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If you’re interested in local crafts, stop in Okahandja, 90 minutes from the airport, and browse the Mbangura Wood Carvers Market, one of the best in the country. Check cheap moncler into Okonjima Plains Camp, freshen up and rest. Home to the AFriCat Foundation, it’s a sanctuary for orphaned and abandoned cheetah and leopard which roam free. After dinner join the 90 minute evening game drive to encounter Africa’s nocturnal wildlife
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After another early morning game drive and a leisurely breakfast, move on to Ongava, a 90 minute drive away. A private reserve adjoining Etosha National Park, Ongava Lodge is intimate and luxurious, comprising 14 chalets built into a ridge overlooking a huge wooded plain. The lodge has excellent access to the Park and, unusually, offers both all inclusive and self drive rates
If you’re itching to see wildlife, head for Etosha. Anderson’s Gate is an hour away on the C38 (entrance N$80/4 per person). moncler outlet store Bear in mind that the gates close at sunset (5.30 7.40pm depending on time of year), a convivial time to be at Ongava’s moncler coats bar watching wildlife moncler jackets mens drink at the floodlit waterhole Moncler Factory Outlet below. Plains game and moncler outlet location white rhino are regular visitors.
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