Okapuka Safari Lodge Gondwana Collection Namibia | Greater Windhoek
7 300 ha of pristine African bushveld welcome you, amazing views of unspoiled landscapes and breath-taking mountain ranges. Okapuka Safari Lodge takes you on a nostalgic African journey, reflecting both the majestic tranquillity of our mysterious continent and the exciting wildlife. Offering Africa’s magic on the doorsteps of Windhoek. Only 30 minutes from the capital city. Come to the place that most Namibian antelope species call home, who knows what you might spot on one of our famous game drives, taking you deep into the bush where you will experience serenity like never before. It is the perfect place to start or end your Namibian journey. Welcome to your home away from home. Beautiful rustic bungalows overlooking the antelopes that casually graze in front of your door. A truly safari inspired restaurant among camel thorn trees which have stood guard at this oasis for eons.
Location: 32 km north of Windhoek on B1 (A1)
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Okapuka Safari Lodge
The rooms are comfortably equipped with a double bed, en-suite bathroom and air-conditioning. The veranda leads onto the lawn.
Room Facilities
Air Conditioning, Bath Towels, Electrical Outlets, En Suite Bathroom, Fan, Hairdryer, Hand Towels, Heater, Laundry Service (Available), Pure Cotton Linen, Queen Bed, Safe, Shower, Tea / Coffee, Verandah, Wardrobe
These rooms are generous in size with twin beds, en-suite bathroom, air-conditioning and veranda.
Room Facilities
Air Conditioning, Bath Towels, Bed Linen, Electrical Outlets, En Suite Bathroom, Fan, Hairdryer, Hand Towels, Heater, Mini Bar, Pure Cotton Linen, Safe, Shower, Tea / Coffee, Twin Bed, Verandah, Wardrobe
These rooms are generous in size with a king size bed, en-suite bathroom, air-conditioning and veranda.
Room Facilities
Air Conditioning, Bath Towels, Bed Linen, Electrical Outlets, En Suite Bathroom, Fan, Hairdryer, Hand Towels, Heater, Mini Bar, Pure Cotton Linen, Safe, Shower, Tea / Coffee, Verandah, Wardrobe
Luxury Safari Suite
The most secluded unit at the end of the pathway is the Luxury Suite which consists of a master bedroom, living room and children's room. Both rooms have their own private bathrooms and a large veranda overlooking the Bushveld.
Room Facilities
Air Conditioning, Bath Towels, Electrical Outlets, En Suite Bathroom, Fan, Fridge, Hairdryer, Hand Towels, Heater, Lounge, Mosquito Nets, Private Lounge / Sitting Area, Pure Cotton Linen, Queen Bed, Safe, Tea / Coffee, Twin Bed, Verandah, Wardrobe
Property Facilities
Accept Credit Cards, Activity Desk, Air conditioner, Bar, Communal Dining, Credit Card Facilities, Eco Friendly, Internet Access (Complimentary), Mobile Connectivity, Outdoor Pool / Pool Deck, Restaurant, Secure Parking, Vegetarian
Room Facilities
Air Conditioning, Bath Towels, Bed Linen, Electrical Outlets, En Suite Bathroom, Fan, Hairdryer, Hand Towels, Laundry Service (Available), Mini Bar, Pure Cotton Linen, Queen Bed, Safe, Shower, Tea / Coffee, Twin Bed, Verandah, Wardrobe
Available Services
24-hour Security, Credit Card Facilities, Laundry Service (Available)
Activities on Site
Game Drives, Game Viewing, Safaris, Wildlife Tours
Activities Nearby
Adrenaline Activities, Bird Watching, Game Drives, Game Viewing, General Sightseeing, Historical Tours, Museums, Scenic Flights
Experience a real Namibian sunset with a delicious drink in your hand. This outing allows you to forget the rest of the world and be carried away by nature’s beauty. Refreshments and light snacks included.
Departure: ± 2½ hours before sunset
Duration: ± 2½ hours
This activity can also be booked by guests who are not overnighting at the lodge, but only with prior reservation.
Enjoy this tour in an open 4 x 4 vehicle accompanied by an experienced guide. Gain insight and knowledge about Fauna and Flora. Touch Africa’s soul. Refreshments and light snacks included.
