Reviews of Okonjima Bush Camp
Wildlife sightings and reviews
267 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Okonjima Bush Camp and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa
Wildlife sightings by our travellers
Starting in Jun-2018, 81 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Okonjima Bush Camp.
Leopard
92% success
Giraffe
97% success
Oryx
96% success
Zebra
96% success
Wildebeest
70% success
Brown Hyena
68% success
White Rhino
52% success
Eland
51% success
Sable antelope
46% success
Pangolin
28% success
Spotted Hyena
7% success
Aardvark
6% success
Ms O
Vancouver
"We were upgraded!"
2 nights Arrived 9 Apr 2016
"We arrived at Okonjima to find we'd been upgraded to the Villa. It was phenomenal. Two other guests joined us for dinner the first night and the next morning's activity. Aside from that we had the place to ourselves. It felt like a private house, but with a bunch of staff including a chef.
The activities were great too. Really enjoyed the cheetah tracking, especially because we were allowed to approach closely on foot. We did it twice. The first time we had to chase them down and had quite a long walk. The second time we found a pair quickly. These ones were kind enough to stay still and pose for us.
The Africat tour was very informative and provided another opportunity to get quite close to a leopard and cheetahs." See all these reviews: 16n in Namibia
The activities were great too. Really enjoyed the cheetah tracking, especially because we were allowed to approach closely on foot. We did it twice. The first time we had to chase them down and had quite a long walk. The second time we found a pair quickly. These ones were kind enough to stay still and pose for us.
The Africat tour was very informative and provided another opportunity to get quite close to a leopard and cheetahs." See all these reviews: 16n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs B
Driffield
"Supremely enjoyable from every angle"
3 nights Arrived 18 Mar 2016
"There could be no better guide than Daniel"
See all these reviews: 10n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs C
Suffolk
"Okonjima Bush Camp review"
2 nights Arrived 22 Feb 2016
"Arrived for lunch, poor welcome. Large, comfortable room No. 4 with separate siting & bird feeding area.
Charming guide Gideon took us on evening game drive. Saw Leopards before it rained. Good dinner for me as Sarah has upset stomach. the Lodge supplied her with Kaolin which helps settle her. Quiet day until evening game drive, seeing Wild Dogs, very interesting.
Lodge gave Sarah soup two nights running as she was still unwell.
More rain, visit the Africat Centre, worth a visit. Night hide visit after dinner, saw spotted Genet and Brown Hyena. Great." See all these reviews: 19n in Namibia
Charming guide Gideon took us on evening game drive. Saw Leopards before it rained. Good dinner for me as Sarah has upset stomach. the Lodge supplied her with Kaolin which helps settle her. Quiet day until evening game drive, seeing Wild Dogs, very interesting.
Lodge gave Sarah soup two nights running as she was still unwell.
More rain, visit the Africat Centre, worth a visit. Night hide visit after dinner, saw spotted Genet and Brown Hyena. Great." See all these reviews: 19n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Mr M
Shrewsbury
"Okonjima Bush Camp review"
2 nights Arrived 10 Feb 2016
"By far and away the VERY best part off our trip (2700 kilometres) enjoyed every minute, excellent in every way, even the trips were half the price the others were charging and much better than Etosha, saw a great deal more and had two great nights their. The view and comfort of the rooms truly outstanding.
Recomened, don't miss it. Stayed in room No2" See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia
Recomened, don't miss it. Stayed in room No2" See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
I&C
UK
"Okonjima Bush Camp review"
2 nights Arrived 28 Oct 2015
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Mr & Mrs T
Hampshire
"Okonjima Bush Camp review"
3 nights Arrived 24 Oct 2015
"As always very relaxing,everyone very friendly,game drives expertly managed.
Excellent, will return" See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia
Excellent, will return" See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs K
Hereford
"Great activities at Okonjima Bush Camp"
2 nights Arrived 5 Oct 2015
"Excellent service and accommodation all round and the tours were exceptional.
We took an evening tour to see porcupines and honeybadgers, a sunrise tour to track cheetahs and a sunset tour to track leopards. Our guide Daniel was excellent." See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia
We took an evening tour to see porcupines and honeybadgers, a sunrise tour to track cheetahs and a sunset tour to track leopards. Our guide Daniel was excellent." See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs R
Hereford
"Okonjima Bush Camp is perfection"
3 nights Arrived 21 Sep 2015
"We kept the best to last, this was our fifth visit, and we are now getting to know the staff and the guides as well as the Africat team
The rooms were quite fabulous before but are even better now giving a separate sitting room with wide open windows overlooking the plane , The communal areas are very attractive with loads of sitting areas,
The guides are very knowledgable and apart from tracking the leopards and cheetahs, they spot any thing else that moves, and even showed us footprints and snake tracks.
James has an interest in cheetah anatomy and was able to spend some time talking to Tristan Boheme and his vet again at the Africat.education centre
The staff always make us so welcome, we really hope we can go again before long." See all these reviews: 27n in Namibia
The rooms were quite fabulous before but are even better now giving a separate sitting room with wide open windows overlooking the plane , The communal areas are very attractive with loads of sitting areas,
The guides are very knowledgable and apart from tracking the leopards and cheetahs, they spot any thing else that moves, and even showed us footprints and snake tracks.
James has an interest in cheetah anatomy and was able to spend some time talking to Tristan Boheme and his vet again at the Africat.education centre
The staff always make us so welcome, we really hope we can go again before long." See all these reviews: 27n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mrs V
UK
"Okonjima Bush Camp review"
3 nights Arrived 20 Sep 2015
"Guiding was superb."
See all these reviews: 27n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Average
Facilities:
Excellent
Ms L
Leeds
"A wonderful upgrade to the Bush Camp"
1 night Arrived 19 Sep 2015
"We were upgraded to Okonjima Bush Camp which is the more luxurious camp, as were all the other guests in fact. We absolutely loved the place. It was beautiful, luxurious, and we had the best meal of our whole trip there. We wished we could stay for longer.
When we booked we were cautiously told it was a place for rescued cheetahs and that the leopards were collared. That is true but it is an enormous enterprise covering a huge area and there are truly wild indigenous creatures there as well. When the guides were tracking the collared leopards we stumbled upon a wild one as well. The guides are well informed and it was different and exciting to track the collared animals with the radio receivers.
I would go back there and would highly recommend a stay of 2 nights." See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia; 7n in Botswana; 2n in Zambia; 2n in South Africa
When we booked we were cautiously told it was a place for rescued cheetahs and that the leopards were collared. That is true but it is an enormous enterprise covering a huge area and there are truly wild indigenous creatures there as well. When the guides were tracking the collared leopards we stumbled upon a wild one as well. The guides are well informed and it was different and exciting to track the collared animals with the radio receivers.
I would go back there and would highly recommend a stay of 2 nights." See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia; 7n in Botswana; 2n in Zambia; 2n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
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Other lodges in Okonjima Nature Reserve
Alternative places to stay in this same area.
Okonjima Plains Camp
Plains Camp is the most economical option on the Okonjima Reserve, where big cats can often be seen at close quarters, with great photographic opportunities.
Okonjima Villa
Okonjima Villa is the most exclusive place to stay on Okonjima, offering luxury, privacy, flexibility and fantastic wildlife-watching opportunities.
Okonjima Bush Suite
Okonjima Bush Suite is an exclusive, luxurious two-bedroom retreat with a private guide and chef, offering some great photo opportunities when tracking predators.
