Reviews of Okaukuejo Camp
Wildlife sightings and reviews
724 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Okaukuejo Camp and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa
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"Okaukuejo Camp review"
Well worth the addition of the premier waterside chalets, as you can sit to your hearts content watching - all night if you want! Saw lots and lots of animals here, including 7 rhinos all at once one evening, 15 giraffe - large herds of elephants and even lions visited to take a drink and to stalk local wildlife - without success.
Camp food is fairly basic, but edible. Some staff are amazing, others need a bit more training.
We found the reception staff to be very helpful when we had a glitch - have been before and would go again.
Love this place!" See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia
Black Rhino
7 sightings
Eland
1 sighting
Elephant
Multiple sightings
Giraffe
10 sightings
Lion
Multiple sightings
Oryx
10 sightings
Wildebeest
10 sightings
Zebra
10 sightings
"Okaukuejo Camp review"
Food quality was good, but service hopelessly slow and chaotic.
Not enough sun loungers around the pool.
But the floodlit waterhole was one of the highlights of our holiday." See all these reviews: 17n in Namibia
"Okaukuejo, 2nd short stay"
One memorable sighting was of a large group of about 30 elephants of various ages at a large waterhole in the park. Several of them entered the water. The younger ones particularly seemed to be having fun submerging themselves and splashing around. Back at Okaukuejo Camp 2 large groups of elephants visited the waterhole in the late afternoon. Again the younger ones enjoyed splashing around.
Around 9pm at least 6 Black Rhinos visited. 3 or 4 had a youngster with them.
Our chalet was near the waterhole again, and was quite comfortable. The meal at the restaurant was of decent quality." See all these reviews: 16n in Namibia; 4n in South Africa
Black Rhino
6 sightings
Elephant
9 sightings
Giraffe
5 sightings
Oryx
1 sighting
Roan antelope
1 sighting
Wildebeest
5 sightings
Zebra
6 sightings
"Large government run camp in the heart of Eto"
Our first impressions were how big the camp was. As well as a campground there are many individual chalets. We stayed in a chalet near the waterhole.
Evenings seemed to be the best time to see animals at the waterhole. We saw two elephants, a giraffe, and when it was dark 2 black rhinos. An afternoon drive with a guide was rather disappointing, except for seeing one black rhino at a waterhole in the park. Also a steenbok. The guide spotted a lioness lying under a tree about 200 metres away, but his eye was better than ours!
Driving through the park the following day we saw many many animals: elephants; giraffes; zebra; wildebeest; springbok; ostriches;
One comment re administration: It would be good if, on check-in, one could check in and pay the park fee with the same person. At present, there are two separate queues, one for checking in/out. A second to pay the park fee." See all these reviews: 16n in Namibia; 4n in South Africa
Black Rhino
1 sighting
"Okaukuejo Camp review"
Expert Africa's information is a little out of date. The N$500 is a key deposit, there is no longer an inventory, nor is there anything in the chalet except for bedding, towels and some glasses. No chance of self catering unless you take all your own equipment including crockery. They also request payment by credit card which is just a quick as elsewhere in Namibia. One of our cards was declined at the petrol pump but another one worked OK.
Service is generally slow, especially for dinner in the restaurant at peak times." See all these reviews: 11n in Namibia
"Okaukuejo Camp review"
We had dinner at the restaurant and didn't have the best experience. We had been warned that service might be "indifferent" but our server outright ignored us for about an hour and then got upset when we
1) went to find her and
2) went to the front desk to ask for support.
Other servers eventually stepped in and got us our dinner, but we sat for more than 1.5 hours before that happened. The food was cold when it arrived.
The chalet was basic but had everything we needed. It was great that it had a fridge, kettle and a braai. My suggestion for other travellers would be to buy a few supplies and make your own dinner rather than deal with the restaurant here." See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia
Black Rhino
1 sighting
Elephant
1 sighting
Giraffe
1 sighting
"Okaukuejo Camp review"
The room was very tired, food was not great and the staff seemed apathetic. Location in the park was useful and there was many watering holes to visit with the freedom to drive ourselves.
However you are limited to the roads so it is largely down to luck at what is nearby.
None of the wildlife experiences we had here ranked amongst the top of our trip" See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia
Brown Hyena
1 sighting
Elephant
Multiple sightings
Giraffe
Multiple sightings
Lion
Multiple sightings
Oryx
Multiple sightings
Wildebeest
Multiple sightings
Zebra
Multiple sightings
"Okaukuejo Camp review"
Black Rhino
Multiple sightings
Brown Hyena
Multiple sightings
Cheetah
1 sighting
Elephant
Multiple sightings
Giraffe
Multiple sightings
Lion
Multiple sightings
Oryx
Multiple sightings
Spotted Hyena
1 sighting
Wildebeest
Multiple sightings
Zebra
Multiple sightings
"Okaukuejo Camp review"
Black Rhino
Multiple sightings
Cheetah
1 sighting
Eland
Multiple sightings
Elephant
Multiple sightings
Giraffe
Multiple sightings
Oryx
Multiple sightings
Spotted Hyena
1 sighting
Wildebeest
Multiple sightings
Zebra
Multiple sightings
"Okaukuejo Camp review"
Black Rhino
Multiple sightings
Cheetah
1 sighting
Eland
1 sighting
Elephant
Multiple sightings
Giraffe
Multiple sightings
Oryx
Multiple sightings
Roan antelope
1 sighting
Spotted Hyena
1 sighting
Wildebeest
Multiple sightings
Zebra
Multiple sightings
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