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Reviews of Okaukuejo Camp

Wildlife sightings and reviews

726 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Okaukuejo 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 May-2018, 133 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Okaukuejo Camp.
Lion

67% success

Leopard

6% success

Cheetah

18% success

Giraffe

98% success

Zebra

97% success

Oryx

96% success

Elephant

96% success

Wildebeest

93% success

Black Rhino

88% success

Spotted Hyena

56% success

Eland

46% success

White Rhino

39% success

Brown Hyena

23% success

Roan antelope

19% success

Sable antelope

13% success

Aardvark

0% success

Pangolin

0% success

Showing 271-280 of 726
Duration
Arrival date
Ms L
Leeds

"Wonderful wildlife"

3 nights Arrived 16 Sep 2015
"The wildlife in Etosha National Park is amazing and in many ways it was good to be able to drive ourselves round the area. Okaukuejo offers very basic though perfectly adequate facilities. After the very personal service at our previous camps Okaukuejo seems a bit impersonal because of the numbers of visitors they are dealing with.

I think in retrospect now I preferred having the guided 4WD tours though it was also wonderful to discover wildlife for ourselves so perhaps its good to have the mix of experiences. Etosha was the first place we saw major wildlife in all its glory." See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia; 7n in Botswana; 2n in Zambia; 2n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Average
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Average
Facilities:
Good
Mr & Mrs R
Hereford

"Good base for doing your own safari."

3 nights Arrived 9 Sep 2015
"We stayed at a Bush chalet again, well positioned and good value, a short walk to the waterhole., with its constant flow of animals. plenty of waterholes you can drive to in the daytime. at your own speed

Meals are served buffet style. and are reasonably priced, you have to remember to sign in for Dinner.

A good place to do your own thing." See all these reviews: 27n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Average
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Average
Facilities:
Average
Mr S & Ms H
Belgium

"Okaukuejo Camp review"

1 night Arrived 8 Sep 2015
"IMO, the better camp." See all these reviews: 10n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Average
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Mrs & Mr S
Kent

"Okaukuejo Camp review"

2 nights Arrived 3 Sep 2015
"Highlight was the waterhole at night. Saw a lot of wildlife each evening including rhino.

Did seem to be a large number of wild dogs wandering through the campsite at night." See all these reviews: 11n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Service:
Average
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Average
Ms R & Mrs A
UK

"Okaukuejo Camp review"

2 nights Arrived 1 Sep 2015
"We spent two nights at Okaukuejo Camp and had a good experience.

The layout of the camp is exceptional, the great highlight being the large waterhole. We were enchanted to be able to sit there at all times of the day and night and see so many different animals coming and going. The short distance between the chalets and the waterhole made it so easy to pop down there to see what there was to be seen.

Sitting silently watching at sunrise, sundown, by floodlight at night are experiences that I shall never forget." See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Mr W & Ms W + kids
NL

"Spectacular room and great service"

4 nights Arrived 31 Aug 2015
"The premier waterhole chalet was as great as we hoped. Service was suprisingly friendly and efficient at the restaurant and reception (much better than on previous visits).

Filling station ran out of petrol for a few days. We had a wonderful time here." See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Average
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Miss H
Bayswater

"Fantastic Setting"

2 nights Arrived 27 Aug 2015
"I give this an overall 'Excellent' rating because it shouldn't be missed. After days and days in the car, it is so nice to sit quietly at the watering hole in the fresh air, waiting for what comes by. It is like a huge amphitheatre and you're part of the audience, watching a play, where you have no idea what will happen next. It was spine tingling hearing the lions roar as night fell.

It is quite remarkable watching a herd of 20 elephants walking in a line from the distance as the sun is setting. Great for photographers as you're not hindered by the confines of a car.

The service and food leaves much to be desired - some staff members at the main office border on rude and our waitress made us feel uncomfortable in asking for our change once we paid our bill and lastly, the rooms aren't anything to write home about but that's not what this place is about so it shouldn't be something that puts you off.

The fuel guys were very helpful and let out our tyres free of charge." See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Poor
Activities:
Poor
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Poor
Facilities:
Poor
Mr J & family
Hants

"Okaukuejo Camp review"

2 nights Arrived 6 Aug 2015
"Go for the luxury water hole bungalows they are worth the extra money. We sat on our balcony watching rhino, elephants and assorted antelopes all through the evening - an amazing view and lovely spacious accommodation.

Locally run so reception sometimes lacked the high level of customer service of some european run lodges.

Reduction for vegetarians on the buffet, as they are not specially catered for." See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia; 2n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Average
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Average
Facilities:
Excellent
Dr M
Rickmansworth

"Stay at Okaukuejo for the waterhole"

2 nights Arrived 2 Aug 2015
"Having stayed both here and on the Eastern side of Etosha, in retrospect we preferred the landscape of Etosha more on the East. However Okaukuejo has a fantastic watering hole within the camp (surrounded by a wall) where you can just sit and watch the animals come and go. This is particularly amazing at night and it seems no 2 nights are the same. On our first night we watched a herd of elephants there and on the second night there were several rhino.

It is also very convenient to stay inside the park. This saves a 10k drive in and out of the gate each day with a variable amount of queueing.

The camp shop sells a good guide to all the animals and birds you are likely to see in Etosha and includes a good map. It is a shame this isn't offered to you when you buy your permit as we only found it by accident and other people didn't know about it.

The camp shops don't sell much in the way of food. You can get some snacks and frozen meat but you can't buy the ingredients for an entire lunch or dinner.

The buffet lunch/ dinners are pretty repetitive and cafeteria standard. But it is all about the waterhole!" See all these reviews: 16n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Service:
Average
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Average
Facilities:
Good
Mr & Mrs W
backwoods!

"Perfect View"

2 nights Arrived 29 Jul 2015
"This is the hardest review to write - Okaukuejo is quite municipal in atmosphere and quite busy, it's food at dinner and breakfast was basic and although staff work very hard the dining room felt a little understaffed given the number of people staying in rooms and at the campsite.

All rooms are not equal, not even in the Waterhole Chalets - we had a Premier Waterhole Chalet and this made all the difference. Our balcony directly overlooked the waterhole and we sat under blankets on a cushioned lounger long into the night watching the animals. These are by far the best rooms and the balcony made up for any shortcomings with the food or atmosphere.

When the sun had set patience brought us numerous black rhinos, elephants, lions, oryx, wildebeest, zebra etc. It was truly amazing. Okuakuejo had more shortcomings as a hotel than anywhere else we stayed and I wouldn't have missed it for the world. We were genuinely sad to leave our chalet and the memory of our afternoons and evenings watching the animals will last a lifetime." See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

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