Onguma Bush Camp

Dinner is served in the dining area overlooking a large waterhole. Here you will be treated to an excellent combination of European and traditional African cuisine while watching the game coming to drink.

The ‘Boma’ has a long history dating back to old Africa where communities would use wooden stockades to secure livestock and fortify family homesteads. Today we have adapted this custom to offer an exclusive African outdoor dining experience where clients can enjoy delicious meals under the starlit African skies. The ‘Boma’ has a long history dating back to old Africa where communities would use wooden stockades to secure livestock and fortify family homesteads. Today we have adapted this custom to offer an exclusive African outdoor dining experience where clients can enjoy delicious meals under the starlit African skies. The ‘Boma’ has a long history dating back to old Africa where communities would use wooden stockades to secure livestock and fortify family homesteads. Today we have adapted this custom to offer an exclusive African outdoor dining experience where clients can enjoy delicious meals under the starlit African skies. You will be fully hosted by our team of enthusiastic staff and our Chefs who create scrumptious Al Fresco meals, preparing the evenings dinner on an open flame. Additional cost applies.

Etosha is a 22 750km² wildlife sanctuary in Namibia – one of Africa’s most stable and accessible countries. Etosha, meaning ‘place of dry water’, and refers to a flat calcrete depression (or pan) of about 5 000km². The ‘Pan’ (overlooked by the Onguma Reserve) provides a great, parched, silver-white backdrop of shimmering mirages to an area of semi-arid savannah grassland and thorn scrub. The pan itself contains water only after very good rains and sometimes for only a few days each year but is enough to stimulate the growth of a blue-green algae which lures thousands of flamingos.

The Reserve incorporates ecological substrata such as savannah, bushveld, omuramba and dry pan. Age-old and well-worn migration routes, once used by elephant and buffalo wander through Onguma’s three dry riverbeds.

Onguma’s fabulous new water-level hide affords guests a great opportunity to calmly sit and enjoy nature unobserved. Amateur and professional photographers alike love the angles and light from this equipped hide. There is a small ablution facility nearby Onkolo Hide, benches from which to view the surroundings and lots of windows and vantage points for creative camera angles.

Africa takes on a new perspective when you experience it on foot as the first explorers did. A bush walk is a unique physical, mental and spiritual adventure through nature. Experience the sights, smells and sounds of the Namibian bush by conducting an early morning leisurely walk accompanied by one of our experienced armed rangers.

The Dream Cruiser is Onguma’s newest and most exciting addition for adventurers, romantics and those who like being close to nature will love this new experience. Custom built onto a Land Cruiser, it offers guests the opportunity to spend a romantic and / or adventurous night in the wilderness of the reserve. Built on two levels, the Dream Cruiser features a full bathroom downstairs complete with shower, flush toilet and basin whilst the upper deck features a bedroom with lounge area. A ranger is on call via a two-way radio so make the most of this time and relax in the safety and complete comfort of this unique space. Additional cost applies.

​Johan, our resident therapist, is a professional massage therapist with over 15 years' experience, having lived and worked at renowned Wellness Centres in Asia and Africa. His passion for and dedication to massage therapy originated in the East, where he was trained and educated from the best teachers in their respective fields. Having the opportunity to spend considerable time with monks in Thailand, has also led him to incorporate focused awareness into his massage therapies. Additional cost applies.

Namibia can offer a truly memorable and interactive experience in the wilderness for families traveling with children by offering children’s accommodation, specially designed game drives for children, activities, and meals. Onguma Nature Reserve welcomes children to explore and experience the uniqueness of the untamed African bush with its many wild animals both the big and small!