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Onguma Tented Camp
Onguma Tented Camp
Onguma Tented Camp
Onguma Tented Camp

Reviews of Onguma Tented Camp

Wildlife sightings and reviews

103 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Onguma Tented Camp and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa

Wildlife sightings by our travellers
Starting in May-2018, 27 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Onguma Tented Camp.
Lion

64% success

Leopard

25% success

Cheetah

33% success

Giraffe

96% success

Zebra

96% success

Oryx

92% success

Wildebeest

88% success

Elephant

72% success

Eland

42% success

Spotted Hyena

33% success

Roan antelope

30% success

Black Rhino

25% success

Sable antelope

25% success

White Rhino

23% success

Brown Hyena

14% success

Aardvark

0% success

Pangolin

0% success

Showing 21-30 of 103
Duration
Arrival date
Mrs C.
Dubai

"Onguma Tented Camp review"

1 night Arrived 28 Mar 2022
"While the actual camp was lovely, and our stay was great, the personal were just not as friendly as some of the other lodges.

Our game drive to Etosha was a little lackluster, perhaps it was the wet weather and we got the impression the driver didn't want to travel very far.

However our Sun-downer drive within the grounds was very pleasant. We had some beautiful sightings of giraffe." See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Elephant

1 sighting

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Lion

Multiple sightings

Roan antelope

Multiple sightings

Sable antelope

Multiple sightings

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Mr & Mrs V.
Leiden

"Onguma Tented Camp review"

4 nights Arrived 17 Oct 2021
"We stayed 4 nights at Onguma tented camp with very high expectations which were not entirely met.

The location is undisputed with a productive waterhole, a small but attractive pool and luxurious tents. Staff is a little reserved and perhaps formal, though Cacious managed to give us the best of both worlds. Food was excellent and overall service fine.

It's the activities we expected a little more from. Twice we were told that a prebooked activity couldn't take place because of (for us) unclear reasons. The walking safari was a lot shorter than mentioned and of limited interest. The Onguma private reserve itself didn't provide more value than Etosha (e.g. no night drives or tracking safaris) with exception of the dream cruiser. Nothing short of spectacular and highly recommended, though perhaps a little expensive.

The Etosha drives were nice, but even in this covid-period pretty busy. No less than 14 cars around two lions is a bit much for our taste. On the other hand, we did see leopard (hunting!) and a leopard tortoise among lots of other game.

Onguma is a nice place to stay and it's no punishment spending a day hanging around camp. However, if you're looking for a more intense safari experience, Etosha Heights seems the better option. It was for us." See all these reviews: 16n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Activities:
Average
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Good
Sightings Report

Black Rhino

1 sighting

Eland

Multiple sightings

Elephant

2 sightings

Giraffe

10 sightings

Leopard

1 sighting

Lion

2 sightings

Oryx

10 sightings

Spotted Hyena

1 sighting

Wildebeest

10 sightings

Zebra

10 sightings

AK
USA

"Onguma Tented Camp review"

2 nights Arrived 21 Aug 2021
"One of the best lodges that we stayed in. Very comfortable rooms, excellent food.

Game drive to Etosha was wonderful and so was sundowner." See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Black Rhino

1 sighting

Elephant

2 sightings

Giraffe

4 sightings

Leopard

1 sighting

Lion

2 sightings

Oryx

8 sightings

Roan antelope

1 sighting

Wildebeest

6 sightings

Zebra

6 sightings

Mr A & Ms M
USA

"Onguma Tented Camp review"

2 nights Arrived 24 Nov 2020
"The camp is beautiful and in a great location. The waterhole is excellent. It's a private reserve, but there are no real game drives on the reserve - that didn't make any sense to us. Disappointing.
The service from the manger in charge was shockingly poor even though there were only three rooms occupied. Examples:
Breakfast is from 6-9am. We asked if we could have breakfast at 9:30am (to go to Etosha early morning). No. We asked if we could have breakfast at 8:55am - yes, but you have to finish by 9am.
We were totally alone on the activities. When asked if we could go to the hide a half hour later - no.
Night drives: we used to do it but got bad reviews. I said we promise not to give a bad review - please do it. No from the manager. The guide would have loved to do it with us but wasn't allowed.
Under current management I would not send guests to this camp." See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Terrible
Activities:
Poor
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr V
Birmingham

