Okonjima Bush Camp

20°51’1.1"S 16°39’59.3"E

97% (273 reviews)

Reviews of Okonjima Bush Camp

Wildlife sightings and reviews

273 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

Starting in Jun-2018, 87 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Okonjima Bush Camp.

Leopard

92% success

Giraffe

98% success

Oryx

96% success

Zebra

95% success

Wildebeest

68% success

Brown Hyena

67% success

Eland

52% success

White Rhino

51% success

Sable antelope

44% success

Pangolin

27% success

Spotted Hyena

10% success

Aardvark

6% success

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Mr & Mrs S

Harrow

"Superb - great viewing"

2 nights Arrived 16 Sep 2019

"Fantastic guide, Rohan, and great sightings of leopards, brown hyenas, aardvark, aardwolf, genet, and many other species.

Good food and service." See all these reviews: 10n in Namibia

Experience Report

Overall Rating:

Excellent

Location:

Excellent

Service:

Excellent

Activities:

Excellent

Rooms:

Excellent

Food:

Good

Facilities:

Excellent

Sightings Report

Aardvark

1 sighting

Brown Hyena

2 sightings

Giraffe

4 sightings

Leopard

3 sightings

Oryx

8 sightings

Pangolin

1 sighting

White Rhino

1 sighting

Wildebeest

1 sighting

Zebra

4 sightings

Mrs C.

Blauzac

"Okonjima Bush Camp review"

1 night Arrived 9 Sep 2019

"Great lodge, amazing rooms - wished we had had longer. Again a great guide who made a great effort to find us a leopard.

Loved the bird feed for feeding the guinea fowl from our sitting room - what a wonderful room.

This was the one lodge where we experienced what can I say 'distracted service'. At breakfast we had to go hunting for staff to order our cooked breakfast. Our welcome wasn't warm. I felt as if there was a manager missing.

But honestly Nothing to spoil our stay. The standard had been so high in all the other lodges that comparisons were obviously made." See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia

Experience Report

Overall Rating:

Good

Location:

Excellent

Service:

Average

Activities:

Excellent

Rooms:

Excellent

Food:

Good

Facilities:

Excellent

Sightings Report

Giraffe

5 sightings

Leopard

1 sighting

Oryx

4 sightings

Wildebeest

1 sighting

Zebra

4 sightings

Eve& Reuben

Bozeman

"Okonjima Bush Camp review"

2 nights Arrived 6 Sep 2019

"Our favorite place, the place we would return to and take others. Good choice on your part for our last lodge.

Our guide Gerts (sp?) was the best. He listened when we said one of goals was to see a pangolin and took to 2. He gave a good tour of the care center (of particular interest Reuben for having worked for years in one the US), found a honey badger too, and was always good company.

He explained so well the problem of habituated carnivores, and demonstrated the concern when we fed two lions." See all these reviews: 16n in Namibia

Experience Report

Overall Rating:

Excellent

Location:

Excellent

Service:

Excellent

Activities:

Excellent

Rooms:

Excellent

Food:

Excellent

Facilities:

Excellent

Mike

Oxford

"Amazing accommodation!!"

1 night Arrived 5 Sep 2019

"Arriving at the gate to Okonjima Nature Reserve there is still a 24 km drive to Bush Camp!! A slight sense of Jurassic Park as you pass through the security gates!!

Amazing reception/dining area and could hardly believe that our accommodation was BOTH thatched chalets!! One our lounge and the other our bedroom!! Once again huge picture windows looking out across the plain.

Out on the Sundowner Safari to find Leopard. As most have a radio collar the chances of success are pretty high! We found 'Neo' eating his warthog up in a tree!
"Night Hide" - brilliant display by three porcupines!!
Africat Drive - Giraffe, Jackal, Duiker, Oryx etc. Then to the Cheetah enclosure - bit of a cheat, but lovely to see them. Over to AfriCat information centre.

Food very good, service impeccable - could have luxuriated for longer!!" See all these reviews: 17n in Namibia

Experience Report

Overall Rating:

Excellent

Location:

Excellent

Service:

Excellent

Activities:

Excellent

Rooms:

Excellent

Food:

Excellent

Facilities:

Excellent

Sightings Report

Cheetah

1 sighting

Giraffe

1 sighting

Leopard

1 sighting

Oryx

2 sightings

Wildebeest

2 sightings

Zebra

2 sightings

Mr J x 4

USA

"Highlight of the trip"

2 nights Arrived 2 Jul 2019

"Okonjima Bush Camp is top rank.

The staff from the top down is exceptional. The food is above average.

