Roadside Camp | Established Campground

January 14th, 2024 by t_i_g_g_r

Price now 250 NAD pppn (since Jan). If we'd known that we probably wouldn't have come, but, we'd say the viewing shack over the waterhole still makes up for it. We saw an elephant, 8 giraffe and lots of zebra all in an afternoon/evening. We tried to argue that a 25 percent increase is pretty steep, especially considering there is no electricity and it is "low season". The owner/manager was not there so the caretaker would not budge on the price. We didn't find a swimming pool :/ Reportedly no lion sightings for past 3 weeks, we felt safe in our ground tend though.

January 11th, 2024 by priorbeast98

confirm, 250$ppn
caretaker tried to charge 200$ppn for our kids also (2 and 4yo), first time in Namibia, has to talk to manager to have them free. both not much happy/nice then.
campsites are quite modern, but hard to maneuver to fit perfectly with car.
beautiful landscape at waterhole, we saw no animals on the end of afternoon, one girafe at 6:30am and lots of girafes and zebras at 10am.

October 8th, 2023 by nickianddave

A very nicelbush camp ( not by the road at all.......I think they need a new name!) All individual self contained sites with own donkey for hot water, kitchen area, bbq and firepit, lovely shower and flushing toilet. WiFi at reception. Absolutely stunning waterfall below a platform perched on the escarpment and a short climb up to fabulous sunset views. 200nab dollars pppn

June 25th, 2023 by EB

Every site has his own toilet (check different sites, as some have a little more privacy than others), donkey shower (exactly at the time we requested), sink and braai. Electricity and WiFi at the managers house/terrace. Very clean and very friendly and helpful manager and staff. The waterhole was a big surprise and we spontaneously decided to stay two nights: we saw lions (two females), giraffes, zebras, kudus, impalas, oryx's, ostriches and lovebirds.
We also highly recommend this place.
200 NAD pp per night.

June 18th, 2023 by pipkelly1

We loved this place! Loved the separate camps with their own lovely toilet/shower. Didn’t mind the openness. Not sure why campers complain about lack of privacy, lack of mirror, lack of toilet paper. We felt like we were luxury camping in a beautiful bush setting. As an Overlander we are used to carrying toilet paper and have the skills to start a donkey boiler. It’s not hard.
We had just come out of Etosha, Olifants Camp which charge foreigners $400 pppn plus the park fee. For this we got an unfinished, shoddy camp with no hot water, smelling drain, electric shocks on the railing to the look out and oh I could go on.
The Caretaker has limited English and tends to say yes to everything. Maybe he hasn’t understood some of the visitors requests. We found him really helpful.
Highly recommend.

March 26th, 2023 by marc.saperavi

Still 200 pp. Better than our expectations for sure, after having read the comments. Nice private shower / toilet, but not much privacy (no door or curtain). Braai but no grill to cook on it. No one came to heat the donkey so no hot shower. No toilet paper. No electricity, no mtc signal. Not much protection against sun, nothing against rain. Weird choices of set up but its a very nice campground for a night before Etosha NP, especially when you have a look at those how are inside the park...

August 3rd, 2022 by d.cancade

Nice campsite in the bush, near the gate.
Very clean, WiFi close the owner's house.
200 pp

March 30th, 2022 by Jan Kybelka

When we arrived they asked when we want hot water, we said 6 oclock, but nobody came to heat up and there was no toilet paper no rubbish bin and no mirrow in the bathroom. In the morning when who came to collect the money we complaned and they heated up the fire and brought a rubbish bin...

January 12th, 2022 by kenneth.munnoch

Nice campsite. Private ablutions. Rifle shot quite close in the night

October 29th, 2021 by ahayuval

We came little bit after sunset. Our welcome was not very nice after a long day. We were given a site but couldn't fit our car so asked to change.
The sites are built from concrete and look very nice and high class. Each with sink and ablution. Sites doesn't have power or light.
Shower is donkey which was very good. We didn't go to the waterhole.
Didn't have wifi at site.
200pp/pn.
For us it's too expensive for what you get. Even though sites look very new and nice they don't
have power, they are little bit close to each other and it's awkward to fit the car.

September 12th, 2021 by ernst.bair

We can highly recommend this camp. Very clean sites with private ablutions on each site and a great view from the hide on the Rock to the lower Waterhole. 200 N$ ppn.

February 20th, 2021 by post

Visited in December 2020. Very nice and quiet campsite with great private ablutions. Perfect place to stay before or after visiting Etosha.

November 9th, 2020 by onlyME

no more construction, price 200 per person, nice and clean
We were alone at the campsite

March 7th, 2020 by instagram.com/sticksensticksen

I can second that the price is 200pp now. Nice Camp, still under construction though. During the day you can hear construction noise. Nice lookout/hide to a man made waterhole. We were also invited for dinner, which was a very nice gesture

January 12th, 2020 by findpenguins.com/stefans

Very nice campsite as descriped below. But price is 200ppn now.

