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Okonjima Plains Camp
Okonjima Plains Camp
Okonjima Plains Camp
Okonjima Plains Camp
Okonjima Plains Camp
Okonjima Plains Camp
Okonjima Plains Camp
Okonjima Plains Camp
Okonjima Plains Camp
Okonjima Plains Camp

Reviews of Okonjima Plains Camp

Wildlife sightings and reviews

395 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Okonjima Plains 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, 68 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Okonjima Plains Camp.
Leopard

97% success

Wild dog

15% success

Oryx

98% success

Giraffe

97% success

Zebra

97% success

Wildebeest

73% success

Eland

59% success

Brown Hyena

56% success

Sable antelope

50% success

White Rhino

30% success

Spotted Hyena

11% success

Aardvark

10% success

Pangolin

9% success

Showing 11-20 of 395
Duration
Arrival date
DD & PK
New York

"Okonjima Plains Camp review"

2 nights Arrived 14 Jul 2023
"We loved Okonjima! The leopard tracking and pangolin tracking tours were amazing! We were incredibly lucky to see a leopard kill a guinea fowl (our guide said he had seen a leopard kill only three times before in his 15 years there); carry it back to her cub; and cry out to her cub to find it. We saw the cub cry out later and eventually saw mother and cub reunited and then chased away by a brown hyena. We loved watching the pangolin, as well, and learned a lot about the animals from the researcher on our trip. The rooms were also excellent and, although not heated, it was nice to have a non-drafty building rather than a tent for a change. We also loved the hiking trails--we hiked two of them in one day after days of sitting in our car and driving through Etosha." See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Brown Hyena

2 sightings

Giraffe

10 sightings

Leopard

1 sighting

Oryx

10 sightings

Pangolin

1 sighting

Zebra

10 sightings

Ms J.
Northallerton

"Okonjima Plains Camp review"

1 night Arrived 24 Jun 2023
"Fabulous warm reception from all the staff.

Our room was lovely with fabulous views. The food I have to say was superb and dinner has to be one of the best meals we have had in a long time.

The game drives we chose were Leopard Tracking in the evening and Cheetahs in the morning.

Leopard tracking was excellent plenty of game to see on the drive and we got extremely close to two Leopards.

Cheetahs in the morning had the added bonus of seeing the lions been fed." See all these reviews: 7n in Namibia; 4n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Giraffe

2 sightings

Leopard

2 sightings

Oryx

2 sightings

Zebra

2 sightings

Mrs K
Andover

"Okonjima Plains Camp review"

2 nights Arrived 24 Jun 2023
"Had a wonderful stay at Okonjima.

Staff so friendly. Rooms had wonderful views of the savannah with plenty of wildlife.

Family of warthogs slept in front of our room at night — very cute. Food was excellent.

Activities were outstanding. Two members of our group did the pangolin tracking at night and were rewarded with 30 minutes watching a pangolin.

Had a sundowner in the company of 3 white rhinos whilst out of the vehicle on foot - very exhilarating.

Can’t rate this place highly enough." See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Brown Hyena

1 sighting

Eland

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Oryx

Multiple sightings

Pangolin

1 sighting

Sable antelope

Multiple sightings

White Rhino

Multiple sightings

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Mr&Mrs L.
Paris

"Okonjima Plains Camp review"

2 nights Arrived 8 Jun 2023
"Okonjima Plains camp is a great place to be highly recommmended.

We were delighted by the huge glass windows of our Standard Room. From our bed, we could see animals roaming in the bush.

Very good food, excellent service.

Stunning successful trackings of leopards and the day after of the white rhinos with one of their competent guides.Among the best experiences we have ever had ." See all these reviews: 21n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Stefano
New York

"Okonjima Plains Camp review"

1 night Arrived 1 Jun 2023
"Okonjima was a perfect end of our trip. The standard rooms were huge and spotless with a fantastic view of the plains. The main lodge is very comfortable and welcoming with tea , coffee and cake and excellent food .

I was a little worried when I saw a long line of vehicles ready to take the guests for the afternoon activities . I thought we are going to be ten cars around a leopard . But everything is so well planned that the cars went in different directions and for our leopard tracking it was just our car ( excellent guide Martin) and we saw first a collared leopard and later her 2 years old son uncollared and very relaxed .

The next morning , we went to the Africat center and even though this is for their safety , it is still a little sad to see the cheetahs walking around their large enclosure. Still a positive and interesting experience." See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Eland

1 sighting

Giraffe

3 sightings

Leopard

2 sightings

Oryx

1 sighting

Zebra

3 sightings

Shannon
Northants

"Okonjima Plains Camp review"

1 night Arrived 8 May 2023
"Beautiful room and site.

