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The Onguma entrance is 500 metres from the Von Lindequist Gate on the eastern boundary of Etosha National Park. Onguma borders Etosha directly, giving guests access to both a private nature reserve and one of Africa's most celebrated national parks from a single base. The experience of each is quite different: Etosha is a public park where guests self-drive or join guided excursions through open landscape, while Onguma is a private reserve where only accommodation guests have access, guides limit vehicles per sighting to three, and the people showing you around have spent years learning this specific terrain.

From Windhoek, stay on the B1 north all the way to the Tsumeb turnoff, then follow the signs to the C38 and the Von Lindequist Gate. The drive is approximately five and a half hours, almost entirely on good tarred road. From the reserve entrance to your camp is a maximum of 12 kilometres on a well-maintained dirt road. A four-wheel drive vehicle is not necessary.

A minimum of two nights is recommended to take in at least two of the experiences on offer. In practice, most guests find themselves wishing they had booked three. Onguma means the place you don't want to leave, and the name tends to prove itself accurate.