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Best safari lodges in Namibia

Waterhole frontages, off-road tracking and expert guiding: the lodges we'd actually book for a wildlife-first trip.

Thatched chalet built into a rocky outcrop at Ongava Lodge, EtoshaEtosha

Ongava Lodge

Chalets built into a rocky outcrop overlooking a waterhole, on a private reserve adjoining Etosha's Anderson Gate.

  • Waterhole-facing rooms
  • Private-reserve night drives
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A tented suite at dusk under a large tree at Onguma Tented Camp, EtoshaEtosha

Onguma Tented Camp

A tented camp on a private reserve directly bordering Etosha's eastern side, with rooms overlooking a waterhole.

  • Tents facing a waterhole
  • Private reserve, night drives allowed
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Thatched lounge and terrace at Mushara Lodge, Etosha, lit at duskEtosha

Mushara Lodge

A chalet-style lodge near Etosha's eastern Von Lindequist Gate, with thatch-and-timber public areas and a sister property nearby.

  • Close to the eastern park gate
  • Thatch-and-timber public areas
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Thatched chalets set among red rock hills at Damaraland CampDamaraland

Damaraland Camp

One of Namibia's earliest community-conservancy joint ventures, in the Huab River Valley, credited as a template for community-run tourism in the country.

  • Pioneering community-conservancy model
  • Desert-adapted elephant tracking
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View over the valley from a room at Grootberg Lodge, DamaralandDamaraland

Grootberg Lodge

Believed to be Namibia's first fully community-owned lodge, built with the ≠Khoadi //Hoas community on a ridge with valley views from every room.

  • Fully community-owned
  • Ridge-top views from every room
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A tented suite lit at dusk at Hoanib Skeleton Coast CampSkeleton Coast

Hoanib Skeleton Coast Camp

A fly-in-only camp of seven tents and one family unit, reached by light aircraft, used as a base for desert-adapted elephant, lion and rare wildlife.

  • Fly-in access only
  • Desert-adapted wildlife focus
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A dining deck overlooking the floodplain at Nkasa Lupala Tented LodgeCaprivi Strip

Nkasa Lupala Tented Lodge

A small 10-tent lodge on Lupala Island in the Kwando-Linyanti river system, built around sustainable, community-linked tourism in Namibia's northeast.

  • Only 10 tents
  • River-channel setting
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A river winding through dense green riverine forest, typical of the Zambezi region's wetlandsCaprivi Strip

Thitaka River Lodge

A 2026-opening luxury tented camp on the Kwando River in Bwabwata National Park, Newmark's first Namibian property, set near a key elephant corridor.

  • Twice-daily game drives and river outings
  • Elephant-corridor location
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