Reviews of Okonjima Plains Camp
Wildlife sightings and reviews
396 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
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"Upgraded to Bush Camp"
The guides Albert and Jacques were dedicated to finding us a leopard, we saw three hyenas rolling in a waterhole, photographed a sleepy Spotted Eagle Owl quite close by, and really enjoyed getting to know the other guests at dinner.
Best of all was a stop in at the Africat clinic where annual health checks for the cheetah were being given and we learned more about the lives of this threatened species and all that Africat is doing to protect and promte them." See all these reviews: 22n in Namibia
"Okonjima Main Camp review"
The sighting of a leopard and her cub were a once in a lifetime experience. Thank you to everyone concerned." See all these reviews: 8n in Namibia; 1n in South Africa
"Okonjima Main Camp review"
"Okonjima Main Camp review"
We were thrilled when we saw a leopard coming out of the bush towards us; we had close up views of the cheetahs which we hadn't anticipated and saw a bigger range of wildlife overall. Great guide. It is worth doing a 'night drive' just to see the spring hares
Staff here set the standard for professionalism. Would definitely try to stay here again if we ever return to Namibia!" See all these reviews: 11n in Namibia
"Good game tracking at Okonjima"
On our first game drive we encountered cheetah that were semi-tame, contained within an enclosure, and not themselves capable to hunt game. On other drives, we used radio antenna to track leopard and hyena that had been collared, and were living in the wild. We got the impression that we might not have found the leopard at all by more 'normal' tracking methods.
We also enjoyed night game viewing of animals from a hide, where food is routinely left for them in a prepared location. These were excellent experiences, but they felt a little contrived, and different from our previous game viewing activities. We also felt that the presentation of Africat work was somewaht low key." See all these reviews: 9n in Namibia
"Okonjima Main Camp review"
Service was excellent and the best we experienced in Namibia. In addition the food was also excellent. Although the animals are in an 'enclosed' space -- this is so huge (thousands of square kilometers) that even the animals that are radio-collared were difficult to find." See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia
"Brilliant place for Cheetahs!"
Main draw here for us are the cheetahs and we had a lovely afternoon seeing six of them. Activity is itself limited to well worn tracks within well-secured pens. You will not see any part of the action or works they do here, as they are all tucked away somewhere.
The guided walk tracking collared hyena is very good in itself as you get chance to have a couple of hours to walk and get a bit of exercise.
The waterhole by the main area is lovely and lots of Oryx's' are always around. They serve lovely a breakfast and especially the freshly made omelets. The dinners are very good and have a very nice selection of wine too. There are very friendly and professional staff and guides, which made our stay very memorable. We loved the swimming pool here." See all these reviews: 8n in Namibia; 8n in Botswana; 1n in South Africa
"an excellent place to visit"
I left wishing we had had more time here." See all these reviews: 18n in Namibia
"The cats were a treat"
The new rooms are beautiful; the older rooms looked as though they were small, but I did not see any interiors.
The gardens were a great place to relax, with many birds (thanks to several birdfeeders).
We only stayed here one night, but I think two would have been nice, because there seemed to be good walking, in addition to the cat-viewing rides, and it was just a nice place to hang out." See all these reviews: 17n in Namibia; 3n in Botswana
"Okonjima Main Camp review"
In our opinion, Michael was the best guide we had on the whole trip, very knowledgeable, mature and calm about what he does. The food was good and the pool was superb.
The Leopard drive in the morning was great fun and if we had stayed another night I would have gone on the Cheetah drive again. It was so nice to see them with space and lots of shelter." See all these reviews: 19n in Namibia
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