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Reviews of Andersson's at Ongava

Wildlife sightings and reviews

24 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Andersson's at Ongava and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa

Wildlife sightings by our travellers
Starting in Sep-2019, 22 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Andersson's at Ongava.
Lion

100% success

Leopard

19% success

Cheetah

11% success

Giraffe

95% success

Zebra

95% success

Elephant

91% success

Black Rhino

90% success

White Rhino

90% success

Oryx

79% success

Wildebeest

78% success

Eland

47% success

Spotted Hyena

44% success

Brown Hyena

17% success

Roan antelope

17% success

Sable antelope

7% success

Aardvark

0% success

Pangolin

0% success

Showing 1-10 of 24
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Arrival date
H family
Surrey

"Andersson's at Ongava review"

2 nights Arrived 30 Sep 2024
"Andersson's is a very special place and a true luxury lodge. The lodge, the rooms, the food, the staff and the service are all simply exceptional.

We delayed our trip to Namibia because Andersson's wasn't available on our first dates. We are very glad we did as the experience is so memorably good..

We saw less wildlife on our drives than we did at Safarihoek but this was balanced by the many visitors to the watering hole which was less than 100 metres from the main lodge area.

There is also a great viewing hide which allows you to get within around 20 metres of the animals when they come for a drink." See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Black Rhino

5 sightings

Elephant

10 sightings

Giraffe

10 sightings

Leopard

1 sighting

Lion

7 sightings

Oryx

10 sightings

Wildebeest

10 sightings

Zebra

10 sightings

Mr & Mrs J.
Chester

"Andersson's at Ongava review"

2 nights Arrived 30 Sep 2024
"Quite simply the best place I have ever stayed in my life.

The position is great, the set up superb, excellent food and some of the best staff I have ever had the pleasure of being "served" by. Summed up by the fact that they knew all of our names within a very short time of arrival.

It is an absolute must." See all these reviews: 16n 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

Eland

1 sighting

Elephant

10 sightings

Giraffe

10 sightings

Leopard

1 sighting

Lion

3 sightings

Oryx

10 sightings

Wildebeest

10 sightings

Zebra

10 sightings

Mr & Mrs C
Gloucester

"Andersson's at Ongava review"

3 nights Arrived 23 Sep 2024
"Oh wow, what can I say about this place except I wish there were more than five stars to award. Just wonderful in every way.

The lodge and accommodation exceeded all expectations with large, airy rooms.

The main reception and restaurant overlooks the waterhole so at night you eat your delicious dinners while watching wildlife (we saw lions and rhinos most nights).

The hide again is just spectacular and gives a whole new perspective on watching the animals. I just loved this lodge and cannot speak too highly about it.

We only did game drives in the reserve as we were travelling to Etosha independently.

Anyone who stays here is in for a real treat.

Ongava Reserve Guided game drives
Game drives were run professionally and we saw lions, elephants, rhinos and plains game on most of our drives.

We were asked if we wanted to have a drive into Etosha but as we were travelling there independently we decided to stay on the Ongava reserve and we were very happy with our decision.

What I loved so much about Ongava is the game viewing doesn’t stop when you’re back at camp due to the fabulous waterhole where we had wonderful sightings (mainly lions and rhinos).

The second afternoon was the best game drive of the stay with just superb viewings of elephants and rhinos (both black and white)" See all these reviews: 16n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Sightings Report

Black Rhino

Multiple sightings

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Lion

Multiple sightings

Oryx

Multiple sightings

Spotted Hyena

Multiple sightings

White Rhino

Multiple sightings

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Paul and Jo
Bath

"Andersson's at Ongava review"

2 nights Arrived 22 Sep 2024
"Amazing, saw so much wildlife, both at camp and out on drives." See all these reviews: 11n 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

Cheetah

1 sighting

Eland

10 sightings

Elephant

10 sightings

Giraffe

6 sightings

Leopard

1 sighting

Lion

10 sightings

Spotted Hyena

1 sighting

White Rhino

3 sightings

Zebra

10 sightings

The Swiss
Switzerland

"Lions & Rhinos at Andersson's at Ongava"

4 nights Arrived 17 Jun 2024
"Building the whole Andersson complex around the waterhole and effectively making it the centre of everything makes that lodge unique in Namibia. Very large modern light rooms with AC.

