Location
Halfway between Grootfontein and Tsumkwe on the C 44 gravel road.
How to get there from Grootfontein:
Take the B 8 main road from Grootfontein towards Rundu; 55 km north of Grootfontein you turn onto the C 44 gravel road to Tsumkwe. Continue for 100 km until you reach the veterinary fence and checkpoint. From there it is another 11 km; Omatako Valley Restcamp is on your right. The road is suitable for any vehicle.
How to get there from Botswana:
If you are an experienced 4x4 driver and have a fully equipped 4x4 then you can take the road across the Kalahari from Botswana at Nokaneng (NB in the rainy season this road has many challenging potentially impassible sections after 'Trouble Tree' up to the Dobe Border Crossing so ensure you have everything you require to get yourself out if stuck, and to camp, communications such as mobiles may be out of range - so travel in convoy if possible) to the border crossing at Dobe then continue past Tsumkwe on the C 44 until you find the turn off on the left for Omatako (D3307), then take the immediate first left into Omatako Valley Rest Camp by the community water pump and two small rest huts (Omatako is 22km further down the D3307 (note the Border Crossing at Dobe closses at 6pm).
Communications: None.
Halfway between Grootfontein and Tsumkwe on the C 44 gravel road.
How to get there from Grootfontein:
Take the B 8 main road from Grootfontein towards Rundu; 55 km north of Grootfontein you turn onto the C 44 gravel road to Tsumkwe. Continue for 100 km until you reach the veterinary fence and checkpoint. From there it is another 11 km; Omatako Valley Restcamp is on your right. The road is suitable for any vehicle.
How to get there from Botswana:
If you are an experienced 4x4 driver and have a fully equipped 4x4 then you can take the road across the Kalahari from Botswana at Nokaneng (NB in the rainy season this road has many challenging potentially impassible sections after 'Trouble Tree' up to the Dobe Border Crossing so ensure you have everything you require to get yourself out if stuck, and to camp, communications such as mobiles may be out of range - so travel in convoy if possible) to the border crossing at Dobe then continue past Tsumkwe on the C 44 until you find the turn off on the left for Omatako (D3307), then take the immediate first left into Omatako Valley Rest Camp by the community water pump and two small rest huts (Omatako is 22km further down the D3307 (note the Border Crossing at Dobe closses at 6pm).
Communications: None.
