Reviews of Mowani Mountain Camp
Wildlife sightings and reviews
159 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Mowani Mountain Camp and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa
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"Most amazing place we stayed at in Namibia!"
The suite had it's own terrace as well as an indoor and outdoor shower as well as an outdoor bathtub (yes, insane!). Most insane view I've ever experienced during a shower! :)
The staff were lovely, memorizing our names before we even arrived, always ready to help.
The view from the sundowner lounge overlooking the sunset was incredible, and really set the scene for the evening.
The food was amazing, a proper creative kitchen - and the service was one of the best we experienced in Namibia (where it's sometimes a little slower and less detail-oriented as one might be used to). There is no wifi in the whole lodge, which is so nice for once! You can really tune out of the business of this world and just relax!
We forgot a scarf in the room and called them up from the next place we stayed at. They went out of their way to get it back to us in the hotel we stayed at the end in Windhoek - that is just amazing." See all these reviews: 9n in Namibia
"Wonderful location and a great concept"
The sundowner - the location - is brilliant and the dinner that followed very good, with excellent service from Gerard. After dinner we had some drinks around the fire, and the manager spent a good amount of time speaking with us, which was a really nice touch." See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia
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The lunch was excellent but the dinner didn't quite live up to expectations." See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia
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We really enjoyed the small water hole beside the main building which attracted birds and small animals. Also the sun-downer hill with a great view of the sunset over the nearby plain.
Our morning drive to find desert elephants was successful and we had ample opportunity to watch the herd. There was one elephant 'toddler' who was particularly fun to watch as he tried to race ahead." See all these reviews: 19n in Namibia; 4n in Botswana; 3n in Zimbabwe
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"Loveliness in the middle of nowhere!"
Food excellent, staff friendly and helpful. Fantastic trip out to see the desert elephants with an informative guide.
If you have time, the official petrified forest is worth a visit." See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia; 3n in Botswana; 3n in Zimbabwe
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Great birthday celebrations for my husband with cake, prosecco and staff singing to him!" See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia
"Lovely camp and great elephants"
Good mosquito precautions, but no mosquitos. Annoying flies which buzz around your eyes prevented us sitting on our terrace with its delightful views across the valley at the back of the camp. The rooms at the front looked to us to have better views, and would also benefit from the afternoon breezes. Rock dassies run around the camp, along with beautiful lizards. Management were friendly and helpful, although they didn’t plan our second day’s afternoon activity, so we had to initiate that ourselves.
There is a tiny swimming pool. More effective is the splendid rocky ledge which serves as the sundowner terrace, affording wonderful valley views as the sun goes down, accompanied by your favourite cocktail served by obliging and friendly staff. Service was horribly slow, particularly at breakfast, where I failed to get my hot order in time to make the morning activity, even though I arrived the moment the restaurant opened.
The activities are good. The highlight of course is the morning drive to find the desert elephants. We had a herd of 14 in the dry river bed, just half an hour from camp, and the interaction with the 3 vehicles present was fabulous – I could have reached out and touched two elephants as they ambled by our jeep. The trip to the rock engravings at Tywfelfontein is intriguing and very interesting, and makes a nice diversion from game drives. The park has very little wildlife apart from the elephants, although an afternoon birding drive yielded three different types of hornbill." See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia
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Our guide (Atan) was friendly and knowledgeable and we really enjoyed the excursions to observe desert elephants and see the petroglyphs." See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia; 3n in Botswana; 1n in South Africa
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The birds around the camp are also amazing - we found it hard to pull ourselves away from the birds at the bird pool. Staff great, wonderful place." See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia
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