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Sorris Sorris

Damaraland

9 Rooms

From $1.8K per person/night

Eye-catching luxury in an other-wordly desert setting.

A new, super-luxury addition to Namibia’s lodge scene, Sorris Sorris ticks all the boxes for a truly fantastic stay in Damaraland. The distinctly modern design and crisp lines of the lodge offer a stylish retreat in the rugged mountain terrain, and nine block-like suites have seemingly endless views over the red plains to the impressive Brandberg Massif in the distance. Damaraland is one of the few regions where it's possible to spot the elusive desert elephant and Sorris Sorris offers the chance to search for them while soaking up the immense sense of space and solitude in this arid wilderness.

Doro Nawas Camp

Damaraland

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16 Rooms

From $510 per person/night

Immerse yourself in the rugged Damaraland at this remote camp, perfect for adventurers.

This is Damaraland at its best – rugged, uncompromising and beautiful in its austerity. It's also the setting for Doro Nawas Camp, an intrepid camp perched on a rocky outcrop on a floodplains of the dry Aba Huab River. The rooms blend almost seamlessly into the arid environment, successfully making you feel as if you’re a very part of the landscape. From here, the views across the plains to the mountains and sandstone cliffs of Twyfelfontein are completely uninterrupted. That is, unless a group of desert elephants ambles past, or a southern pale chanting goshawk catches your eye…

Desert Rhino Camp

Damaraland

8 Rooms

From $730 per person/night

Diamond of Damaraland

It’s good to know places like Desert Rhino Camp still exist. A far cry from package resorts, this desert lodge works with the community to deliver heartwarming hospitality and conscientious conservation. Check in for a five star glamping experience in Namibia’s Outback. Six stone-and-canvas suites are scattered across the rugged valley and safari game drives explore the surrounding reserve for the what the lodge is known for, it’s large number of free-roaming desert adapted black rhinos. Enjoy stellar night skies, scintillating wildlife tracking on foot and encounters with unique desert adapted animals like the Damaraland elephants, gemsbok, jackal and even lions.

Camp Kipwe

Damaraland

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10 Rooms

From $460 per person/night

A beautiful eco-camp set amongst giant boulders, desert elephants and ancient engravings.

Camp Kipwe is a unique place, built in crevices between giant boulders stacked one above the other – a feature typical of this part of northwestern Namibia. You have to admire the ingenuity of the camp's designers, who have managed to combine intimate accommodation with sweeping views across the Aba Huab valley. From this eco-friendly camp, you can explore Damaraland – take an early morning game drive to look for the country's famously elusive desert-dwelling elephants, hike the ancient Aba Huab River or travel back in time at Twyfelfontein, Namibia’s first World Heritage Site.

Etendeka Walking Trail

Damaraland

From $290 per person/night

Explore a private concession on foot with top guides & camp beneath the stars every night

Intrepid and fully immersed in nature, Etendeka Walking Trail takes you into the wild spaces of Damaraland, with the Grootberg Massif as your ever-present guide. The expert team knows every crag, animal and plant in the 500 km2 Etendeka Concession - and they'll passionately share their knowledge with you on this three-day trek. Set off from Palmwag Lodge leaving your main luggage to be delivered to your next stop, a camp overlooking a lively waterhole. Day two is the most strenuous, where you'll walk a distance of 15 - 20 kilometres - but at the end you'll be rewarded with a night atop the beautifully-named Crystal Mountain. Just imagine the stargazing...

Onduli Ridge

Damaraland

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6 Rooms

From $760 per person/night

A Damaraland wonder kid with a simple design that leaves nature in the forefront.

Ensconced by dramatic, sunbaked desert, Onduli Ridge is a cool and collected part of the Damaraland scene. Practically sculpted into the granite boulders, the camp is seamless in design and fits right in with its surroundings. Every space maximises the views and by night, it's the tapestry of stars that steals the show. Spend your days relaxing by the pool, enjoying some of Namibia's finest food and exploring this sandy playground - which just happens to include Namibia's highest mountain, the Brandberg. Sounds pretty good to us.

Mowani Mountain Camp

Damaraland

15 Rooms

From $510 per person/night

Fulfil your Star Wars fantasy in this silent moonscape setting.

