A visit to the Skeleton Coast of Namibia won’t be complete without a visit to Swakopmund. If you visit this coastal town on the Atlantic Ocean, stay at the Swakopmund Hotel and Country Club. The town has many examples of German architecture, and the luxurious Swakopmund Hotel and Country Club is housed in and around one of these – the old Station Building. The hotel is reminiscent of an era gone by, but incorporates all the extras you will expect from a world-class luxury hotel.
There are three restaurants in the Swakopmund Hotel: Platform One Restaurant, a relaxed, elegant Victorian-style restaurant offering a gourmet à la carte menu and a specialty buffet.
Chez Wou Restaurant is open from 19:00 daily and offers a variety of Oriental specialties.
Banqueting Spitzkoppe 1 & 2 - Our unique setting and location enable us to cater for any fun specialty function, weddings, parties, and banquets. We can also help you organize a desert dinner.
The Swakopmund Hotel and Entertainment Centre offers accommodation in 2 luxury suites, 14 luxury rooms, 30 family rooms, 43 twin rooms, and 1 paraplegic room. Rooms are bright and spacious, and most have a pleasant view of the Pool Terrace. All rooms have mini-bars, individual air conditioning, televisions, tea/coffee facilities, bathrooms with baths and showers, direct-dial telephones, electric razor plugs (100/200V), and hair dryers.
2 Theo-Ben Gurirab Avenue, Swakopmund
As you would expect, the Swakopmund Hotel and Entertainment Centre offers facilities such as same day laundry, dry cleaning and valet services, a casino, gym, swimming pool, gift shop, cinema, babysitting, whistle stop bar , health studio , car rental, safe parking , Florist and event organisers.
NAMIBIA
There are daily flights from Windhoek, Johannesburg and Cape Town to Walvis Bay which is only 30 km from Swakopmund. Spent at least two nights in the Swakopmund Hotel and Entertainment Centre or at the The Stiltz before you depart to the Fish River Canyon. Canon Lodge is near the worlds second largest canyon and it will be perfect accommodation in this region. However the Ai-Ais resort is also nearby. Sossusvlei Desert Camp gives visitors an unforgettable 360° view of the surrounding desert landscape and mountains and is close to the Sesriem gate of the Namib-Naukluft Park.
If you decided to go North from Swakopmund you can reach Damaraland or now known as the Kunene district within a single day. In this region you can stay at Twyfelfontein Country Lodge a luxury lodge near the famous rock paintings and petrified forest. Two days drive from Swakopmund Hotel and entertainment center is two very special lodges in the Caprivi. Kwando Camp on the banks of the Kwando River. Between these two lodge lies Namushasha River Lodge a luxury bush lodge. Underway from Swakopmund to the Caprivi you must consider spending a few nights at Okaukuejo the famous Rest Camp of Etosha National park.
BOTSWANA
Ghanzi in Western Botswana is within a days drive from Swakopmund and here the Kalahari Arms Hotel is the most luxurious hotel in Ghanzi. Ghanzi is the gateway to the Central Kalahari Game Reserve in Botswana.
ZIMBABWE
There are numerous hotels in Zimbabwe which will compliment a holiday at the Swakopmund Hotel and Entertainment Centre.
Cutty Sark Hotel is a more affordable hotel in Kariba while Fothergill Island is a luxurious lodge on an island in Lake Kariba. The Rainbow Towers Hotel in Harare, is one of Zimbabwe's most luxurious hotels. The Rainbow Towers was previously known as the Sheraton Hotel Harare. The A'zambezi River Lodge is one of a handful of lodges in the Victoria Falls region that is situated on the banks of the Zambezi, one of Africa’s giant rivers.
Youth Tours to Europe and tours of Botswana and Namibia. Famous for the Kalahari Vasbyt tour and the JIP tour. Temba Youth tours recommends hotels, lodges and self-catering (self-contained) accommodation in Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia.