Departure: ± 30 minutes before sunrise
Duration: ± 2½ hours
This activity can also be booked by guests who are not overnighting at the lodge, but only with prior reservation.
Okapuka Safari Lodge Restaurant
Okapuka Safari Lodge Restaurant serves delicious Namibian and International cuisine.
Opening daily
07:00 - 09:00 Breakfast
12:00 - 14:00 Lunch (à la carte)
19:00 - 21:00 Dinner ( à la carte)
Lunch and dinner may is also available to guests who do not stay at the lodge but must be booked in advance. Please contact us.
Your Stay
1 Night
Full Board - Dinner, Bed, Breakfast and Lunch
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Lodge
Spoken Languages: Afrikaans, English
No. Rooms: 21
Special Interests: Adventure, Flora, Gourmet, Leisure, Nature, Relaxation, Star Gazing, Wildlife, Wine
Okonjima Plains Camp | Okonjima Nature Reserve
Okonjima Plains Camp is within the secluded wilderness area of Okonjima Nature Reserve and has majestic sunset views. Its design honours the Hanssen’s family cattle-farming history with its accommodation facility of 10 large View Rooms and 14 spacious Classic Rooms. The Plains Camp Barn includes a dining and lounge area, a curio shop and a terrasse with views over a waterhole and the Okonjima plains.
Game drives in search of elusive leopards and guided bush walks offer visitors an intimate, up-close perspective of Namibia’s wildlife and, especially, its most protected species. Whether you hike or are an avid bird watcher, there are endless ways to spend your time at Okonjima.
Okonjima Nature Reserve is recognized as one of the premier places to stay to witness carnivores and other endangered species like the aardvark, pangolin and brown hyaena in the wild and to be educated about conservation. The AfriCat Foundation was born in the early 1990’s, a Namibia registered non-profit organization which started out primarily as a welfare organization, and has since become focused on research projects which are essential in accomplishing its mission of the long term conservation of Namibia’s wildlife.
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Barn Entrance
Pool area
View Room
Barn terrace by night
Barn terrace by day
Restaurant area
View across the Okonjima Plains
Curio Shop
Standard Room
CLASSIC ROOMS
The Plains Camp lies within the secluded wilderness area of the Reserve and has majestic sunset views. Game drives in search of elusive leopards and guided bush walks offer visitors an intimate, up-close perspective of Namibia’s wildlife with special emphasis on its most endangered species.
Its design honours the founding family, the Hanssen’s family cattle-farming history with its accommodation facility of 10 large View Rooms and 14 spacious Classic Rooms. The Plains Camp Barn includes a warm dining and lounge area with views over a spectacular waterhole and the Okonjima plains.
The rooms each have 2 double beds, a small veranda, a mini-fridge for own use, a coffee/tea station, roof-fan, en-suite bathroom, a safe for valuables and a telephone to contact reception.
VIEW ROOMS
The Plains Camp lies within the secluded wilderness area of the Reserve and has majestic sunset views. Game drives in search of elusive leopards and guided bush walks offer visitors an intimate, up-close perspective of Namibia’s wildlife with special emphasis on its most endangered species.
Its design honours the founding family, the Hanssen’s family cattle-farming history with its accommodation facility of 10 large View Rooms and 14 spacious Classic Rooms. The Plains Camp Barn includes a warm dining and lounge area with views over a spectacular waterhole and the Okonjima plains.
The rooms each have 2 double beds, a desk and comfortable reading chair, a large veranda, a mini-fridge for own use, a coffee/tea station, 2 roof-fans, twin basins and a large, twin shower, a safe for valuables and a telephone to contact reception.
The new, exclusive View Rooms are more spacious than the Classic Rooms and are set further apart, providing more privacy.
Property Facilities
Bar, Eco Friendly, Internet Access, Malaria Free, Mobile Connectivity, Pool, Restaurant, Secure Parking
Room Facilities
Disabled Rooms, Fan, Fridge, Lounge Area, Pure Cotton Linen, Safe, Shower, Tea / Coffee, Verandah
Available Services
24-hour Security, Credit Card Facilities, Travel Desk
Activities on Site
Bird Watching, Game Drives, Game Viewing, Game Walks, High Tea, Safaris
Activities Nearby
Bird Watching, Game Drives, Game Viewing, Game Walks, Mountain Biking, Safaris
The Okonjima Nature Reserve sprawls over 200 square kilometres of undulating plains, mountainous outcrops, and riverine thickets, and it is here that leopard (Panthera pardus), the most adaptable of all the wild cats, thrive. Read more about our Leopard Research.
