Reviews of Halali Camp
Wildlife sightings and reviews
337 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Halali Camp and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa
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"Halali Camp Review"
The services in the camp area were minimal.
Despite its shortcomings, the camp is, however, ideally located for an overnight stop in the central part of Etosha when driving between the eastern and western gates" See all these reviews: 22n in Namibia; 6n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
"An excellent base for exploration"
Halali Camp is government run and has a very different feel to most of the places we had stayed - just a bit 'tired'. However it is a great base to explore the park - which is done in your own vehicle. We had some good food in the restaurant and the Camp has direct access to the Moringa water-hole.
Room was fair and clean.
Finding animals at water-holes seemed to be a matter of luck as they often came and went quite quickly - and were as likely to be around at mid-day as in the early morning or late afternoon!" See all these reviews: 17n in Namibia
Elephant
2 sightings
Giraffe
3 sightings
Oryx
3 sightings
White Rhino
1 sighting
Wildebeest
3 sightings
Zebra
3 sightings
"Very good value and perfect to spot animals"
Water point to spot animals - We saw a family of 30 elephants! Memorable night" See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia
"Halali Camp review"
Black Rhino
3 sightings
Elephant
5 sightings
Giraffe
10 sightings
Lion
2 sightings
Oryx
10 sightings
Spotted Hyena
1 sighting
Wildebeest
10 sightings
Zebra
10 sightings
"What we were expecting"
The restaurant was a buffet for all meals where the food was just about acceptable. The restaurant was however rather expensive - $280 for a refectory style meal. Compared with restaurant prices in Windhoek and Swakopmund, this is very expensive, even allowing for the relatively remote location.
The swimming pool was large and well used.
Our rationale for staying at Halali was that we could drive ourselves around Etosha (which it is designed for), stay for as long as we liked at each water hole, and not lose time driving from a camp outside the park. This plan worked extremely well as one day we spent over two hours watching 40+ elephants at Oliphant Bad. It was magical. Also late one evening we found black rhino mating - if we had not being staying at Halali we would have already been leaving the park.
Although Halali in theory has internet which costs N$100 - in practice it was off for most of our stay. So not good value! And because the telephone and internet networks are so unreliable at Halali, use of credit cards is not always possible. Our experience suggests that visitors should be prepared to use cash for everything and not hope to be able to use a credit card." See all these reviews: 17n in Namibia
Black Rhino
Multiple sightings
Elephant
10 sightings
Giraffe
10 sightings
Lion
1 sighting
Oryx
10 sightings
Wildebeest
10 sightings
Zebra
10 sightings
"Halali Camp review"
Great waterhole where patience was rewarded with wildlife.
Staff not always very helpful." See all these reviews: 10n in Namibia
Black Rhino
3 sightings
Elephant
10 sightings
Giraffe
10 sightings
Leopard
2 sightings
Lion
6 sightings
Oryx
10 sightings
Spotted Hyena
3 sightings
Wildebeest
10 sightings
Zebra
10 sightings
"Basic"
Comfortable bed with mosquito net and air-conditioning.
Better than Okaukuejo for us, but we realise that this is probably due to the luck of the draw with room allocation. We had room 57." See all these reviews: 16n in Namibia
Elephant
1 sighting
Giraffe
2 sightings
Leopard
1 sighting
Oryx
1 sighting
Zebra
2 sightings
"Halali Camp review"
However, the park is great.
We enjoyed driving to the various outlooks and waterholes during the day and simply walking to the waterhole at the Halali camp itself." See all these reviews: 21n in Namibia
Elephant
10 sightings
Giraffe
10 sightings
Lion
6 sightings
Oryx
Multiple sightings
Roan antelope
10 sightings
White Rhino
6 sightings
Wildebeest
10 sightings
Zebra
10 sightings
"Halali Camp review"
Black Rhino
1 sighting
Eland
2 sightings
Elephant
10 sightings
Giraffe
10 sightings
Leopard
1 sighting
Lion
2 sightings
Oryx
10 sightings
Spotted Hyena
3 sightings
Wildebeest
3 sightings
Zebra
10 sightings
"One night a Halali"
The waterhole is some distance from the rooms, though you can drive and park closer, and it is also a clamber over rocks to find a seat, not easy at night. However, animals are attracted and we saw large herd of elephant here, enjoying plenty of antics and denying access to several black rhino.
Our room was fine, with two large double bedrooms, and a fully-equipped kitchenette. The restaurant food isn't gourmet, but you shouldn't expect this in a camp of this size and type.
Halali gives good access to many other waterholes in Etosha and is a good base for game sightings." See all these reviews: 16n in Namibia; 4n in Botswana
Black Rhino
4 sightings
Elephant
6 sightings
Giraffe
6 sightings
Oryx
4 sightings
Wildebeest
4 sightings
Zebra
4 sightings
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