Great opportunity to see the big cats we hadn't seen already.

Had an issue with a guide/drive here, but we mentioned this on a feedback form and the manager came and spoke to us about this directly to resolve this" See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Eland

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

1 sighting

Leopard

1 sighting

Oryx

Multiple sightings

White Rhino

1 sighting

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Wallington
UK

"Okonjima Plains Camp review"

2 nights Arrived 6 May 2023
"This was our second visit to Okonjima, as we had enjoyed our first visit. There is a great Savannah view from the standard room, with a large picture window.
Little has changed and we had an excellent leopard tracking activity.
HOWEVER, Okonjima is a cheetah santuary. When we asked about cheetah tracking, we were advised that they have all been eaten by the leopards.
Don't laugh." See all these reviews: 30n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Dr. L & wife
Denmark

"Okonjima Plains Camp review"

1 night Arrived 17 Oct 2022
"We are in Okonjima nature reserve, a family run lodge and conversation project. Once it was a cattle farm, now a 200 km2 nature reserve established in 1992. Through “AfriCat” focusing on the large carnivores; rescue, rehabilitation and release.

We are in the Plains Camp in the protected area. A bit like Jurassic Park, our little village is surrounded by fences to keep the large predators out! We all remember how that worked out in Jurassic Park ;-)

We leave the protected area tracking leopards. In front of the safari vehicle, our guide tracks the collared leopard with an antenna. Beep – beep – beep the sound get higher when we get closer to the animal. Why does it instantly remind me of Sigourney Weaver “Alien” from 1979?

At first, we see a beautiful young leopard in a tree. It decides to vanish into the bush.

Then we track a large leopard in the bush. It´s difficult to find. Amazing how deep into the scrubs we get. No easy route out again. There she is. Just next to a large tree. Guarding her evening meal in the tree. We keep some distance; leopards are very protective when it comes to protecting their prey.

Back in the Plains Camp again after an exciting game drive. Okonjima was just a stopover on our route to Mundulea (link), but it turned out to be a positive surprise. We were in the “standard rooms” rather than the “view rooms”. They were large and spotless clean, had all necessities and a fantastic view. Hard to imagine the view rooms can be much better!" See all these reviews: 35n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Service:
Average
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Average
Facilities:
Good
D & P
Lavenham

"Okonjima Plains Camp review"

1 night Arrived 29 Sep 2022
"We were only here one night. Had stayed here previously, and the activity we most enjoyed was the night hide. We enquired about this, and we’re told that it was only available as part of the night drive.

So we paid £100 and did the night drive, only to discover that the hide was only available to Bush Camp guests! Disappointing.

The night drive was at 8.30, so we went for 7.00 supper. Service very slow, but we just managed to finish, only to discover that the drive was 9.00 - wrong information.

A disappointing end to a lovely holiday." See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average

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

Sable antelope

1 sighting

Zebra

1 sighting

Mr & Mrs R
Syderstone

"Okonjima Plains Camp review"

2 nights Arrived 19 Sep 2022
"The stay at Okonjima was the highlight of our trip. The whole camp is stunning: we were quite blown away by the quality and size of our room and by the trips we made.

Our introductory talk was informative and felt very personal. Our request to visit the Africat foundation at a time to better suit us was instantly sorted. We felt it was a bonus to be with the same guide, Asser, for all three of the trips we made; he was so helpful in providing a means for me to get in and out of the vehicle, from a step to a pile of rocks! It made our visit feel much more personal and tailored to us. Asser's knowledge really made this visit something special.

The morning game drive was wonderful, despite the freezing temperature! We roamed the vast reserve and truely felt that we were the only visitors, going off on routes that no one else took.
The leopard tracking was incredibly exciting and the first spotting of the leopard was magical. There was no rush to leave; we watched and followed her for over an hour, with the guide changing the vehicle's position frequently to ensure the best camera angles.

The visit to Africat Foundation was, again, made by Asser's informative presentation on dealing with big cats on farms; it helped us to understand the reasons behind the problems. The visit to the cheetahs was, of course, amazing.

The food here was delicious. A copious breakfast was awaiting after an early morning drive. Service at dinner was excellent.

We visited Okonjima 22 years ago. It was fascinating to see how it has developed, grown and changed, whilst keeping to the family-feel that it always had. We appreciated that many staff were interested in our tales of that visit and we have a request to send the photos." See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia; 7n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Giraffe

3 sightings

Leopard

1 sighting

Oryx

6 sightings

Sable antelope

2 sightings

Wildebeest

3 sightings

Zebra

4 sightings

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