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Okonjima Plains Camp
Okonjima Plains Camp
Okonjima Plains Camp
Okonjima Plains Camp
Okonjima Plains Camp
Okonjima Plains Camp
Okonjima Plains Camp
Okonjima Plains Camp

Reviews of Okonjima Plains Camp

Wildlife sightings and reviews

408 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Okonjima Plains 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 Plains Camp.
Leopard

95% success

Oryx

99% success

Giraffe

96% success

Zebra

95% success

Wildebeest

70% success

Eland

58% success

Brown Hyena

54% success

Sable antelope

48% success

White Rhino

32% success

Pangolin

10% success

Spotted Hyena

10% success

Aardvark

9% success

Showing 341-350 of 408
Duration
Arrival date
Mr & Mrs B
Beds

"Upgraded to bush camp"

2 nights Arrived 26 Aug 2010
"Usual excellent very friendly service.

Should have gone full board as this would have included all activities for which we had to pay separately and were more expensive.

Kirsty and Ben were in Bush Chalet and we were upgraded also to the Honeymoon Suite!

Paul our game driver was very good and very helpful." See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Good
Mr & Mrs R
Berkeley

"Walking with TV stars."

2 nights Arrived 19 Aug 2010
"Important to note that we stayed at Okonjima MAIN CAMP not the bush camp as stated above.
Another one of our favourites but more so because of the Africat work/experience.
Lovely lodge, people and excellent food.

There are ten new rooms called "View" rooms of which we had one. Massive rooms with a huge bed and a picture window overlooking the bush with oryx, warthog and zebra wandering around. (Warthog served as lawn mowers - interesting!) Lovely swimming pool. gardens and excellently furnished main lodge which has recently been extended.

The activies were everything and unique - - tracking leopard, nightdrives, tracking cheetah on foot, porcupine hide etc as well as the opportunity to find out about the Africat work.

We were very lucky to go out with excellent guides - Martin who perserved for hours and eventually found a male leopard feeding on a warthog in a tree, and then A.J who took us on foot tracking four cheetah. These four cheetah are shortly to be featured in an ITV series called Wild Cat Country which we believe starts on September 10th. Both of these activies were "once in a lifetime" wonderful experiences.

We don't think anyone should go to Namibia without visiting Okonjima. It was really special experience and two nights is the absolute minimum - three nights would be better." See all these reviews: 25n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mrs A & family
UK

"Cheetahs"

1 night Arrived 5 Aug 2010
"This camp came highly rated, and there is no doubt is was exciting to see the Cheetah and Leopard, but in comparison to the wide open space of Damaraland and Etosha we found the set up slightly contrived.

The original farmhouse building is a very attractive open plan seating and dining area, but overall the atmosphere was more formal than in other places, even a little stuffy? We found it slightly disconcerting having to decide what we would like to drink in the evening and what time we would be having tomorrows breakfast, upon arrival at 12 midday the first day....

The rest of it is "what it says on the packet" , an opportunity to see the big cats and close quarters, some behind fences, others a little too close for comfort?

The accomodation was comfortable, the setting and food was excellent. Access to the airport the following day was good, approx 3 1/2 hours door to door." See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Good
Family R
Brighton

"Okinjima Main Camp review"

2 nights Arrived 31 Jul 2010
"This was our favourite place of our whole trip to Namibia.

Our rooms were spacious and comfortable with wonderful views from the picture windows. The food was lovely.

The staff were friendly and helpful and seemed to enjoy working there.

We did five activities while we were there. They were all great fun and we learnt loads about the area and the animals that lived there. The guides and trackers were really knowledgeable. Altogether it was a wonderful experience." See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Ms S & Ms H
Norwood

"Brief but brilliant start"

1 night Arrived 28 Jul 2010
"Very enjoyable return visit - new rooms very impressive and a very successful leopard tracking trip." See all these reviews: 9n in Namibia; 4n in Botswana; 2n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Good
Mr D & Mme J
France

"Okonjima Main Camp review"

2 nights Arrived 6 Jun 2010
"The view room in Okonjima was a pure delight." See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr M & Ms H
UK

"Upgraded to Bush Camp Chalet"

1 night Arrived 5 Jun 2010
"On arrival we discovered we had been upgraded to the Bush Camp. Best accomadation of the trip. With lots of attention to detail. Wonderful all round views from our Chalet. Game Drives excellent, saw both Leopard and Cheetah and many other game animals including an Ardvark. Magnificent sundowner spot.

Main Bush Camp complex was exceptionally well laid out and very relaxing. Sydney one of the game guides was very good.

The staff also presented me with a card, photograph, and a huge Birthday cake, which we shared with the other guests and staff as there was so much of it. I was very touched. We would loved to have stayed for longer.

A lovely place." 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 H
Surrey

"Okonjima Main Camp review"

2 nights Arrived 23 May 2010
"We were upgraded to a beautiful View Room from a Garden Room.

We expected this to be one of the highlights of our trip but it wasn't... possibly because my scorpion bite/sting was causing me problems at this stage but also the game drives and food were not up to the standard we were expecting." See all these reviews: 26n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Ms F
Essex

"Okonjima Main Camp review"

1 night Arrived 22 May 2010
"It was a shame to spend only one night here as there is so much to do.

We went on a leopard drive, a night watch from a hide where we saw porcupines, and a cheetah drive where we saw the rehab area. Very good staff obviously committed to the wildlife and excellent accomodation." See all these reviews: 17n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Ms G
Luxembourg

"Okonjima Bush Camp"

2 nights Arrived 21 May 2010
"We were upgraded to Okonjima Bush Camp [Ed: from Main Camp] on the arrival - thank you, whoever took this decision ;-)

It's a great place with fantastic activities - we saw cheetahs and leopards - including a leopard hunting a warthog, which was a great spectacle! A nice bonus was 18 giraffes by the waterholes. Our guide Dean was great, we enjoyed every minute of our drives. He had a vast knowledge and an excellent sense of humour ;) The trails for self-guided walks were also a nice idea.

The room was very big and nicely furnished, the only problem was a lack of hot water on the second day. The bird seeds and the little waterbowl are a wonderful idea - we saw plenty of birds from really close and we also had a visit from a hungry warthog who fancied the bird seeds, too. OUR food was very tasty as well. :)" See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
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