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
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"Andersson's at Ongava review"
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
"Andersson's at Ongava review"
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
"Andersson's at Ongava review"
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
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"Lions & Rhinos at Andersson's at Ongava"
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
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"Andersson's at Ongava review"
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
"Andersson's at Ongava review"
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
"Andersson's at Ongava review"
Stanley, our guide was excellent and Benedikta was a most friendly and smiling hostess." See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia
"Andersson's at Ongava review"
The hide out and water hole was terrific.
A great place to stay." See all these reviews: 20n in Namibia
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