Ondili - things are happening
Ondili uses the idle time in tourism to position itself for the future.
Customer centre in Windhoek
The Ondili Customer and Guest Centre is getting ready for business in a central location in Windhoek. Carsten von Luttwitz and Jan Rohlfs are the contact persons for tour operators, travel agents and guests. From now on, any inquiries about our lodges will be answered from there. We are currently putting the finishing touches to our meeting room and will soon be able to issue invitations regularly to product training sessions, a pleasant business brunch or an afternoon braai. Our coffee is really good, too. Namibia Travel Consultants will continue to handle all of Ondili's bookings.
About the new team in Windhoek
Carsten von Luttwitz joined the Ondili team as Chief Operating Officer in March. With more than 20 years of experience in Namibian tourism he has acquired a wealth of market-related expertise. After many years as a tour guide,he is also very knowledgeable on Namibian lodges as well as the country’s flora, fauna, geology and history, and he can tell countless anecdotes, of course. For the past eight years he was in charge of a local tour operator’s marketing team. Now, at Ondili, he is the primary contact person for marketing and sales matters.
Jan Rohlfs complements the Windhoek team in the areas of marketing and business development. Following his hotel management studies at the University of Brighton, he was responsible for planning, developing and managing operations at the new Etosha Oberland Lodge. At Ondili he will support the team especially by liaising with Namibian tour operators and by fostering relationships and building them further. He will also be involved in planning new lodge projects and in operational developments.
Kalahari Red Dunes Lodge
The flooding of the lodge after a cloud burst in January, when 200 mm of rain poured down within two hours, prompted us to rebuild the entire complex. Our position as an upmarket lodge in the Kalahari will be underlined by a far-reaching upgrade of the property.
We are planning an additional new building with reception and a cosy lobby, where on arrival our guests will be welcomed in style. Activities will start from the lobby and a wellness area will also be part of this building.
The guest chalets will be enlarged and a lounge area will be added. An individual entrance to each of the chalets via a completely private terrace is well protected from view. The furnishings and decor of the terrace and the chalet interior will be revamped and will soon give the lodge a modern look with African accents.
The existing restaurant and lounge will be resplendent in noble new furnishings. Starting with the main season in 2022 (exact date still to be published), Red Dunes is certain to delight discerning guests more than ever.
Desert Homestead Outpost
Here, too, we are using this special time to demolish most of the lodge as it is known and rebuild it.
We are rebuilding all the guest accommodation, giving them a considerably bigger floor area. A clever combination of large glass surfaces, sliding doors, canvas and natural stone will allow the guests to experience and enjoy the vastness of the Namib even better. Each chalet will have its own private deck and terrace, which are protected from view and can only be accessed through an entrance in front. The thorough refurbishment in an upmarket safari style will be charming.
The terrace and sunbathing area at the main building has been significantly enlarged. Another pool and several shaded islands,with seating and accessible by footbridge, create privacy.
This exclusive new lodge will be available from the main season 2022 (exact date still to be published).
Ondili has bought a small guest house in an excellent location between the beach and the centre of Swakopmund: the Brigadoon, a captain's house dating back to 1913.
The existing buildings and the seven guest rooms are now being completely renovated, converted and refurbished. The entire main building will be furnished in a maritime style reminiscent of yesteryear’s seaside resorts to match the character of this beautiful historic captain's house.
The Boutique Guest house Brigadoon will be available from the main season 2022 (exact date still to be published).
In a prime location for reaching the tourist highlights of Damaraland, something new is being built near the existing Twyfelfontein Adventure Camp. At the foot of a mountain we are creating an exquisite small lodge with larger, comfortable tented accommodation and a brand new, open plan main building complete with a spectacular sundowner spot.
A sunbathing area at the new pool in this landscape of spherical boulders invites to relax, and evening scan be spent around the campfire. The new lodge will be available from the main season 2022 (exact date still to be published). The Adventure Camp remains unchanged.
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