiple sightings

Oryx

Multiple sightings

Spotted Hyena

1 sighting

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Mr M
Stockport

"Halali Camp review"

1 night Arrived 31 Oct 2022
"See your food for dinner (unlike Okaukuejo), lady picked a steak and cooked it (not good so I switched to hake). Breakfast fruit and yoghurt available.

No door on bedroom in bush chalet, a bit strange. Site was very quiet very few chalets used. Two bus parties in kept the restaurant busy.

First time at the waterhole and what a display. We saw five spotted hyenas along with nine rhinos, two present with three hyenas, also present four lionesses who waited in the background for water, also a few elephants earlier with the rhinos.

Best we have ever seen at a night time waterhole in four visits." See all these reviews: 7n in Namibia; 5n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Sightings Report

Black Rhino

4 sightings

Elephant

3 sightings

Giraffe

6 sightings

Leopard

1 sighting

Lion

2 sightings

Oryx

6 sightings

Spotted Hyena

2 sightings

Wildebeest

5 sightings

Zebra

5 sightings

Mr & Mrs S
E Sussex

"Halali Camp review"

1 night Arrived 28 Sep 2022
"See previous comment about government camps

[Ed: Comment on Namutoni was:

"Having visited Etosha a number of times in past years we found the food offering in all government camps never particularly good but in this visit all the camps catering standard has diminished to an all time low.

Limited choice, poor quality and often served cold - so be prepared !"]" See all these reviews: 21n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Poor

Location:
Good
Service:
Average
Facilities:
Average
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Terrible
Sightings Report

Black Rhino

Multiple sightings

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Lion

Multiple sightings

Oryx

Multiple sightings

Spotted Hyena

Multiple sightings

White Rhino

Multiple sightings

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Family P
Sheffield

"Halali Camp review"

1 night Arrived 1 Aug 2022
"A great stop off point through Etosha. Room clean, practical and cool. Efficient check in and check out. Great waterhole." See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia; 2n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Black Rhino

Multiple sightings

Eland

Multiple sightings

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Oryx

Multiple sightings

Spotted Hyena

Multiple sightings

White Rhino

Multiple sightings

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Mrs J.
Newton Abbot

"Halali Camp review"

1 night Arrived 4 Jul 2022
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Eland

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Oryx

Multiple sightings

Spotted Hyena

1 sighting

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Drs M & R
UK

"Halali Camp review"

1 night Arrived 5 Jun 2022
"Been here before - nice new accommodation and good waterhole sightings. Food and experience generally better than Okaukuejo.

In general, I am thinking that with the opening of western Etosha and some new lodges, we will pick lodges at the western and eastern boundaries, but still run by park authorities, next time so that we get better coverage." See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Mr K & Mrs N
UK

"Halali Camp review"

1 night Arrived 15 Mar 2022
"We stayed in a two bed bush chalet, which was clean with good beds (appeared to be new mattresses), a decent bathroom and good air con. The kitchen area, entrance and overall decoration needs to be refreshed. The food was OK here - a couple of choices each for main course and desert, reasonably priced. Limited breakfast options likely due to low visitor numbers, off-peak and Covid restrictions, but again, acceptable in the context of what you pay to stay here.

With the amount of rain recently in the area, animal sightings sadly limited so the waterhole (our go to place in the past) was quiet but this is still a good place to stay to have access to the central and eastern areas of Etosha." See all these reviews: 22n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average

Location:
Good
Service:
Average
Activities:
Average
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Average
Facilities:
Poor
Sightings Report

Black Rhino

4 sightings

Giraffe

10 sightings

Oryx

10 sightings

White Rhino

3 sightings

Wildebeest

10 sightings

Zebra

10 sightings

Mr & Mrs W
RSA

"Halali Camp review"

1 night Arrived 5 Jul 2021
"Halali camp is spacious, as are the bush chalets. They are a bit shabby, but it was lovely to have so much space for all our things, and to be able to make tea and coffee in our room. The water hole on the verge of the camp was excellent. We saw elephant and black rhino quite close up.

The meals in the restaurant were not great but ok.

There were not many visitors, again because of the lockdown, but it was a bonus for us that we could get all our meals here." See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

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

Black Rhino

1 sighting

Elephant

1 sighting

Giraffe

1 sighting

Oryx

10 sightings

Wildebeest

10 sightings

Zebra

10 sightings

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79%
337 reviews of Halali Camp by travellers since August 2007
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