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Mount Etjo Safari Lodge.

A malaria-free private reserve in central Namibia founded on 1980s wildlife relocation efforts, with lion, rhino and a floodlit waterhole lodge.

NamibiaBest time to visit
May to October

About this destination

Mount Etjo Safari Lodge occupies a private game reserve in central Namibia founded in the early 1980s by conservationist Jan Oelofse, who relocated thousands of animals here during drought-relief game rescues across Southern Africa — earning the reserve its nickname, the "Garden of Eden." Malaria-free and fenced for safety, Mount Etjo offers reliable sightings of lion, white rhino, giraffe and a wide range of plains game on game drives across open grassland beneath the Otjihaenamaparero hills. Its thatched lodge and floodlit waterhole make it a popular, family-friendly stop between Windhoek and Etosha.

Coordinates

-21.02527, 16.45667

Best time to visit

May to October

Location

N°01 · Highlights

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✦Game drives

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✦White rhino sightings

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✦Floodlit waterhole viewing

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✦Malaria-free safari

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✦Family-friendly lodge

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✦Historic conservation site

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lodge

Mount Etjo Safari Lodge

Set within the private, 36,000-hectare Okonjati Game Reserve near Kalkfeld, about 220km northwest of Windhoek. Founded in 1975 by conservationist Jan Oelofse — the animal supervisor behind the film Hatari! — Mount Etjo was one of Namibia's first private game reserves, and it is where the 1989 declaration leading to Namibian independence was signed. Guest accommodation ranges from standard rooms to a Luxury Villa and the waterhole-facing Elephant Lodge, and the property is especially known for its lion and cheetah feeding and for 230-million-year-old fossilised dinosaur footprints found on the reserve.

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