See both black and white rhino in one beautiful place

Ongava Game Reserve

Ongava Game Reserve was formed in 1991, when shareholders of Ongava converted four unproductive cattle ranches into a highly productive 30 000-hectare private game reserve that is now a haven to large concentrations of wildlife. 

Most general game has been reintroduced onto the property, including springbok, gemsbok (oryx), blue wildebeest, Burchell's zebra, Hartmann's mountain zebra, common waterbuck, red hartebeest, southern giraffe, eland, Damara dik-dik, steenbok, klipspringer and the largest population of the endemic black-faced impala (listed as Endangered by the IUCN) outside of the Etosha National Park.

Ongava Game Reserve also has a healthy predator population, including lion, leopard, brown hyaena, black-backed jackal, African wild cat, aardwolf and caracal.

The most successful reintroduction project on the Ongava Game Reserve, however, is the white and black rhino project - where Ongava holds one of the largest rhino custodianships for the Namibian government. These custodianships are set up in safe havens throughout the country in hopes of breeding rhino to more sustainable numbers and reintroducing them into areas where they previously flourished. Ongava Game Reserve is one of the few places in southern Africa where you will have a realistic chance of encountering both of these amazing creatures.

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