Damaraland in north-west Namibia is an ancient, boulder-strewn landscape of heat, dust and extraordinary beauty. This is the middle of nowhere, so finding tranquil Mowani Mountain Camp, tucked among the giant ochre rocks, is a real surprise. The lodge's organic design has earned it an architectural eco-design award, and the interior decor combines elegance, earthiness and tranquility. The accommodation is spacious and comfortable, the food is great, the game drives are rewarding and you could lose yourself in the views. Desperate for some peace? You'll find it here in spades.

Damaraland Camp

Damaraland

10 Rooms

From $640 per person/night

Award-winning and heart-warming, this camp oozes personality

Damaraland Camp, or D-Camp as it is familiarly called, is one of Namibia’s most established and well-loved properties. A fun and sociable camp, where laughter and singing is actively encouraged, it's expertly run by a tight knit team of long-serving staff. The camp, 100% owned by the local Torra Conservancy, is often used to exemplify how community-based tourism can, and does, work. Great base for self-drivers and fly-in guests to explore the unique topography of the Damaraland, with its dry riverbeds and flat-topped mountains, and for wildlife enthusiasts, a rare chance to track the desert-adapted species, including elephant and rhino.

Damara Horse Safari

Damaraland

7 Rooms

From $1.2K per person/night

A challenging adventure for any rider, but with rewards of beauty and excitement.

This eight day riding adventure from Twyfelfontein to Cape Cross, taking you through otherworldly terrain and landscapes is undoubtedly a trip of a lifetime. As if through a prehistoric age, the ride takes you across a magnificent wilderness with possible encounters with elephant, rhino, oryx and springbok and magnificent backdrops such as the Brandberg (burning mountain), rolling dunes and the remains of a collapsed volcano. Starting at Twyfelfontein the adventure begins at once, with a trip to the nearby San Rock Engravings, a World Heritage sight, and concludes with an excursion to the Cape Fur Seal colony at Cape Cross.

Grootberg Lodge

Damaraland

16 Rooms

From $190 per person/night

Come for the views, the tumbled landscape and the black rhino.

Grootberg Lodge lies in (and is owned by) the communal #Khoadi//Hoas conservancy in Namibia's stark north-west. Perched atop one of the flat-topped mountains that characterise the landscape, the lodge's exterior appears rugged and wild, but its interior is luxurious, with every creature comfort catered for stylishly. From all points the views across the valley to the horizon are mesmerising – with black eagles soaring near the cliffs. The lodge is the first of its kind in Namibia, and plays a primary role in the environmental, tourist and financial development of its owners. Here you'll also find the world's largest population of black rhino.

Etendeka Mountain Camp

Damaraland

10 Rooms

From $320 per person/night

Simplicity in an isolated desert shaped by ancient volcanic eruptions.

Etendeka lies at the foothills of the Grootberg massif, a north-Namibian treasure surrounded by ancient lava flows, dramatic flat-topped mesas and giant boulders. Nature and its conservation are the prime focus at this small lodge, which has earned awards for the courtesy it shows to the land. Yet human creature comforts have not been overlooked. Water runs hot and cold, the loos are flushable, the beds are large and comfortable, and there's wi-fi. The camp may have a slight military-base atmosphere, but it's the perfect place from which to explore the Grootberg and its rich collection of desert-adapted wildlife.

Damara Mopane Lodge

Damaraland

80 Rooms

From $140 per person/night

An unexpectedly lush lodge in north-west Namibia's ancient savanna.

Lying on the C39, west of Outjo in north-west Namibia, is a wattle-and-daub lodge tucked like an African village in a stand of mopane trees. It's a little oasis in this wild landscape of shrubby savanna, dry riverbeds, stark granite mountains and extreme temperatures. Nearby is one of the largest concentrations of rock paintings, or petroglyphs, in Africa. Beneath them, lion, cheetah, endangered black rhino, springbok and oryx roam the savanna, and the famous, and endearing, desert-adapted elephants lumber through the dry riverbeds in search of food.

Huab Lodge

Damaraland

8 Rooms

From $310 per person/night

Off the trodden track, unpretentious family-style lodge in remote Namibia.

