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Reviews of Okaukuejo Camp

Wildlife sightings and reviews

723 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, 130 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Okaukuejo Camp.
Lion

66% success

Leopard

6% success

Cheetah

18% success

Giraffe

99% success

Zebra

97% success

Oryx

96% success

Elephant

96% success

Wildebeest

93% success

Black Rhino

89% success

Spotted Hyena

56% success

Eland

45% success

White Rhino

39% success

Brown Hyena

23% success

Roan antelope

20% success

Sable antelope

14% success

Aardvark

0% success

Pangolin

0% success

Showing 31-40 of 723
Duration
Arrival date
Stuart
London

"Okaukuejo Camp review"

1 night Arrived 23 Oct 2023
"Gets the 4* only because of the waterhole. Rooms OK but less charm than other places we stayed.

Food quality was good, but service hopelessly slow and chaotic.

Not enough sun loungers around the pool.

But the floodlit waterhole was one of the highlights of our holiday." See all these reviews: 17n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Mr & Mrs C
Bristol

"Okaukuejo, 2nd short stay"

1 night Arrived 16 Oct 2023
"To get here we had driven back from the east side of the park, again seeing many animals.

One memorable sighting was of a large group of about 30 elephants of various ages at a large waterhole in the park. Several of them entered the water. The younger ones particularly seemed to be having fun submerging themselves and splashing around. Back at Okaukuejo Camp 2 large groups of elephants visited the waterhole in the late afternoon. Again the younger ones enjoyed splashing around.

Around 9pm at least 6 Black Rhinos visited. 3 or 4 had a youngster with them.

Our chalet was near the waterhole again, and was quite comfortable. The meal at the restaurant was of decent quality." See all these reviews: 16n in Namibia; 4n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

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

Black Rhino

6 sightings

Elephant

9 sightings

Giraffe

5 sightings

Oryx

1 sighting

Roan antelope

1 sighting

Wildebeest

5 sightings

Zebra

6 sightings

Mr & Mrs C
Bristol

"Large government run camp in the heart of Eto"

1 night Arrived 13 Oct 2023
"We had two separate one night stays here. This was the first stay. The two separate stays actually worked very well as after the first stay we left for two nights in a lodge in the east of Etosha. We came back for one night before continuing our travels. Driving long distances through the park enabled us to see lots of wildlife, more than we would have seen if we had stayed in the vicinity of the camp.

Our first impressions were how big the camp was. As well as a campground there are many individual chalets. We stayed in a chalet near the waterhole.

Evenings seemed to be the best time to see animals at the waterhole. We saw two elephants, a giraffe, and when it was dark 2 black rhinos. An afternoon drive with a guide was rather disappointing, except for seeing one black rhino at a waterhole in the park. Also a steenbok. The guide spotted a lioness lying under a tree about 200 metres away, but his eye was better than ours!

Driving through the park the following day we saw many many animals: elephants; giraffes; zebra; wildebeest; springbok; ostriches;

One comment re administration: It would be good if, on check-in, one could check in and pay the park fee with the same person. At present, there are two separate queues, one for checking in/out. A second to pay the park fee." See all these reviews: 16n in Namibia; 4n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

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

Black Rhino

1 sighting

Bintang
Cambridge

"Okaukuejo Camp review"

2 nights Arrived 9 Oct 2023
"We stayed in a Premier Waterhole Chalet, on of 4 double storey chalets overlooking the waterhole. Well worth paying the extra cost even if you don't need all the beds. Other waterhole chalets don't actually look over the waterhole. You can sit on the upstairs veranda enjoying a quiet drink whilst waiting for the game to arrive. A times there was no activity but then the waterhole was full of elephants, followed by other game, all appearing to take their turn.

Expert Africa's information is a little out of date. The N$500 is a key deposit, there is no longer an inventory, nor is there anything in the chalet except for bedding, towels and some glasses. No chance of self catering unless you take all your own equipment including crockery. They also request payment by credit card which is just a quick as elsewhere in Namibia. One of our cards was declined at the petrol pump but another one worked OK.