These intelligent, solitary predators occur in high density in the expanse of Okonjima Nature Reserve’s multi-faceted topography. The Reserve’s predator research programme has spanned three decades, and its findings have provided great insight to leopard behavioral patterns as well as offered an upbeat prognosis for a sustainable future for the species in today’s Africa.
A two-day Okonjima stay offers the best chance to view wild leopard in Namibia, as well as those collared for research purposes, in their natural habitats.
The Okonjima Nature Reserve, a huge protected area set amongst the rugged commercial farmlands of central Namibia, comprises a diversified ecosystem representative of both the larger and small mammals of Namibia, as well as most of the country’s endemic birds.
Game drives and guided bush walks offer visitors an intimate, up-close perspective of Namibia’s wildlife and, especially, its most protected species.
The Okonjima Nature Reserve is home to, and runs extensive research projects on rare and endangered species, big and small.
LEOPARD TRACKING
The Leopard ‘experience’ will take you out into the Okonjima Nature Reserve and will allow you to spend more time with our experienced guides and participate in the research data collection for our long-standing leopard project and newly introduced brown hyaena programme. Some of our adult leopards are radio collared which enables the guides to track them with a specialised telemetry device contributing to frequent viewing, giving visitors an opportunity to observe these magnificent predators in their natural habitat and experience the fascinating behaviour and interactions between these two species while they compete for food. Although this significantly increases the chance of an excellent sighting, it cannot ever be guaranteed as they are wild free-roaming predators.
Morning activities (seasonal times): Departure 06:00 / 06:30 AM; Return 09:30 / 10:00 AM.
Afternoon activities (seasonal times): Departure: 15:30 / 16:00 PM; Return 19:00 / 19:30 PM.
THE AfriCat FOUNDATION CARNIVORE CARE & INFORMATION CENTRE (ACCC)
During the visit to AfriCat, visitors will have the opportunity to spend some time at the Carnivore Care & Information Centre, which provides valuable insights into the Foundation's work.
The visit will include a short guided drive to the AfriCat Carnivore Care Centre, where visitors can meet some of the ambassador cheetahs. Our knowledgeable guides will answer questions, explain the Foundation's work with carnivores in Namibia, and help position the vehicle for that perfect photo opportunity.
Morning activities (seasonal times): Departure 06:00 / 06:30 AM; Return 09:30 / 10:00 AM.
Afternoon activities (seasonal times): Departure: 15:30 / 16:00 PM; Return 19:00 / 19:30 PM.
ENDANGERED SPECIES NATURE DRIVE
This game-drive allows more time to enjoy and understand the Okonjima Nature Reserve as a natural island bound ecosystem. As the private Nature Reserve was established primarily to conserve some of our more threatened mammal species, it provides an increased chance to encounter these relatively rare animals. This is once again assisted by the AfriCat Foundation’s research projects on the shy brown hyaena, bat-eared fox and rhino. There are more than 40 mammal species within the Okonjima Nature Reserve, both large and small as well as a good representation of the typical flora. At the discretion of your guide, there may be the chance to view some of these animals, large or small.
Morning activities (seasonal times): Departure 06:00 / 06:30 AM; Return 09:30 / 10:00 AM.
Afternoon activities (seasonal times): Departure: 15:30 / 16:00 PM; Return 19:00 / 19:30 PM.
GAME DRIVE:
Experienced guides will entertain you with their knowledge, sharing interesting and enlightening information about the history of the Okonjima Nature Reserve and the research gathered over the past 30 years of conservation on Okonjima. On this trail, no telemetry device is used to track any of the carnivores researched by the AfriCat Foundation. Wildlife is the focus of the drive. Visitors are offered insight as our guides attempt to foster a general appreciation of the natural habitat of the Nature Reserve.
Morning activities (seasonal times): Departure 06:00 / 06:30 AM; Return 09:30 / 10:00 AM.
Afternoon activities (seasonal times): Departure: 15:30 / 16:00 PM; Return 19:00 / 19:30 PM.
