Ohorongo Private Game Reserve

About the park

Ohorongo is a 35,000 ha private reserve in the Kunene Region, a landscape of open veld, thorn savannah and granite mountains off the C35 between Khorixas and Kamanjab. Black rhino are the conservation focus, with eland, kudu, mountain zebra and giraffe among some 40 other species, and north-western endemic birds such as Damara hornbill, Hartlaub's francolin and white-tailed shrike. There are two places to stay, a five-tent camp and a five-bungalow lodge, and all game viewing is guided: mixed drive-and-walk outings that stop at rock engravings and paintings, rhino tracking with the reserve's rangers, early walks along dry riverbeds and night drives for wildcat, genet and owls. Self-drivers arrive on gravel farm roads off the C35 or C40, and fly-in guests use the reserve's airstrip. It sits roughly halfway between Swakopmund and Etosha, so it works well as a two-night break on that route. The catch: the tented camp has a two-night minimum, and rhino tracking is not open to children under 12.

Highlights

• Tracking black rhino on foot with the reserve's rhino rangers
• Rock engravings and paintings on the guided nature excursions
• Night drives for African wildcat, genets and owls
• Birding for north-western endemics such as Damara hornbill and white-tailed shrike
• Stargazing with the telescope at the camp or lodge

Good to know

• About 35,000 ha of private land in the Kunene Region, off the C35 between Khorixas and Kamanjab
• Ohorongo Tented Camp (5 tents, fully inclusive, two-night minimum) and Ohorongo Safari Lodge (5 bungalows)
• Guided activities only; rhino tracking from age 12
• Gravel farm-road access from the C35 or C40; private airstrip for fly-in guests
• About 340 km from Swakopmund and 150 km from Etosha's Galton Gate