The Huab Valley lies on the edge of Namibia's Damaraland, an amalgamation of farmlands turned into a private nature reserve in 1992 due to concerns over the depletion of the desert elephants. Down a dusty access road is the rather unassuming Huab Lodge, but don't let first impressions fool you. It's going to be pricey, and you might not get the teeming wildlife you would in other areas, but the time you do spend here will be rewarding, thanks to both the inspiring company and the sheer vastness of an area that is often overlooked by tourists.

Twyfelfontein Country Lodge

Damaraland

56 Rooms

From $230 per person/night

Large affordable lodge in Namibia's rock art-rich Twyfelfontein desert

Twyfelfontein is one of those middle-of-nowhere, strangely beautiful arid landscapes for which Namibia is treasured. Although it's certainly out of the way, this almost mystical environment, with its ancient rock art and desert-adapted wildlife, will be sure to make you happy you came. Twyfelfontein Country Lodge is the biggest lodge in the area, with space for more than 100 guests, catering best to large groups travelling by coach or more budget-minded self-driving explorers. It's just Four kilometres from the UNESCO World Heritage Site that is home to 200-plus stone slabs depicting San engravings and paintings.

Huab Under Canvas

Damaraland

8 Rooms

From $680 per person/night

This is Damaraland, home to rare desert-adapted black rhino and elephants.

Sheltering beneath a mopane grove on the banks of a tributary of the Huab River – one of the Namibia's most important corridors for desert-adapted elephants and rhinos – lies Huab Under Canvas. This is Namibia at its rawest, far off the beaten track and a great place to take in the desert. The semi-mobile camp operates between April and November, and offers excellent guiding, eight canvas tents raised on mobile platforms, comfortably furnishings and very good food. You'll enjoy the seclusion and the freedom to explore one of Damaraland’s most interesting ecosystems. And the Twyfelfontein petroglyphs are nearby.

Palmwag Lodge

Damaraland

20 Rooms

From $170 per person/night

A down-to-earth Namibian bush lodge and campsite in northern Damaraland.

Palmwag Lodge, in northern Damaraland, is one of Namibia’s original tourist resorts. It is the gateway to the vast Palmwag Concession which spans some 5,000 square kilometres of arid gravel plains, dramatic mountain ranges, and ephemeral rivers. This semi-desert region supports a surprisingly high density of wildlife, with several very unique species, including desert-adapted elephants, Hartmann’s mountain zebra, and the rare black rhino. The lodge overlooks a palm-lined spring in the Uniab River, with a choice of bush chalets, luxury safari tents and basic campsites, and has a friendly, relaxed feel with a good range of activities.

Omatendeka Lodge

Damaraland

9 Rooms

From $1K per person/night

An elegant and exclusive desert lodge in a remote untouched wilderness.

Omatendeka Lodge is a new addition to Namibia’s luxury desert lodge portfolio, and offers an exclusive and unique safari experience. Located in the wilds of northern Damaraland, between the harsh western deserts and the chalky pans of the game-rich Etosha National Park, the lodge itself is positioned near oasis-like natural springs, the source of the Hoanib River and a vital lifeline for the desert-adapted wildlife. The nine eco-friendly suites have been beautifully designed to blend in with the arid landscape and create an elegant haven in this stark and pristine wilderness. Sounds like heaven...

Khorixas Rest Camp

Damaraland

36 Rooms

From $40 per person/night

Northwest Namibia's untamed geography will stretch your imagination

The bewitching Mars-like landscapes of Namibia's Damaraland in the Kunene region are home to treasures with a difference: desert-adapted wildlife, petrified forests dating back 260 million years, ancient rock art, and formidable plants. It's a rugged wilderness, Damaraland, with it's red-rock plateaus, granite koppies, cavernous gorges and scorched plains. And it's extraordinarily beautiful in that harsh, dramatic way. And that's why we love it. For somewhere to stay, Khorixas Rest Camp is simple but perfectly acceptable. With a restaurant and pool and small curio shop, it provides exactly what a weary traveller needs for a night or two.

Onduli Enclave

Damaraland

From $1.4K per person/night

Onduli Enclave allows guests to experience the luxury of being at one with nature, whilst enjoying the ambience of Namibia’s most exclusive and luxurious villa experience. Onduli Enclave is built high up against a south facing granite outcrop affording magnificent views of the Brandberg, Namibia’s highest mountain to the south, the dispersed cathedral-like granite inselbergs to the southeast, and the Doros Crater to the west.