Onguma Bush Camp

Onguma Bush Camp sits inside Onguma Nature Reserve, a 35,970-hectare private reserve that shares its eastern boundary with Etosha National Park — five hundred metres from the Von Lindequist/Namutoni Gate. The camp is fenced, which makes it one of the more practical bases on the reserve for families travelling with children.

Eighteen rooms are arranged in several configurations: eight twin deluxe rooms with waterhole or pool views, three standard loft rooms with extra beds for children in the loft above, three rondavels built in the original circular style with thatched roofs, three family units with interconnecting bedrooms and separate en-suite bathrooms each, and a larger Settler's Room with a small sitting area. All rooms have en-suite bathrooms, air conditioning, and a patio.

The dining and lounge areas overlook a large waterhole, so elephant, plains game, and other animals come to you at any hour. A water-level photographic hide — the Onkolo Hide — sits at waterhole level and gives guests and photographers close, low-angle views without disturbing the animals. A swimming pool sits alongside the waterhole area.

Guided game drives run into both the reserve and Etosha National Park. Bush walks go out with armed rangers in the early morning. The reserve holds more than three hundred bird species and plains game across more than thirty species. A conservation levy is added to every stay and funds the reserve's anti-poaching unit and wildlife monitoring work.

From Windhoek, the drive north on the B1 to the Tsumeb turn-off takes roughly five and a half hours on tar, followed by twelve kilometres on a smooth dirt road.