Onguma The Fort | Onguma Nature Reserve
Located on the eastern border of the Etosha National Park, Onguma Fort has been designed with Moroccan and Indian décor and created to allow you to immerse yourself in the commanding a view over the Etosha Pans and exceptional sunsets. The Bush Suites are spacious and complete with air-conditioning, inside and outside showers, and a wooden deck leading to an outdoor veranda with outstanding views. The main area of the Lodge consists of a lounge with views of the waterhole, a dining area, a bar, and a swimming pool. The activities on offer range from game drives in the Etosha National Park, Onguma Reserve Sunset Drives, interpretative Bush Walks, wildlife sightings at the water-level hide, and massage therapy at the Onguma Sanctuary. This lodge strives for intimacy and attention to detail and surpassing expectations.
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All the Bush Suites overlook Fischer's Pan in the Etosha Reserve. The suites are at least 50m apart from each other, ensuring privacy. Each room consists of twin beds, fireplace, air-conditioning, viewing deck, minibar, inside and outside showers and a wood-fired hot tub.
The Fort's Honeymoon Suite also boasts views across Fischer's Pan as well as fireplace, air-conditioning, minibar, with the added luxury of a lounge, TV, inside and outside showers, an outside bath and wood-fired hot tub. Heaven on earth!
The Fort's Sultan Suite is situated on the first floor in the main Fort complex and has commanding views across the waterhole and Fischer's Pan. It has a bathroom with an inside bath as well as a balcony.
Property Facilities
Bar, Conference Centre, Internet Access, Mobile Connectivity, Pool, Secure Parking, Vegetarian
Room Facilities
Air Conditioning, Balcony / Deck, Dressing Gowns, Fan, Fireplace, Fridge, Mini Bar, Outside Shower, Pure Cotton Linen, Safe, Shower, Tea / Coffee, Verandah
Available Services
Credit Card Facilities, Meal on Request, Room Service
Activities on Site
Bird Watching, Game Drives, Game Viewing, Game Walks
Activities Nearby
Big 5, Bird Watching, Cultural Tours, Game Drives, Game Viewing, Game Walks, General Sightseeing, Wine Tasting
The Dream Cruiser is Onguma's newest and most unique under the stars sleep-out experience.
Arriving in time to enjoy sundowners and take a tour of your overnight accommodation, this sleep out in the wilderness of the reserve is on our custom built Land Cruiser, featuring a full bathroom on the lower deck and a bedroom with lounge area on the upper deck.
A night on the Dream Cruiser calls for al fresco picnic-style dining is delivered by our chef for you to enjoy as the evening turns to night and the stars dance in all their glory.
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.
After a good night's rest, you can enjoy morning tea/coffee with homemade rusks before being collected for breakfast at the lodge.
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, benches from which to view the surroundings and lots of windows and vantage points for creative camera angles.
Onguma Nature Reserve consists of 35 480 hectares of Namibian wilderness & is home to numerous plains game, more than 300 bird species and even 4 of the Big 5. The Reserve boasts over thirty different animal species. Plains game roam freely on the Reserve and predators although not always easy to spot, are nevertheless common residents of the area. Lions and Cheetahs are frequently seen and often heard. There is a healthy black rhino and leopard population and hyenas are also often seen and heard.
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.
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.
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.
We offer:
- Therapeutic Full Body Massage - 60 min – N$ 850 / 90 min
- Lymphatic Drainage Massage - 60 min
- Back Neck & Shoulder Massage - 45 min – N$ 600 / 60 min
- Head & Face Massage - 45 min
- Thai Foot Massage - 45 min
- Unique Combination of Therapeutic Massage & Thai Yoga Massage - 90 min
Your Stay
3 Nights
Dinner, Bed and Breakfast
Your Rooms
1x Bush Suite
Fast Facts
5 Stars
Lodge
Spoken Languages: Afrikaans, English, German
No. Rooms: 13
Special Interests: Adventure, Birding, Gourmet, Leisure, Nature, Relaxation, Star Gazing, Wildlife, Wine