Our guide, Denny, is possibly the best guide we have had in 15 trips to Africa.

The architecture and grounds are beautiful. Our room was great." See all these reviews: 7n in Namibia

Experience Report

Overall Rating:

Excellent

Location:

Excellent

Service:

Excellent

Activities:

Excellent

Rooms:

Excellent

Food:

Good

Facilities:

Excellent

Sightings Report

Cheetah

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Leopard

Multiple sightings

Oryx

Multiple sightings

Pangolin

1 sighting

Mr & Mrs M

Edinburgh

"Cheetahs and leopards at Okonjima"

2 nights Arrived 1 Jul 2019

"Fantastic opportunity to see cheetahs and leopards up close, lodge and chalet were great with each chalet having an additional separate mini-chalet as a lounge area and its own small watering hole which attracted antelope, jackals, mongoose and various birds.

There were also loads of fires and stoves in the lodge which were great when the night got chilly. It was also good to find out more about the excellent work being done by the AfriCat foundation and nice to know that our stay at the camp was helping to support the foundation. Highly recommended." See all these reviews: 21n in Namibia; 2n in Zimbabwe

Experience Report

Overall Rating:

Excellent

Location:

Excellent

Service:

Excellent

Activities:

Excellent

Rooms:

Excellent

Food:

Excellent

Facilities:

Excellent

Sightings Report

Brown Hyena

1 sighting

Cheetah

1 sighting

Giraffe

1 sighting

Leopard

1 sighting

Zebra

1 sighting

Jane/Chris

crolles

"What a finale!"

1 night Arrived 30 Jun 2019

"We had expected a ‘just OK’ final night. First good surprise - another upgrade to the tented camp.

This is because of the volume of business given to Okonjima by Wilderness Safaris. We had an enormous room (flat!) overlooking the plains crowded with birds and springbok.

Fantastic leopard tracking drive during which we not only tracked the leopard but also saw white rhino, the brown hyena and some sort of fox. Several activities offered here (including walking!).

We could have easily done with two nights here which I would recommend for travellers." See all these reviews: 10n in Namibia

Experience Report

Overall Rating:

Excellent

Location:

Excellent

Service:

Good

Activities:

Excellent

Rooms:

Excellent

Food:

Good

Sightings Report

Brown Hyena

1 sighting

Giraffe

3 sightings

Leopard

1 sighting

Zebra

3 sightings

Mrs G.& Mr H.

Moelln

"Okonjima Bush Camp review"

2 nights Arrived 15 Apr 2019

"There are a few leopards with a tracking necklace. We only made that tour and we were happy, cause we saw one leopard. We didn't make other tours, because it was the end of our trip and we had seen a lot of animals before.
The bungalows are very big and have a big window front. You can see the animals pass while you are in bed. Very quiet." See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia; 3n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe

Experience Report

Overall Rating:

Excellent

Location:

Good

Service:

Good

Activities:

Excellent

Rooms:

Excellent

Food:

Excellent

Sightings Report

Leopard

1 sighting

Oryx

3 sightings

Zebra

2 sightings

Mrs B

Swindon

"Great experience"

3 nights Arrived 23 Feb 2019

"Very interesting place. We tracked three leopards, two excellent sightings, third in thick bush but thrill of the chase was exciting.

Great guide, comfortable accommodation and excellent food. Staff very friendly and helpful.

Lions and cheetahs were fabulous." See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia

Experience Report

Overall Rating:

Excellent

Location:

Excellent

Service:

Excellent

Activities:

Excellent

Rooms:

Excellent

Food:

Excellent

Facilities:

Excellent

Sightings Report

Brown Hyena

1 sighting

Cheetah

3 sightings

Eland

1 sighting

Giraffe

10 sightings

Leopard

3 sightings

Oryx

10 sightings

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

10 sightings

Mr J.

Warwick

"Okonjima Bush Camp"

2 nights Arrived 21 Feb 2019

"We found the game drives searching for leopards a little disappointing. The guide spent a lot of time driving around trying to pick up a signal of one of the collared leopards and we didn't see much else in the way of wildlife. We did see a leopard eventually on each drive however which was good. There is only 1 cheetah in the park now and is never seen as he is in the top end of the park. The other cheetahs have either been killed by the leopards or have been brought back into the enclosures at the foundation, which is a little zoo like! The camp was very good though, as were the staff. We only saw cheetahs in the enclosures so I have not counted them among the sightings." See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia

Experience Report

Overall Rating:

Good

Location:

Good

Service:

Excellent

Activities:

Good

Rooms:

Excellent

Food: