Aoba - a short history
A O B A … comes from the San (Bushman) language and means: "when the sun goes down".
"If our dream comes true, I will give this name to our lodge", said Georg Zimmermann to his wife Uli and his partners as they watched the magnificent sundown in 1993 on Fischers Pan. The dream came true and Zimmermanns managed the lodge with their former partners Chris and Helmut until 2002, putting their heart and soul into it. At that time it was only the third lodge in the north of Namibia. In spite of considerable logistical problems to get building material into the bush, the construction period was only 6 months.
Today, Etosha Aoba is incorporated into the larger Onguma Game Reserve and our private nature reserve has increased to an enormous 34.000 ha where we have removed more than 200km of internal fences creating a natural environment for the wild animals.
The Reserve is fenced along the new perimeter borders and we are now re-introducing new game to diversify the game gene pool.
A O B A … comes from the San (Bushman) language and means: "when the sun goes down".
"If our dream comes true, I will give this name to our lodge", said Georg Zimmermann to his wife Uli and his partners as they watched the magnificent sundown in 1993 on Fischers Pan. The dream came true and Zimmermanns managed the lodge with their former partners Chris and Helmut until 2002, putting their heart and soul into it. At that time it was only the third lodge in the north of Namibia. In spite of considerable logistical problems to get building material into the bush, the construction period was only 6 months.
Today, Etosha Aoba is incorporated into the larger Onguma Game Reserve and our private nature reserve has increased to an enormous 34.000 ha where we have removed more than 200km of internal fences creating a natural environment for the wild animals.
The Reserve is fenced along the new perimeter borders and we are now re-introducing new game to diversify the game gene pool.
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