Lodge in Etosha Pan (North-Eastern Edge), Oshikoto
Onkoshi is the most exclusive of the Etosha camps: fifteen chalets built on raised wooden platforms along a private peninsula on the north-eastern rim of the Etosha Pan, in an area closed to day visitors and self-drive traffic. Guests leave their vehicles at Namutoni and are transferred in by NWR, which is why the camp feels so quiet — the pan stretches away in front of the deck with nothing else in sight. Chalets are canvas and thatch with glass fronts onto the pan, and the main area, pool and restaurant all face west for the sunset. Rates are per person sharing on a dinner, bed and breakfast basis, and the camp has no campsite or self-catering units.
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Double-bed chalet for two on the end of the peninsula, raised over the pan with the most private deck in camp.
Twin-bed canvas and thatch chalet on a raised platform, glass-fronted onto the Etosha Pan with an en-suite bathroom.
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Onkoshi is built on a secluded peninsula on the north-eastern rim of the Etosha Pan, in a section of the park closed to day visitors and self-drive traffic. Guests check in at Namutoni and are driven the last stretch by NWR, so the only vehicles that reach the camp are its own. The result is a view of the pan with no roads, fences or other camps in it — rare anywhere in Etosha.
Fifteen chalets of canvas, timber and thatch stand on raised wooden platforms linked by walkways, each glass-fronted onto the pan with an en-suite bathroom and a private deck. Twin-bed Onkoshi Chalets suit couples and single travellers; two Honeymoon Chalets have a double bed and sit at the quiet end of the peninsula. Rates are per person sharing and include dinner and breakfast. There is no camping or self-catering at Onkoshi.
Onkoshi looks straight over the pan, which is dry and white for most of the year and shimmers with mirages in the heat — good for the horizon-line photographs Etosha is known for. Game drives run into the Namutoni and Fischer's Pan area for lion, elephant, giraffe and black rhino, and after strong rain the pan itself floods and draws thousands of flamingo. Because guests do not self-drive from camp, activities are guided.
Plan to arrive at Namutoni in good time for the transfer — it is not a camp you can reach late in the day, and vehicles are left at Namutoni for the duration of your stay. The main area, pool and restaurant all face west across the pan for sunset. Park entry fees are paid at the gate, and rates rise for the 1 July to 31 October peak season.