Reviews of Doro Nawas
Wildlife sightings and reviews
493 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Doro Nawas and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa
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"Doro Nawas review"
Cheetah
1 sighting
Elephant
Multiple sightings
Giraffe
Multiple sightings
Oryx
Multiple sightings
Spotted Hyena
1 sighting
Wildebeest
Multiple sightings
Zebra
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"Doro Nawas review"
Elephant
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Oryx
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"Doro Nawas review"
Nothing was too much trouble, and the welcome was impressive including the a capella singing to greet us, entertain us at supper and wave us goodbye at the end.
The rooms were well appointed and spacious with plenty of hot water and other amenities. You could sleep under the stars and the staff would roll out your bed and ensure you had extra blankets and a hot water bottle. It was magical.
The food was delicious, with barbecues and tables under the stars on one night.
The guiding staff were around the evening before pointing out stars and constellations. The early start the next day was wonderful with the sun rising over the desert. Our guide showed us how to spot tracks, and we headed off to find desert elephants - surprisingly friendly. Our guide was hugely knowledgeable on flora and fauna as well as animal behaviour. Again a lot of birds as well as elephants, giraffes, baboons, ostriches, tree squirrels and much more.
It was also really interesting to be part of a community project and to see this in action.
The pool was wonderfully refreshing and lovely to use" See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia; 3n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
Elephant
Multiple sightings
Giraffe
Multiple sightings
Oryx
Multiple sightings
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Oryx
Multiple sightings
Zebra
1 sighting
"Doro Nawas review"
The communal areas were lovely with a spectacular outlook. The staff were great and very friendly.
The food was fine on the first night and then the BBQ on the second night was great. We enjoyed singing from the staff - impressive harmonising!" See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia
"Doro Nawas review"
Dinner on the roof under the stars was really special. The singing after dinner was a particular highlight for our son, who did not expect it and was completely blown away.
There was some confusion regarding activities. We were told a few times that a guide would come to meet us after checkin, but that didn't really happen. It didn't matter as we intended to do most of our activities on our own anyway, but it sounded like maybe they are more used to bookings including activities.
We did in the end go on an organised drive to find to desert elephants, which was great (and successfull)." See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia; 5n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
Elephant
Multiple sightings
Oryx
Multiple sightings
"Doro Nawas review"
Took sundowner drive to see elephants and we saw them up close. Memorable experience! Took the guided trip to Twelfontaine to see the rock inscriptions, burnt mountain, the canyon and the Damara living museum. Very interesting and informative. You could do all of these on your own, but using a guide we saw the elephants a second time. We visited the petrified forest site on the way to the next stop." See all these reviews: 22n in Namibia; 3n in South Africa
Elephant
Multiple sightings
Oryx
Multiple sightings
Wildebeest
Multiple sightings
Zebra
Multiple sightings
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Elephant
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"Doro Nawas review"
Our room was delightful with a great view across the plain and although we were only 2 of the total 4 guests staying there the service was incredible, we really felt like we had the place to ourselves.
Our early morning guided tour to see the desert adapted elephants was a truly memorable morning, we were able to get very close to the family of elephants and sit in peace with them just watching and listening to them grazing on the trees, we spent hours together with hardly any other tourists. The elephants are unperturbed by the vehicle presence and even the Ostrich seemed okay with us being there, the sunrise created such great photo opportunities.
Back at the lodge our rooftop evening dining experience was completed off by the whole staff singing to us, we were very moved and felt a great deal of gratitude. The hosting is better than 5 star in Europe because its so genuine and in a local authentic way. Doro Nawas is a shared venture with local villages which means that the money generated here is more likely to reach the local community and this ethos just helped it to feel so African.
A unique place in our holiday and we would would love to go back." See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia
Elephant
Multiple sightings
Giraffe
Multiple sightings
Oryx
Multiple sightings
"Doro Nawas review"
Very nice lodge" See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia
Elephant
Multiple sightings
Oryx
1 sighting
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