December 25th, 2019 by Miss Daisy

Also the camp is still under construction it is a great place with privet sites including toilet and shower and shade. Very nice and special design.
Only 140 pp 10 minutes from Galton Gate.

December 22nd, 2019 by tresElefantos

We stayed there a night before we went into the Ethosha park. The road side camp is one of our favorites we found during our trip!
Really new built(in 2019?), clean and very nice private toilet and showers. Also at their waterhole we saw nearly so many animals then in Ethosha.

November 1st, 2019 by futsoid

This place was not ready for campers, especially for that price.
Campsites will be nice once all is finished, but that will still take a while. Now you get dusty smelly toilets, a cold shower, no electricity, no wash up place with water (only a tap near the toilet).
Bush camp is a better option for now.

September 9th, 2019 by expedition-unlimited.nl

The campsite is located just out of the Etosha Galton Gate. Although it states “Road Side Camp”, you will not have a view to the road, as the site is nicely located behind the hills. They are still doing a lot of construction work, but what is already there looks promising. As we were the first to arrive that day we were appointed a nice big place with a concrete slab and a roof construction providing shade. The showers and toilets (open air) were conveniently close by. If you walk up the hill you have also a nice valley view, including a waterhole where animals come by for some refreshment.

August 14th, 2019 by herlu.mare

Great location. They are busy with huge upgrades which promises to be amazing, but the working does disturb things a bit. I also looks like the current upgrades do not really cater for rooftop tents. I did mention this to the building manager, and apparently they are planning to cater for that type of tent as well.

October 26th, 2018 by limpicka

Not closed at all! Spent an amazing time at their waterhole and unforgettable night with a lion really close by...Really beautiful and peaceful place. Basic but nice ablutions with hot showers. Nice people. Highly recommended!

October 10th, 2018 by rustbuckettravels

This place is not closed. Ablutions very basic but neat. Running water and flush toilets. No electricity. 140pppn

June 11th, 2018 by lucas.brouwer

This place is permanently closed.

February 28th, 2018 by vrijwilligdoorafrika

Lovely place. We paid NAD 120 p.p. after negotiating. Friendly staff

December 24th, 2017 by tipitom.travellerspoint.com

Basic Camp Under construction. not much shade. has great view Point over Busy waterhole.

November 20th, 2017 by sagair.jimdo.com

Like the other comments. Adult still 140, our children aged 2,5,6 didn’t pay at all what is often different on other campsites.

August 31st, 2017 by tomenansschaap

Nice and quiet campsite.
See info from others.
Price still N$140 pp
No hot water because no firewood for donkey shower :-(
The pool was in a state that not even your feet want to get wet.
When we arrived in the afternoon, we asked for a discount, because of no hot shower and no swimmingpool. He told us that we will agree on the price when he was comming back later. He did not show up, so when we left he came out of his shelter, not in a good mood, and we had to pay the full amount. Wich was quit expensive considdering what you get. We had a discussion, but we had to pay full price.
Bottom line......Agree on a price immidiately and pay direct!
We don't come back to this place ever!
The shelter to look at the waterhole is special and all kinds of game.

August 4th, 2017 by afrika-drimslar.de

Lovely natural Campground. Perfect Showers and Toilets built directly into the Rocks. Solar driven Electricity and Lights. Small but nice Pool. Waterhole was nice (Giraffes etc.). Nice Views and perfect Sunset from the Rocks. We were a Group of 6 People and negotiated 700 NAD (177 NAD pppn).

June 3rd, 2017 by francisca.wagemaakers

Best camping experience in 3 weeks in Namibia! We were the only visitors, making it an even more special and private place. Waterhole with giraffes. Open air hot shower under the stars. Staff kindly helped fixing our tent. Unfenced, so be aware of potential lions at night. 140 NAD pppn.

May 14th, 2017 by WanderingHedgehog

Ideal location, still building the additional sites and facilities but sufficient in place over 6 sites for hot showers, private toilet. We were the only ones there but spent hours overlooking waterholes. Unfenced bush camp

July 10th, 2016 by matatu.ch

Indeed a nice camp but 125N$ for firewood is a bit ridiculous.

May 12th, 2016 by eljarman89

Lovely campsite with great hot outdoor shower. Perfect location for entering the park. The waterhole had elephants, giraffe, zebra, oryx. 130 ND

August 2nd, 2015 by Norbert's Adventures

Right opposite the western gate into Etosha this campsite is located at the previous Hobatere campsite and now British/South African owned, still under construction when we were there but everything essential was working, rustic camp with ablutions build around a small rocky hill, donkey fired showers, waterhole with many zebras, oryx etc close by, a lion is a frequent visitor to camp at night
120N$pp (8€)