"Onguma Tented Camp review"

2 nights Arrived 25 Oct 2019
"I consider this reserve did not seem to have the variety of animals that Ongava had, and the guiding was not so professional generally. I consider it was inappropriate to have four vehicles in a crowded space next to a lioness. Although my guide was enthusiastic and could explain what was being seen around the drive, this was not to the standard i had experienced at the previous two camps. That said, the drive into Etosha itself, was a good one, and the demand for lions by other guests was met.

However the camp itself is very well designed and very relaxing, and indeed modern in design, with very good service from the staff." See all these reviews: 10n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Activities:
Average
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Sightings Report

Black Rhino

4 sightings

Cheetah

5 sightings

Elephant

4 sightings

Giraffe

10 sightings

Lion

3 sightings

Oryx

10 sightings

Spotted Hyena

2 sightings

White Rhino

2 sightings

Wildebeest

10 sightings

Zebra

10 sightings

Mr & Mrs OC
Sheffield

"Our favourite place"

2 nights Arrived 5 Oct 2019
"We loved all of the places we stayed, but we both agreed that Onguma just had that little extra wow factor which made it our favourite. A lot is to do with the small size, which made it feel very exclusive, and the setting, which was beautiful.

Our tent was amazing, and it just felt like the team continually went the extra mile by lighting tea lights in your tent at night and even providing a good night poem! The pool area was lovely (we even got to eat dinner there on our last night) and the fire area was great in the evenings too.

In terms of activities, we did a morning drive into Etosha which was really good. We probably didn't see anything more than if we'd driven ourselves (as we did on subsequent days) but it was just nice to have a break from driving!" See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Brown Hyena

1 sighting

Cheetah

1 sighting

Eland

2 sightings

Elephant

2 sightings

Giraffe

4 sightings

Lion

1 sighting

Oryx

4 sightings

Roan antelope

1 sighting

Sable antelope

1 sighting

Wildebeest

3 sightings

Zebra

5 sightings

Mr J & Ms D
UK

"Onguma Tented Camp review"

1 night Arrived 30 Sep 2019
"Beautiful location at a high class lodge.

Did not go on a game drive as only there for one night. Few animals at the waterhole as I suspect most were around the new advertised hide at the fort." See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Zebra

4 sightings

Jane/Chris
crolles

"Superb setting around the waterhole"

2 nights Arrived 28 Jun 2019
"One of our most magical moments - seeing giraffes coming to the waterhole at 4 am from our bed. Here it really is a question of location, location, location. Once again we enjoyed every aspect of this camp.

Excellent guiding in Etosha with Niklaus. He did his utmost to get us to animal sightings in time." See all these reviews: 10n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Good
Sightings Report

Cheetah

2 sightings

Eland

Multiple sightings

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

10 sightings

Lion

1 sighting

Oryx

4 sightings

Wildebeest

5 sightings

Zebra

10 sightings

Ludocie
Sheen

"The perfect setting. "

2 nights Arrived 27 May 2019
"All "tented" rooms face the big waterhole, as does the restaurant, lounge and small pool.

Great experience throughout and an intimate setting that means that if people don't engage, they end up whispering to each other at the table......" See all these reviews: 19n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mrs G.& Mr H.
Moelln

"Only one night, but worth to stay longer!"

1 night Arrived 14 Apr 2019
"Only one night there. Seemed to be a very nice lodge too. The bed was very confortable and we even had a bathtub in the bathroom!" See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia; 3n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Cheetah

1 sighting

Giraffe

1 sighting

Zebra

1 sighting

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