Ombo Rest Camp is situated approximately 12 kms North of Okahandja on the Hochfeld Road. This unique environment is home to a variety of animal and bird species, and they can all be viewed at our waterhole accompanied by a beautiful sunset.
Ombo Rest Camp provides the ideal midway stopover, whilst allowing our guests to experience a relaxing and peaceful stay, and for families, a child-friendly environment. When the road becomes too long, we offer overnight accommodation.
Come and visit us for a tour to see the ostriches and crocodiles. Even for a short stopover/visit you can enjoy our ostrich and crocodile tour, view our two warthogs and turtles. Afterwards you can relax at our restaurant and enjoy one of our freshly prepared meals from our menu.
Ombo Rest Camp Accommodation
Ombo Rest Camp offers 2 luxury family bungalows, a 2 bed bungalow and a double bed bungalow, all fully equipped for self-catering and including air-conditioning and a safe parking area in front of each bungalow.
All overnight guests may make use of the barbeque (braai) facilities in the camping grounds. From the bungalows you will be able to view our springbuck, waterbuck, ostriches, giraffes and warthogs at the waterhole against the backdrop of a beautiful sunset.
For those staying longer than a day a daily laundry is available. Our farm stall provides barbeque packs, firewood, ice and soft drinks. Also homemade products like biltong, droëwors, smoked meat, honey, jams and a variety of juices.
We also have a souvenir shop where you can purchase a reminder of your visit to us and our beautiful country.
Facilities also include a camping and caravan site with warm showers, power points and a big comfortable relaxing braai area with shade and grass. Overnight guests are more than welcome to cool off in our swimming pool.
Our Restaurant
Our family restaurant serves an A-La-Carte menu, meat dishes, vegetarian dishes, various salads, seafood and for the Namibian taste, ostrich meat and eggs. We also offer crocodile meat, omajovas and freshly baked caked every day. The restaurant is open daily, serving an A-La-Cart menu.
What To Do at Ombo Rest Camp
Ombo Rest Camp offers ostrich and crocodile tours on the farm for both large and small groups. During the tour you can feed and touch our ostriches as they are hand raised and tame.
Ombo Rest Camp has a variety of land turtles to be seen, get to meet Grieta our orphaned warthog, learn more about Lisie our Nile crocodile and view a variety of lovebird species which fly around wild here in Namibia.
Since the tour is near our waterhole, you may get the chance to view the other wild animals we have: springbuck, waterbuck and giraffes.
We also have a hiking trail where the trees are tagged and by using the pamphlet available at our restaurant, you can read up on all the details of the relevant tree. Along the trail we have information boards about our animals.
For bird lovers we have a secluded spot which we have made comfortable for you to sit and view the variety of bird species at Ombo Rest Camp.