Getting Here: Flying, guided safari or self drive.
Game Viewing: Mainly desert scenery.
Highlights: Namib Desert.
Lodge Style: Luxury.
Location: Namib Desert.
Rates: from NAM$3 870.00 per person sharing
Rates exclude transfers

Camp information:

The Dunes Lodge is perched on top of a dune plateau, overlooking panoramic vistas in all directions and capturing the beauty of the desert in a most memorable way. Building style is a combination of wooden structures and canvas blinds, opening up to the desert beyond.

The lodge reflects the ambiance of a tented camp, but provides the comfort and protection of a permanent building. Each of the nine spacious chalets with en-suite bathrooms sports a private verandah, which connects you to vast stretches of untouched sand. Sleeping with your canvas blinds open is just like sleeping under the stars.

The main complex - which has completely been rebuilt during 2003 - consists of two lounges, a number of sundowner decks, a fireplace, a tea deck, a library, the wine cellar and two dining rooms.

The lodge also has a swimming pool, which is suspended above the sand. All communal areas of the lodge open out onto decks with superb views. The variety of recreational space makes a visit both exciting and relaxing. To make the most of your visit we recommend you stay for three nights.

Activities:

Accompanied by experienced guides, visitors are introduced to the many facets of NamibRand Nature Reserve's desert habitat with its diverse fauna and flora - on foot, by car, or from the air.

The classic programme - that is if you stay for two nights - would entail an afternoon drive on the day of arrival, followed by a full day-safari with picnic lunch en-route. Alternatively you can join one or two half-day excursions, perfect if you feel like lazing around for an afternoon, simply admiring the views and colours which change by the hour. The choice is entirely yours.

A special attraction at NamibRand is hot-air ballooning. If a plane is available, scenic flights to the Diamond Coast and Sossusvlei are undertaken during the late afternoon.

For hiking enthusiasts a walking trail can be arranged. Ideally you would stay one night at Wolwedans, then transfer to DieDuine for a two night trail and then come back and relax for another afternoon with us at Wolwedans.

For mountaineers, a two-day hiking trail into the impressive Losberg Mountain is currently under development. Check this space for more info. If all goes well, the first trails could be offered during winter 2008. Again, you would spend your first night at Wolwedans, then do the hike, spending a night under the stars on the mountain and return back to Wolwedans for lunch and a well deserved afternoon at leisure.