Reviews of Halali Camp
Wildlife sightings and reviews
336 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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"Good base"
The big (only?) advantage is that one can start a game drive from the middle of the park itself at sunrise - breakfast is served from 530 am.
So Halali wasn't bad - but for us suffered from coming directly after Ongava Lodge." See all these reviews: 19n in Namibia
"Halali Camp review"
"Great waterhole"
"Good location in middle of park"
It would have been nice to have self-catered - but 3 drawbacks to this :
1) the shop did not sell sufficient food to make even a rudimentary meal ,
2) no utensils, crockery etc (apart from mugs & glasses) were provided ,
3) nowhere to cook apart from a braii which looked dirty & no fuel provided.
This may work for South Africans or Namibians who can come prepared, but not good for overseas tourists.
The restaurant food was OK - but overpriced (low quality , all you can eat buffet)
Sadly not many animals around the camp - we were told they had all gone east to Namutoni where there was more water- so we had to drive further than expected." See all these reviews: 23n in Namibia
We continue to use and recommend Halali due to its unique location to travellers who accept that the rooms, service and food here are usually less impressive than the location.
"Systems Manager & Senior Africa Specialist | Southern Africa"
"Nice quiet camp in Etosha"
The restaurant was comfortable, with outside covered seating and the food was good for the type of camp. We did experience difficulty getting a drink when we arrived mid-afternoon - there appeared to be no bar open outside of restaurant hours.
The waterhole at this camp is quite a long walk from the accommodation and common areas and appeared (on our one visit) to be far less frequented than some others within Etosha.
The swimming pool looked inviting, although we did not use it, and we did no activities as we did our own early morning game drive." See all these reviews: 16n in Namibia; 4n in Botswana
"Halali - an excellent base"
Food in the buffet restaurant was very good, service was a bit chaotic." See all these reviews: 11n in Namibia; 4n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
"Big surprise!"
Chaos during dinner servings with large queues and not enough seats, different prices depending on who you ask for drinks.
Overall, if your not a freak of order it's more then workable. Great location in the middle of the park." See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia
"Halali Camp review"
The only redeeming feature was the fantastic waterhole - we saw rhinos fighting and lions. And a large (hand-sized) scorpion in the camp site on the way that made me pleased we weren't camping." See all these reviews: 8n in Namibia
"fabulous waterhole, standard NP camp"
This is apparently a popular first stop for many visitors to the country so there is a lot of kerfuffle with newbie guests trying to sort out the system and not adjusting well to the norms. the waterhole gets justifiable crowded at sunset and the park should probably consider hiring a monitor to try to rein in some of the more poorly behaved visitors who can ruin the experience for the majority of people trying to watch the wildlife peacefully.
Staff in the dining room is not optimally managed so there is a bit of chaos in service and food supply for buffet lines." See all these reviews: 27n in Namibia
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