The Okonjima Plain Camp Barn & Restaurant
The Plains Camp Barn encompasses the reception area, curio shop, a restaurant and dining area. The veranda looks out onto the waterhole.
Your Stay
1 Night
Full Board - Dinner, Bed, Breakfast and Lunch
Fast Facts
Lodge
Spoken Languages: Afrikaans, English, German
No. Rooms: 30
Special Interests: Adventure, Birding, Hiking, Nature, Relaxation, Wildlife
Etosha Safari Camp Gondwana Collection Namibia | Etosha National Park
Tap toes to an African beat in the novel Oshebeena Bar and relax at this friendly Camp, 10 kilometres from Etosha National Park. 50 chalets, shaded by mopane trees, and a grassy campsite provide a comfortable home from which to explore the abundant animal kingdom. Legendary.
Location: 10 km south of Andersson Gate on the C 38 (Etosha National Park).
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Etosha Safari Camp
Entrance
The rooms are nested amongst Mopane trees.
Each room has twin beds, en suite bathroom (shower), air-conditioner and a small veranda.
Room Facilities
Air Conditioning, Bath Towels, Bed Linen, Electrical Outlets, En Suite Bathroom, Hairdryer, Hand Towels, Heater, Mosquito Nets, Pure Cotton Linen, Safe, Shower, Tea / Coffee, Twin Bed, Vanity Cabinet, Verandah, Wardrobe
The rooms are nested amongst Mopane trees. Each room is open plan with three beds, en suite bathroom (shower), air-conditioner and a small veranda.
Room Facilities
Air Conditioning, Bed Linen, Complimentary Wi-Fi, Electrical Outlets, En Suite Bathroom, Hand Towels, Laundry Service (Available), Mosquito Netting, Safe, Shower, Tea / Coffee, Twin Bed, Verandah
The rooms are nested amongst Mopane trees. The family rooms are each fitted with a double bunk bed, en suite bathroom (shower), air-conditioner and small veranda.
Room Facilities
Air Conditioning, Bath Towels, Bunk Bed, Electrical Outlets, En Suite Bathroom, Hairdryer, Hand Towels, Heater, Mosquito Nets, Pure Cotton Linen, Safe, Shower, Tea / Coffee, Vanity Cabinet, Verandah, Wardrobe
Property Facilities
Accept Credit Cards, Activity Desk, Bar, BEE Compliant, Children Friendly, Credit Card Facilities, Eco Friendly, Guided Tours, Internet Access (Complimentary), Licensed, Mobile Connectivity, Outdoor Pool / Pool Deck, Restaurant, Secure Parking, Vegetarian
Room Facilities
Air Conditioning, Bed Linen, Electrical Outlets, En Suite Bathroom, Hairdryer, Hand Towels, Heater, Laundry Service (Available), Mosquito Nets, Pure Cotton Linen, Safe, Shower, Tea / Coffee, Twin Bed, Verandah, Wardrobe
Available Services
24-hour Security, Credit Card Facilities, Laundry Service (Available)
Activities on Site
Bird Watching, Game Drives, Game Viewing, Safaris, Walks (Guided), Walks (Self Guided)
Activities Nearby
Bird Watching, Game Drives, Safaris, Wildlife Tours
Explore the national park with our guides who are familiar with the waterholes and the animals that visit them. Let them introduce you to African wildlife from the elevated seat of a game vehicle. Early mornings or late afternoons provide the best game viewing times. And, after Etosha enchantment return to the lodge to dive into the cool waters of the pools. Dine on the veranda under a dome of stars, sit next to a blazing fire or watch the ruby sun sink gracefully into the landscape. Be at peace.
This guided drive with an open vehicle will take you into Etosha National Park.
This guided drive with an open vehicle will take you into Etosha National Park, departure in the morning or afternoon.
Etosha Safari Camp Restaurant
Etosha Safari Camp Restaurant
Your Stay
2 Nights
Full Board - Dinner, Bed, Breakfast and Lunch
Fast Facts
4 Star
Lodge
Spoken Languages: Afrikaans, English
No. Rooms: 50
Special Interests: Adventure, Birding, Hiking, History & Culture, Leisure, Nature, Relaxation, Star Gazing, Wildlife
