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Onguma Bush Camp
Onguma Bush Camp
Onguma Bush Camp
Onguma Bush Camp
Onguma Bush Camp

Reviews of Onguma Bush Camp

Wildlife sightings and reviews

84 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

Wildlife sightings by our travellers
Starting in Jul-2018, 20 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Onguma Bush Camp.
Lion

50% success

Leopard

12% success

Cheetah

19% success

Oryx

79% success

Giraffe

67% success

Wildebeest

67% success

Zebra

67% success

Elephant

50% success

Eland

44% success

Spotted Hyena

35% success

Sable antelope

33% success

Black Rhino

20% success

Roan antelope

19% success

White Rhino

19% success

Brown Hyena

14% success

Aardvark

0% success

Pangolin

0% success

Showing 31-40 of 84
Duration
Arrival date
Miss M
Margate

"Living the dream..."

2 nights Arrived 20 Oct 2016
"This was probably my favourite of the places we stayed for a variety of reasons - the setting with it's stunning interiors overlooking a waterhole which provided constant entertainment.

The restaurant and food also overlooking the waterhole was perfect with amazing service and fantastic food. The pool. Our room was so comfy with little extras like a bottle of water at night. But most of all the staff - so friendly and attentive - I felt so relaxed and happy here.

We also did an evening drive and saw plenty of animals which made it a fantastic all rounder - I'd happily go back here and spend a week or longer!" See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr M
Toronto

"Beautiful but smoking allowed in best spot"

2 nights Arrived 20 Sep 2016
"With its pretty waterhole and the green beautiful trees, Onguma is a welcome relief from the dryness and dust of Etosha.

The dining room/ lounge area is beautiful and the rooms are comfortable.

The only negative is that smoking is allowed in the best spot (the lounge area just above the waterhole)." See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia; 4n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr C & Mrs C
Lancs

"Onguma Bush Camp review"

2 nights Arrived 14 Sep 2016
"Onguma was a gem - quiet, serene and had the cleanest swimming pool, Superb dining area that overlooked the waterhole, as well as comfy seating area.

We were disappointed that we could not self drive around the Onguma private reserve and that they no longer offered a night drive. The day walk led by David was great - informative and a chance to walk in the area. We were late back for breakfast, but the staff were waiting for us and couldn't do more for us.

We thoroughly enjoyed our stay here." See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia; 4n in Botswana; 1n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Ms A
Australia

"Onguma Bush Camp"

2 nights Arrived 13 Sep 2016
"After our very ordinary accommodation at Okaukuejo we moved to near heaven . What a lovely place . Pleasant staff comfortable rondavels ,and in spite of the drought restful green surroundings. and most importantly a great shop with some interesting different curios. Joking about the great importance of the shop but was nice to see some different things.

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
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Ms AC
SW London

"Onguma Bush Camp review"

1 night Arrived 23 Aug 2016
"Very pleasant location, although we were unlucky and didn't see very much wildlife here.

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
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Ms M
Ontario

"Ongumu"

1 night Arrived 10 Aug 2016
"This place was pure luxury! Great service in the restaurant and amazing food. the rooms were opulent! I would come back here and stay for a week.

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
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mrs W
Ontario

"Onguma Bush Camp review"

1 night Arrived 10 Aug 2016
"The camp was amazing - the best of all we stayed in." See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia; 2n in Rwanda; 1n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mrs V
Boulder

"Great experience at Onguma Bush Camp"

2 nights Arrived 15 Jul 2016
"We loved our private waterhole. It seemed like this was the appetizer to Etosha National Park. We saw one elephant at the waterhole.

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: 9n in Namibia; 3n in Zambia; 1n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Kim
Alexandria, VA

"Onguma Bush Camp review"

1 night Arrived 24 Mar 2016
"The property was really great.

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
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs Ant
Surrey

"Onguma Bush Camp review"

2 nights Arrived 27 Nov 2015
"We were disappointed that Onguma was, effectively, some distance (in time, at least) outside of the Etosha National Park. The camp was well situated directly overlooking a waterhole that was visited by a large number of animals throughout the day.

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
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average

Location:
Average
Service:
Good
Activities:
Average
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
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