S 18°44'18.4 / E 17°02'36.5"
Accommodation Info
Onguma The Fort is one of a kind, and offers something new to discover around every corner. Built in exactly the right spot, if offers guests one of the best sunset views in the whole of Namibia! The main guest areas overlook the waterhole before stretching to the beautiful scarceness of the vast Fischer’s Pan in Etosha, decorated only with wild animals and camelthorn trees.
Amenities
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Activities
Etosha game drives: morning and afternoon.
Onguma sunset drives: nature drive on the Onguma Reserve.
Onkolo Hide: water-level hide affords guests great opportunities to calmly sit and enjoy nature, unobserved.
Onguma Massages.
Interpretive Bush walks.
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