Aru Game Lodges

Aru Game Lodges Aru Game Lodges is operated from two stunning and well-established game farms, Veronica and Kalakwa. Bow hunters will enjoy excellent blinds.

Our pride – your hunting adventure
Take home rich memories of adventure and luxury in the African wilderness: from our two Aru Game Lodges on ranches spanning 147 500 acres, 2 hours’ drive southeast from Windhoek. Here, in two distinctly different hunting experiences, you’ll encounter an abundance of self-sustainable game, with exceptional trophies guaranteed. In the Zambezi Region (formerly Capri

vi), where we hunt dangerous game, you’ll come across an incredible diversity, guided by skillful professional hunters on a tailor-made safari. Welcome to our family-run, sustainable Namibian hunting experience, where we take pride in everything we do!

12/09/2026

Rain clouds building over Veronica Lodge.
For the wildlife, it means new grass, full pans, and a pulse of life returning to the land. For the people who call this place home, it means renewed hope.

When the clouds finally break and the first rain hits the sand, it releases a scent found nowhere else on Earth, petrichor rising off earth that has waited months, sometimes years, to be touched by water again.

So when you see those clouds building over the Kalahari, know that you're witnessing something sacred.

Ask anyone who's stayed with us, and they'll tell you the same thing, it's the food that stays with them, the beating he...
06/09/2026

Ask anyone who's stayed with us, and they'll tell you the same thing, it's the food that stays with them, the beating heart of what we do here at Aru.

The food is what brings us all together everyday, guests, guides and staff sit down together as a family and share in the days experiences and laughs

Come taste it for yourself.

They don't get the glamour of a lion sighting or the crowd-pleasing charm of a herd of elephant, but vultures are doing ...
05/09/2026

They don't get the glamour of a lion sighting or the crowd-pleasing charm of a herd of elephant, but vultures are doing some of the hardest work in this ecosystem.

A colony of vultures can strip a carcass in minutes, work that would otherwise take weeks of bacterial decay. In doing so, they stop the spread of disease between wildlife, livestock, and people. No other scavenger does it faster or more thoroughly.

And yet vultures are vanishing. Six species breed here in Namibia, and across Africa most are now Endangered or Critically Endangered, driven down by poisoning (deliberate and accidental), power-line collisions, and the loss of the free-ranging wildlife they depend on for food.

At Aru, we believe a healthy ecosystems need every link in the chain, predator, prey, and clean-up crew alike. Today we're giving a nod to nature's most underrated recycler.

Just another day here at Aru. The wild doing what the wild does best. Swipe through a few candid moments captured around...
01/09/2026

Just another day here at Aru.
The wild doing what the wild does best.
Swipe through a few candid moments captured around the lodge this week.

📷 Captured by Naro Studios - Photography

The African Wild Dog also known as the painted wolf.Their striking mottled coats are so unique that no two patterns are ...
26/08/2026

The African Wild Dog also known as the painted wolf.

Their striking mottled coats are so unique that no two patterns are the same, wild dogs are as unique as fingerprints. They live in tight-knit packs built on cooperation, not hierarchy. The pups eat first and the sick and injured are cared for by always moving as one.

There are fewer than 7,000 individuals remaining in the wild, making them one of Africa's most endangered carnivores. You won't find any wild dog packs roaming here at Aru Game Lodges, but that doesn't mean their story isn't close to our hearts. Every hectare we protect, every conservation practice we champion, is part of the same fight that keeps species like the African wild dog alive elsewhere in Africa.

Today we honour the heroes who shaped this land, the men and women who gave everything so that Namibia could stand free ...
26/08/2026

Today we honour the heroes who shaped this land, the men and women who gave everything so that Namibia could stand free and sovereign.

Their courage runs through everything we do here: a deep respect for this land, for its people, and for the responsibility of caring for what they fought to protect. At Aru, conservation isn't separate from that legacy, it's a continuation of it.

Happy Heroes Day, Namibia.

Spot the difference? Namibia is home to two very different zebra species, and our lodges put you right in each one's bac...
23/08/2026

Spot the difference? Namibia is home to two very different zebra species, and our lodges put you right in each one's backyard.

At our Kalakwa Lodge, the rugged escarpment terrain is home to the Hartmann's mountain zebra, with narrow, tightly packed stripes running all the way down to the hooves, a distinctive throat dewlap, and a crisp white belly. These sure-footed climbers thrive on rocky slopes, moving in small family herds and descending to the valleys to drink at dusk. Look closely and you'll spot their "Christmas tree" stripe pattern above the tail.

At our Veronica Lodge, the open grasslands belong to the plains zebra, with broader stripes and softer "shadow" markings between the black bands, and stripes that meet underneath the belly. They favor big, social herds roaming the flats rather than picking their way across boulders.

Same family, completely different Namibia. Which stripe will you spot first?

Under the open Namibian sky, black tie meets bush.Join Danene and Gysbert for an evening unlike any other, The Rhino Roy...
16/08/2026

Under the open Namibian sky, black tie meets bush.

Join Danene and Gysbert for an evening unlike any other, The Rhino Royale offers an intimate nine-course dinner set, with wine pairing, hosted in the heart of the Kalahari where every plate tells the story of this land. From game that is sourced from our own land to the !nabba truffles pulled from the earth just beyond the table, this is Veld-to-Fork dining at its most honest and most refined.

Danene, your host and head chef, has compiled an experience that will leave you in awe of the land that surrounds you, an appreciation for what Namibia truly has to offer. So join us for an unforgettable dining experience at the Rhino Royale.

📍 Aru Game Lodges
🍽️ Nine courses. One unforgettable night.
🎟️ Limited seats — reserve yours today at [email protected]

The Caprivi's Elephant Story: Balance Through StewardshipThe Caprivi Strip, now the Zambezi Region, holds one of Africa'...
12/08/2026

The Caprivi's Elephant Story: Balance Through Stewardship

The Caprivi Strip, now the Zambezi Region, holds one of Africa's great elephant populations, part of the vast KAZA landscape that stretches across five countries. But more elephants sharing space with more people means real tension: raided crops, damaged water points, and communities bearing the cost of living alongside giants.

This is where sustainable use conservation earns its place. Well-managed elephant concessions, like those operating across the Caprivi, put direct value on wildlife in the hands of the communities who live with it every day. When conservation delivers income, employment, and food back to local people, elephants stop being a threat to livelihoods and become an asset worth protecting.

That's the model Aru stands behind: conservation that works with rural communities, not around them. Elephant numbers and human wellbeing aren't competing goals. With the right management, they're the same goal.

Balance isn't automatic, it's built one well-managed concession at a time.

Our last night camping in the Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana, will not be forgotten anytime soon.Three young male lions d...
11/08/2026

Our last night camping in the Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana, will not be forgotten anytime soon.

Three young male lions decided to make our final evening one to remember, moving through camp for hours, playing and carrying off pieces of our camping equipment as we watched on with our hearts in our throats. At one point, one of the lions was barely a foot away from the tent where our son Andre and his friend lay quietly inside, doing everything we could to keep them calm while nature did what nature does.

This is why we keep coming back. Every year, our family and friends set off across Africa together, and it's nights like this, wild, unscripted, and unforgettable, that remind us why we treasure every moment in the veld.

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