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ONGAVA GAME LODGE AND TENTED CAMP

The Ongava Game Reserve is an exclusive 68,000 acre private game reserve situated along the southern boundary of Etosha National Park, Namibia's premier wildlife reserve. Etosha offers good game-viewing, as well as wonderful views across the vast salt pans which dominate the centre of the Park.

Ongava Game Reserve offers the full Etosha experience, but at the same time offers very good luxury accommodation and great service (both lacking in the park itself), as well as the opportunity to do night drives and nature walks on the private reserve, activities which are not allowed within Etosha.

Morning activities focus on Etosha, and guests are driven into the Park in specially-adapted open-sided safari vehicles by their specialist guide. Several hours are spent exploring the Park, its wildlife, and the spectacular salt pans that stretch endlessly away to the horizon. Afternoon activities are conducted on Ongava's own private game reserve, and guests can choose between game drives, nature walks, or relaxing and observing animals from hides.

The absolute highlight at Ongava is the reserve's rhinos, which are very relaxed around people, and allow for fabulously close encounters on foot - there probably isn't anywhere else in Africa where these gentle giants are so unafraid of humans in the wild, and where one is able to approach so close on foot. Being outside the National Park, night-drives can also be undertaken.

Ongava Lodge accomodates a maximum of twenty guests in ten chalets, which are nestled into a terraced hillside, with the main lodge crowning the top. The chalets are spacious, cool and well built out of brick and thatch, with slate flooring. They are attractively decorated with white bed linen, long muslin curtains and billowy mosquito nets. Each has a private wooden balcony, with wonderful views.

Ongava Tented Camp is a small, intimate luxury tented camp. The five tents all have full en-suite facilities - enclosed on all sides by a reed wall, but open to the African sky - as well as a small verandah. All tents, as well as the communal bar and dining room area, face a very active watering hole, offering great game-viewing without even leaving camp. The Tented Camp even boasts a small swimming pool where guests can cool off during the heat of the day.

Ongava is definitely the best way of experiencing Etosha. It combines the beauty and wildlife of the National Park with the privacy and exclusivity of a private reserve. Furthermore, Ongava Lodge offers some of the most luxurious accommodation in Namibia, while the Tented Camp offers a more traditional (yet no less comfortable) African safari experience.

To find out more about Ongava Game Lodge and Tented Camp, or to make a reservation, call on 27-11-463-7889 or email us.

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