Safari to Etosha South

Ongava is the best private reserve in the Etosha area

At 22,270 square kilometres, Etosha National Park is an enormous and well known wildlife reserve in northcentral Namibia.

Etosha South is one of four sub-areas of the Etosha area. It covers a large tract of land outside the Andersson’s Gate of the main national park, the main entrance when approaching from Windhoek.

This particular area includes a number of large private reserves which contain a good range of accommodation options, from lower cost road-side lodges to more remote and high quality camps.

From this particular area it is easy to access the southerly Okaukuejo Sector of the national park, which contains the largest concentration of waterholes and therefore tends to offer the richest wildlife during the May-Nov dry season.

These best of the lodge options in Etosha South (notably on the Ongava Reserve and Etosha Heights Reserve) are able to provide a more peaceful bush environment in which to undertake safari activities (variously including vehicle safari, walking safari, rhino tracking and bush meals), which you can supplement by raiding into the national park for further wildlife viewing should you feel the need to see what all the fuss is about.

For self-drive trips around Namibia we most commonly recommend combining a lodge in each of the Etosha East and Etosha South areas.

If you are planning a flying safari which includes Etosha, then you will most likely stay at a lodge in this Etosha South area.

If you are visiting on the way back from a guided safari in the remote northwest of the country then you are more likely to stop in the Etosha West area, possibly adding one of Etosha East or Etosha South.

a good range of lodge options across the price spectrum