Service is generally slow, especially for dinner in the restaurant at peak times." See all these reviews: 11n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Claire M
Toronto

"Okaukuejo Camp review"

1 night Arrived 30 Sep 2023
"The waterhole was the highlight here. I was very fortunate the one night we stayed there to see 11 black rhino there! Seven at one time. I loved how it was an easy walk from our chalet to the waterhole.

We had dinner at the restaurant and didn't have the best experience. We had been warned that service might be "indifferent" but our server outright ignored us for about an hour and then got upset when we
1) went to find her and
2) went to the front desk to ask for support.

Other servers eventually stepped in and got us our dinner, but we sat for more than 1.5 hours before that happened. The food was cold when it arrived.

The chalet was basic but had everything we needed. It was great that it had a fridge, kettle and a braai. My suggestion for other travellers would be to buy a few supplies and make your own dinner rather than deal with the restaurant here." See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average

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

Black Rhino

1 sighting

Elephant

1 sighting

Giraffe

1 sighting

Mr & Ms W
Manchester

"Okaukuejo Camp review"

2 nights Arrived 23 Sep 2023
"This lodge was probably the one disappointment in our stay in Namibia.

The room was very tired, food was not great and the staff seemed apathetic. Location in the park was useful and there was many watering holes to visit with the freedom to drive ourselves.

However you are limited to the roads so it is largely down to luck at what is nearby.

None of the wildlife experiences we had here ranked amongst the top of our trip" See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Rooms:
Poor
Food:
Poor
Service:
Average
Facilities:
Average
Sightings Report

Brown Hyena

1 sighting

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Lion

Multiple sightings

Oryx

Multiple sightings

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Mrs B.
Chicago

"Okaukuejo Camp review"

2 nights Arrived 17 Sep 2023
"Average room and A/C was not working." See all these reviews: 16n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

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

Black Rhino

Multiple sightings

Brown Hyena

Multiple sightings

Cheetah

1 sighting

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Lion

Multiple sightings

Oryx

Multiple sightings

Spotted Hyena

1 sighting

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Mr P.
Chelmsford

"Okaukuejo Camp review"

2 nights Arrived 16 Sep 2023
"Same as on Numatoni plus very good waterhole where everyone was very respectful and silent" See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

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

Black Rhino

Multiple sightings

Cheetah

1 sighting

Eland

Multiple sightings

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Oryx

Multiple sightings

Spotted Hyena

1 sighting

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Mr D.Geer
Chelmsford

"Okaukuejo Camp review"

2 nights Arrived 16 Sep 2023
"Very comfortable and better than expected" See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

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

Black Rhino

Multiple sightings

Cheetah

1 sighting

Eland

1 sighting

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Oryx

Multiple sightings

Roan antelope

1 sighting

Spotted Hyena

1 sighting

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Mrs W
Bath

"Okaukuejo Camp review"

1 night Arrived 15 Sep 2023
"We stayed here for one night in a Premier Waterhole Chalet as it was a convenient location and to enjoy the wildlife at the waterhole. We had to pay the deposit on arrival but there was no inventory and it was returned on check out.

Our chalet was clean and the air con worked well. However there were a number of light bulbs that needed replacing. The staff were efficient if not particularly friendly. We didn’t have dinner in the restaurant but bought a lunch pack from our previous lodge and had it as a picnic on our balcony whilst watching the waterhole in the evening.

Breakfast was adequate but you could be waiting a while if there was a queue to get your eggs cooked. Overall we had a satisfactory stay.

We topped up with petrol here but at the time they were rationing everyone to 20 litres as they were running out." See all these reviews: 23n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

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

Black Rhino

6 sightings

Elephant

10 sightings

Giraffe

10 sightings

Leopard

1 sighting

Lion

10 sightings

Oryx

Multiple sightings

Wildebeest

10 sightings

Zebra

10 sightings

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