Onguma Media
Onguma Media is our very own in-house production crew focusing on bringing our viewers and followers carefully created behind the scenes footage from within the Onguma Nature Reserve. Our commitment is to generate high quality content by producing purpose-filled & passion-driven stories from within a private nature reserve bordering the Etosha National Park in Namibia.
'Beyond The Dust' wins Gold at ITFFA 2025
Onguma Media receives a Gold Award at ITFFA 2025
‘Beyond the Dust – A Tourism Conservation Success Story’ has won a Gold award in the Category Wildlife & Conservation Films, part of the International Tourism Film Festival Africa 2025
The festival’s seventh edition drew 448 entries from 60 countries. A diverse jury panel of 48, which brought together professionals with expertise in Marketing, Tourism, and Audio-visual, was dedicated to evaluating the audio-visual productions and selecting the winners.
Head over to our YouTube channel to watch the full Documentary. You wont regret it ;).
"A Day In The Life Of The Onguma Reserve"
Onguma Media receives a Silver Award at ITFFA 2024
Last week we were delighted to attend our very first ITFFA event where we picked up a Silver Award for the category of Sustainable Tourism for the series “A Day In The Life Of the Onguma Reserve”
International Tourism Film Festival Africa Celebrates Storytelling, Conservation, and Cultural Heritage in Groundbreaking 6th Edition Johannesburg, South Africa – June 18, 2024 – The 6th annual International Tourism Film Festival Africa (ITFFA), held from June 11-15, 2024, has concluded with a resounding celebration of compelling storytelling, wildlife conservation, and the rich cultural heritage of Africa and beyond. The festival, brought to you by the Sustainable Tourism Partnership Programme NPC and executed by Legito Publishing, showcased an impressive 436 entries from 61 countries, marking an 18% increase from the previous year.
If you haven’t watched our 6 part series yet, Now’s as good a time as any! Head over to our YouTube channel.
This year’s festival featured a remarkable 300% increase in series entries, with 11 series competing across various categories. The films were judged on seven key criteria: impact, creativity, sound, style, subject matter, storytelling, and goal effectiveness, with scores out of 10 awarded by an esteemed panel of 46 jury members, equally representing the film and digital creation industries and the tourism sector.
Welcome to Episode 1 of “A Day In The Life Of The Onguma Reserve"
Each 20-30min episode features an authentic glimpse into the lives of 15 characters, all working in different departments with different roles, pulling out all the stops & keeping the wheels rolling.
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Welcome to Episode 2 "Full Moon"
Todays episode we follow our guides as they assist with conservation projects around the Reserve.
Yona takes us through the devastation of our last Rhino poaching incident and explains why our APU team have to be extra vigilant during a Full Moon – also known as the ‘Poachers Moon’!
Welcome to Episode 3 "An Ordinary Morning"
In this epsiode we introduce you to our head chef Marius. We head out to join the APU on a morning patrol in search of a Rhino cow and Head Guide Manu takes clients out on an Onguma Bush Walk! We prepare the amazing dream cruiser for some very lucky clients & Yona and his team set out on a desnaring missions around the Camp Kala Build Site…
Welcome to Episode 4 of “Golden Hours"
Join us in our 4th episode as our guides take part in a Snake Handling refresher course, Yona takes us through his meditation routine and we experience the beauty and unfortunate hardship that follow our Golden Hours…
Welcome to Episode 5 "Never a Dull Moment"
In this episode we catch up with Scarface and his offspring. Yona takes us along during RTR drill day with the APU, Pieter showcases one of our recent sustainability projects and our Onguma managers head off on their end of year team building weekend.
Welcome to Episode 6 "The Place You Never Want To Leave"
Join us for the season finale of “A Day In The Life Of The Onguma Reserve”. The grand opening for Camp Kala is finally here! We touch base with our managers who are out on their Team Building getaway and join Cola with a Vulture Ringing project. Most of all we discuss what it’s like to be part of the Onguma team & why it truly is a place you never want to leave.