Reviews of Halali Camp
Wildlife sightings and reviews
330 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
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"Halali Camp review"
Slow and inefficient. Couldn't check out easily as they said we hadn't paid - didn't even want to return deposit when they knew we had. Food is not good at all.
Accommodation spacious but very basic. But still worth it for the watering holes!" See all these reviews: 16n in Namibia
"Loved its quiet feel"
"Halali Camp review"
The water-hole was much smaller than Okauhuejo and the forest surrounding meant animals could not be watched approaching and departing.
Also the during sunset the sun shone in to one's eyes. Additionally viewing was from rocks above and there was limited space there." See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia
"Halali Camp review"
"Good base"
The big (only?) advantage is that one can start a game drive from the middle of the park itself at sunrise - breakfast is served from 530 am.
So Halali wasn't bad - but for us suffered from coming directly after Ongava Lodge." See all these reviews: 19n in Namibia
"Halali Camp review"
"Great waterhole"
"Good location in middle of park"
It would have been nice to have self-catered - but 3 drawbacks to this :
1) the shop did not sell sufficient food to make even a rudimentary meal ,
2) no utensils, crockery etc (apart from mugs & glasses) were provided ,
3) nowhere to cook apart from a braii which looked dirty & no fuel provided.
This may work for South Africans or Namibians who can come prepared, but not good for overseas tourists.
The restaurant food was OK - but overpriced (low quality , all you can eat buffet)
Sadly not many animals around the camp - we were told they had all gone east to Namutoni where there was more water- so we had to drive further than expected." See all these reviews: 23n in Namibia
We continue to use and recommend Halali due to its unique location to travellers who accept that the rooms, service and food here are usually less impressive than the location.
"Nice quiet camp in Etosha"
The restaurant was comfortable, with outside covered seating and the food was good for the type of camp. We did experience difficulty getting a drink when we arrived mid-afternoon - there appeared to be no bar open outside of restaurant hours.
The waterhole at this camp is quite a long walk from the accommodation and common areas and appeared (on our one visit) to be far less frequented than some others within Etosha.
The swimming pool looked inviting, although we did not use it, and we did no activities as we did our own early morning game drive." See all these reviews: 16n in Namibia; 4n in Botswana
"Halali - an excellent base"
Food in the buffet restaurant was very good, service was a bit chaotic." See all these reviews: 11n in Namibia; 4n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
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