Ongava Private Reserve is a 45,000-hectare wildlife reserve in northern Namibia, at the southern boundary of Etosha National Park. Dolomite hills give way to mopane woodland and open savanna, and waterholes draw a steady procession of wildlife through the day and into the night.

This is rhino country. Ongava is home to both black and white rhino and was one of the first custodians in Namibia’s Black Rhino Custodianship Programme. Over 100 species of mammal and more than 300 bird species share the reserve, and conservation here is guided by the Ongava Research Centre, based on the reserve.

Ongava’s four lodges each offer a different way to stay: the elegant Ongava Lodge, the intimate Horizon, the contemporary Anderssons at Ongava and the immersive Encounter by Ongava. All draw on the materials of the land around them, rock, thatch, stone and timber.

Guests can spend their days on Ongava, with guided walks, night drives and long hours at the waterhole hides, or venture into Etosha next door.