Reviews of Doro Nawas
Wildlife sightings and reviews
499 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"
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
"Doro Nawas review"
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
"Doro Nawas - what a gem"
The staff were wonderful - within 5 minutes of arrival they all knew our names- impressive!
Our room was huge and well equipped with everything you could need - maybe some more comfy chairs on the huge balcony would be nice but actually the bar area in the lodge is so attractive that we barely stayed in the room. We did I not use the pool here but it looked fine.
The food was good - we ate on the roof top of the lodge - great in the evening but a tad chilly in the mornings for breakfast!
As we left they very kindly handed me a gift for my husbands forthcoming birthday and a lovely farewell song and dance from the wonderful staff." See all these reviews: 16n in Namibia; 3n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
Elephant
5 sightings
Giraffe
4 sightings
"Doro Nawas review"
The staff were considerably less friendly and the site was more tatty (eg plug sockets hanging off walls in bedroom)
Sleeping under the stars was amazing though, and our tour guide here was brilliant" See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia
Elephant
Multiple sightings
Oryx
Multiple sightings
"Doro Nawas review"
Excellent guide who made the desert elephant tracking very enjoyable.
Great fun sleeping and showering under the stars on the veranda." See all these reviews: 30n in Namibia
"Doro Nawas review"
The view from the wraparound deck in the main building was just gorgeous and the rooftop dining area was even more spectacular. The staff were the best we came across - knowledgeable, friendly, helpful, nothing was too much trouble for them. The activities we did - morning and afternoon drives - were worth every penny as we saw not only lots of desert adapted elephants up close, but also giraffes, baboons and even a vulture. The locations for the sundowners were perfect. A quick visit to the Damaraland living museum was very interesting and worth a stop.
Although we could have slept outside we chose not to, but did spend a very happy couple of hours on our deck at nighttime just sat sipping on wine, looking at the gazillions of stars we could see.......heavenly!" See all these reviews: 11n in Namibia
Elephant
4 sightings
Giraffe
2 sightings
Oryx
3 sightings
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