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Giraffe and elephant at a waterhole near Okaukuejo at sunset

Etosha South · Andersson Gate

Where to Stay Around Okaukuejo

Etosha’s southern gateway pairs Okaukuejo Rest Camp, inside the park at its floodlit waterhole, with private lodges and camps on the gate roads outside the southern boundary.

See places to stay Plan southern Etosha
  • GateAndersson Gate
  • Inside-park baseOkaukuejo Rest Camp
  • Best forA first Etosha visit
  • ApproachOutjo / Windhoek
  • Places listed2 inside the park · 18 near the gate

Is Okaukuejo right for you?

Okaukuejo is one of the easiest areas to choose for a first Etosha trip. It sits at the end of the tarred approach from Windhoek and Outjo, it carries one of the broadest accommodation selections on this site, and the rest camp is built around a floodlit waterhole that guests can use through the night.

The main draw is that waterhole. It is a short walk from the rooms and campsites and it is lit after dark, so it offers game viewing that does not depend on being in a vehicle. Elephant, rhino and lion are among the animals regularly reported there at night.

The trade-off is distance. Fischer’s Pan and the eastern waterhole circuit are a long drive from here, so if the east is what you have come for, Namutoni is the more convenient base — and Halali is the more central one if you want to work both halves of the park.

Stay inside Etosha

The places listed here that sit inside the park boundary are at Okaukuejo Rest Camp. Staying inside the fence means you are at the waterhole at first light and after dark, with no gate run at either end of the day.

Stay near Andersson Gate

These sit outside the southern boundary, on or just off the gate roads. They work as practical Etosha bases and offer a wider choice of accommodation styles, in exchange for a gate run each morning and evening. Distances are shown only where the property publishes one.

Why stay in southern Etosha?

Access and driving

Andersson Gate is the southern entrance to Etosha and the gate this whole area is organised around. The approach is tarred from Windhoek on the B1 and C38 through Otjiwarongo and Outjo, which is one reason many self-drive trips enter the park here.

From the gate, Okaukuejo Rest Camp is a short drive on. Inside the park the roads are gravel and their condition varies with the season, so allow more time than the distances suggest, and plan your driving around the official park and camp gate times for your travel dates.

Inside the park, or outside Andersson Gate?

Inside the park

  • Waterhole access at first light and after dark
  • No gate run at either end of the day
  • A limited number of rooms and campsites, which can be harder to secure in busy periods

Outside the park

  • A wider choice of accommodation styles
  • More properties to choose from across the area
  • A gate run each morning and evening, which uses part of the best light

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