Okonjima Plains Camp

The main area is fondly referred to as the 'Barn'. With its high ceiling, exposed brickwork, polished concrete floors and floor-to-ceiling glass frontage, it has a very contemporary and open feel. There is a reception, bar, curio shop and restaurant with plenty of tables inside and outside, where it is split level and has lovely views over the waterhole and plains. Whilst it doesn't have the immediate intimacy of the smaller camps on the Okonjima reserve, there are little personal touches like framed family photographs. Out front, there is a large pool for washing off the safari dust.

There are 30 rooms in total; fourteen Standard Rooms, ten Mountain View Rooms, the latter being brand new and the larger of the two options, they are also set further apart from each other than the Standard Room so offer more privacy. Decorated with rustic touches, both room types have en-suite showers, ceiling fans and tea/coffee facilities. There are also six Garden Rooms, these are reserved for use during conferences and research presentations.

Most guests visit Okonjima to learn about the highly successful AfriCat foundation, a not-for-profit organisation set up to support long-term conservation of Namibia's large carnivores, now the largest leopard and cheetah rescue and relocation programme in the world. Activities include tracking cheetah, leopard and hyenas, whilst seeing other wildlife on the reserve, San trails, self-guided walking trails, game-spotting in the night hide, birding and visits to the care and research centre.