Our Review

Shipwreck Lodge

Sleeps
Resort
Skeleton Coast
,
Namibia
Type
Rooms
Cabins
Location
Skeleton Coast
Namibia
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Shipwreck Lodge feels like something out of a movie – pure isolated beauty in the remote expanse of the Skeleton Coast, yet with plenty of wildlife and beautiful landscape to explore.

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The one, the only. No other camp in Namibia near replicates the experience on offer here. It is the best camp to stay at if you want to absorb the Skeleton Coast.

Ben Nelson
Founder

About

Uniquely designed around the enigmatic shipwrecks that line Namibia’s Skeleton Coast, there’s nowhere on the continent quite like Shipwreck Lodge. In fact, there is nowhere on the continent quite like the Skeleton Coast. It’s a raw, rugged and impossibly remote slice of African wilderness, where towering dunes and wind-swept plains roll as far as the eye can see, buffeted by the icy Atlantic seas.

Activity

But there is much more to the area than simple isolation. Stay at Shipwreck Lodge and game drive in search of desert-dwelling fauna; discover the enchanting desert flora (succulents and lichens); sit atop the dunes as the sun sinks below the horizon; spend the day beach-combing for whale bones and debris from centuries of shipwrecks, and marvel at the geologically-remarkable Clay Castles. 

Rooms

Built to match the remarkable scenery of the Skeleton Coast, each of the 10 rooms has been constructed to resemble the shipwrecks that line the beach. There are eight twin or double rooms, and two cabins can take extra beds if you're bringing the kids, all en-suite and solar-powered. Well, apart from the wood-burning stove but on the chilly evenings and mornings, it’s most definitely a welcome addition! In the centre of camp, you’ll find an equally innovative lounge and restaurant with a wide, wraparound deck and uninterrupted views across the sand all the way to the Atlantic Ocean.

Activities
  • Day excursions to the Mowe Bay seal colony
  • Explore the shipwrecks
  • Westies Diamond Mine
  • Remains of the Ventura Bomber
  • Sunset drive to the dunes
  • Quad biking (morning,16+), booking advised
  • Sand boarding
  • 4×4 wildlife drives
  • Beach lunch (weather permitting)
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