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Doro Nawas
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Doro Nawas

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

Wildlife sightings by our travellers
Starting in May-2018, 88 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Doro Nawas.
Lion

0% success

Leopard

0% success

Cheetah

2% success

Elephant

90% success

Giraffe

55% success

Oryx

53% success

Zebra

18% success

Wildebeest

6% success

Brown Hyena

5% success

Black Rhino

2% success

Spotted Hyena

2% success

Showing 81-90 of 493
Duration
Arrival date
Mr GM
Porthcawl

"Doro Nawas review"

2 nights Arrived 11 Jul 2019
"Doro !Nawas makes the journey here worth it. The people, the food, the scenery and the rooms are all better than expected. A great place." See all these reviews: 10n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Elephant

2 sightings

Oryx

1 sighting

Mr J x 4
USA

"Great singing"

1 night Arrived 29 Jun 2019
"We had no water in the camp the morning we left because the elephants had torn out the water line serving the camp. I thought it was great--my wife, not so much.

The staff greeted us with a song then sang several songs for everyone after dinner. I am not given to organized fun, but their three part harmony was excellent. They had obviously practiced a lot and seemed to enjoy giving the performance." See all these reviews: 7n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Average
Mr & Mrs M
Edinburgh

"Great stay at Doro Nawas"

2 nights Arrived 26 Jun 2019
"Amazing location, really love the appearance and outlook of the main lodge, chalets were great, very friendly staff and great welcome.

Best singers on our trip and it was lovely to hear the local click dialect. Bush dinner was a great experience though the cuts of meat were not as lean as we expected. Having said that, lunch at the lodge was the best we had on the entire trip.

Game drive was great as well and amazing to get close to the desert elephants." See all these reviews: 21n in Namibia; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Elephant

2 sightings

Oryx

10 sightings

Pavel
Eleebana

"Doro Nawas review"

2 nights Arrived 12 Jun 2019
"Attractive location with a beautiful view.

The highlights were the tour to Damara Living Museum and desert adapted elephants.

Also sleepout at night and the presentation of bush dinner." See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Oryx

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Family K
Florida

"Lovely"

2 nights Arrived 31 May 2019
"We also loved this lodge and the layout. We were lucky as we saw desert elephant the evening we arrived. We drove ourselves to the different spots and so just used it as a base. We enjoyed Twyfelfontain but the organ pipes could be skipped. We really loved the petrified forest on the way to Etosha." See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Elephant

1 sighting

Oryx

4 sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Mr J.
Ireland

"Doro Nawas review"

2 nights Arrived 18 Apr 2019
"A lovely lodge where you get a great local welcome and you really sense that locals are at the heart of running the place. Very happy with everything here. Staff very welcoming.

The footpaths and steep path to main reception may be a problem for people with mobility issues. Nice comfortable chalets - no air conditioning but that wasn't a problem as nights were cool.

Spectacular views and the rooftop barbeque was a real treat. Highly recommend." See all these reviews: 16n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Mr & Mrs A
Hants

"Doro Nawas review"

2 nights Arrived 22 Dec 2018
"Exceptionally welcoming staff.

Inclusion of wine appreciated." See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Mrs A & Mr M
London

"A good one night stopover"

1 night Arrived 10 Nov 2018
"Our welcome was not as good as at other Namibean establishments which means we can't rate our stay as excellent.

However we liked staying here, the food was good and the chalets very comfortable.

Staying here meant we could see the rock engravings at Twyfelfontein, the Organ Pipes and Burnt Mountain and spend time at the Damara Living Museum - all very worthwhile." See all these reviews: 17n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Mrs F.
Aylesbury

"Doro Nawas review"

2 nights Arrived 28 Oct 2018
"We have never had a sung welcome but absolutely loved it!

Wonderful hill-top building, trying to blend in with the surrounding rocks. Well spaced apart tents, beautifully decorated and equipped. Loved the outside shower. Good food and very friendly, well trained staff.

Very good guide Collen who helped us succeed in finding the desert elephants we had gone to see. Very knowledgeable and entertaining and sympathetic to what we wanted to do. Also a wonderful bush supper, again with singing to welcome us all and the menu translated into their 'click' language.

All great! Such amazing views and sunsets - never to be forgotten.

Would have preferred excursions to have been included." See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Elephant

1 sighting

Ms T.
London

"Breath-taking location"

2 nights Arrived 23 Oct 2018
"Breath-taking location, beautiful chalets, great staff. This is a very special place.

Excellent from beginning to end." See all these reviews: 16n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Elephant

2 sightings

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