The view on the waterhole is even streamed inside the rooms, if you happen to be away from the common area or on your private terrasse. Sighting of Rhinos at the water hole during dinner almost guaranteed (you get 2 m close to the hole through a hide accessible with a 25 m tunnel). And many other sightings. We had 13 elephants at lunchtime one day. We booked 2 of the perhaps 9 bungalows for 4 nights and enjoyed a unique almost private luxury Safari experience.

Special mention for the food from the Lady Chef Cook, for the manager Benedikta and expertise of our guide Vilho. Visitor Centre / Museum at Andersson is worth the detour. The game drive within the relatively crowded Etosha National Park was a disappointment compared to what you can see doing much less kilometers at the much less crowded Ongava (despite the 4 lodges on the property).

The Etosha visit is a must nevertheless for the landscape and the views on the salt pan. In retrospect, when leaving Andersson, we should have perhaps taken the tedious approx. 6 hour drive on gravel roads through Etosha from East to West to get a better impression of the National Park instead of leaving Southeast by the tar roads." See all these reviews: 21n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Black Rhino

6 sightings

Elephant

10 sightings

Giraffe

2 sightings

Lion

5 sightings

Sable antelope

10 sightings

White Rhino

8 sightings

Wildebeest

10 sightings

Zebra

10 sightings

Mr & Mrs F
Somerset

"Andersson's at Ongava review"

3 nights Arrived 17 May 2024
"The most memorable things about this exceptional Lodge is viewing animals at the Lodge's waterhole and having a hide to use for those close up encounters." See all these reviews: 9n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Black Rhino

Multiple sightings

Brown Hyena

1 sighting

Eland

1 sighting

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Lion

Multiple sightings

Oryx

Multiple sightings

White Rhino

Multiple sightings

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Mr D
London

"Andersson's at Ongava review"

3 nights Arrived 2 Oct 2023
"A superb camp.

Viewing the wildlife at the waterhole at lunch and dinner was fantastic and the photographic hide was great." See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Black Rhino

3 sightings

Eland

1 sighting

Elephant

10 sightings

Giraffe

10 sightings

Lion

3 sightings

Oryx

10 sightings

Spotted Hyena

1 sighting

White Rhino

6 sightings

Wildebeest

3 sightings

Zebra

6 sightings

Tom and Amanda
US

"Andersson's at Ongava review"

3 nights Arrived 25 Sep 2023
"Great property, clean and modern rooms, great food, staff not as motivated as those at Wilderness Camps but still great, trip to Etosha park was least favorite part of trip because of traffic, dust.

Too many people for me so we only went once but did see a lot of animals. We felt that staying in Ongava itself was more interesting so the rest of our rides occurred here.

Walk tracking rhino was fun and got very close to 2 of them" See all these reviews: 11n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Black Rhino

8 sightings

Brown Hyena

5 sightings

Eland

10 sightings

Elephant

10 sightings

Giraffe

10 sightings

Lion

10 sightings

Oryx

10 sightings

Roan antelope

10 sightings

Spotted Hyena

1 sighting

White Rhino

10 sightings

Wildebeest

10 sightings

Zebra

10 sightings

Mr N.
Teignmouth

"Andersson's at Ongava review"

3 nights Arrived 9 Sep 2023
"Anderssons is a great place to stay. Very close to the entrance to Etosha NP. We saw lots of animals in Ongava, including lions.

Stanley, our guide was excellent and Benedikta was a most friendly and smiling hostess." 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

2 sightings

Elephant

10 sightings

Giraffe

10 sightings

Lion

8 sightings

Oryx

10 sightings

Spotted Hyena

1 sighting

White Rhino

10 sightings

Wildebeest

10 sightings

Zebra

10 sightings

Ms J.
Mijas

"Andersson's at Ongava review"

2 nights Arrived 6 Sep 2023
"Modern and stark the rooms are a real statement.

The hide out and water hole was terrific.

A great place to stay." See all these reviews: 20n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Service:
Good
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