Reviews of Onguma Bush Camp
Wildlife sightings and reviews
81 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Onguma Bush Camp and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa
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"Onguma Bush Camp"
Accommodation very clean and well serviced . The food was really nice and plentiful with a wonderful waiter Emil. What a joy he was .
I would definitely recommend this Camp for value for money ." See all these reviews: 9n in Namibia
"Onguma Bush Camp review"
We had a very enjoyable sundowner/evening drive, although again no animals, but our guide was very good.
The children enjoyed the swimming pool here." See all these reviews: 17n in Namibia
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"Ongumu"
The tour guides were so wonderful. Armstrong extended our tour well past his quitting time in an attempt to find us some animals.
I wish we had arrived here earlier and taken their tours into Etosha instead of driving around on our own," See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia; 2n in Rwanda; 1n in South Africa
"Great experience at Onguma Bush Camp"
The next morning, one of the staff members gently knocked on our door at 7 am to let us know that there was a lioness walking in front of our rooms to the waterhole. That was the only lion we saw on our trip.
The wait staff, specifically, Edwil, was very attentive and I'll be forever grateful for his knock on our door to come out and see the lion!" See all these reviews: 7n in Namibia; 3n in Zambia; 2n in Botswana; 1n in South Africa
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The watering hole in the dining area was the best I had seen.
The kids really enjoyed the loft rooms. The rooms were very, very nice and comfortable.
They did a great job of accommodating requests for kid-friendly food options." See all these reviews: 6n in Namibia
"Onguma Bush Camp review"
However, after Okonkjima the game drives seemed average at best. We were quite disappointed with the morning walk - we seemed to learn a lot about termites - and saw nothing reasonably close or special.
We saw most when we were relaxing and looking out over the waterhole and we also enjoyed relaxing at the swimming pool." See all these reviews: 9n in Namibia
"Absolutely exemplary in all aspects"
We are keen animal and bird-spotters, and we saw several species around that small area that we never saw in the rest of our trip!
Service was extremely polite, professional and unobtrusive. The food was tasty, well-proportioned, and vegetarians were well catered for. We were quite sad to leave Onguma after only one night!" See all these reviews: 9n in Namibia; 5n in Zimbabwe; 2n in Botswana
"Good in parts"
Some observations though:
(1) the Camp appears to concentrate on German tourists (we only met 3 Brits and 2 Dutch people). This can mean that some staff have only a smattering of English, which can lead to confusion.
(2) we only met one female member of staff the whole time - a lady from the kitchen - on one occasion Elizabeth had a problem getting service from the barman, who seemed reluctant to serve a woman.
(3) related to (1) I think, we asked about a good place to view the Pan which the resort abuts and were told to use the main road into the resort area. On the way there we were told by one guide to stick to the main roads, even if other tracks were available. Fine, wouldn't want to get lost! Then when taking pictures from the car another vehicle stopped and told us that we were not allowed to use our own car at all - we had to go out on organised trips only, and should return to the Bush Camp immediately. Having a huge resort area is therefore almost useless unless one pays for each trip. This would make three days very expensive." See all these reviews: 17n in Namibia
"Great place for families"
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