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Shipwreck Lodge

Castaway luxury on the Skeleton Coast.
Location
Skeleton Coast
No. of rooms
10 Rooms
Price Range
NAD 16,595 — NAD 27,950 per night
Dates Open
Year Round
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Shipwreck Lodge

Freedom, beauty and solitude

Surrounded by enigmatic shipwrecks, Shipwreck Lodge is a unique safari lodge on the remote Skeleton Coast. This raw and rugged African wilderness boasts towering dunes and wind-swept plains along the icy Atlantic seas. From desert fauna to enchanting flora, beach-combing for relics, and marveling at the Clay Castles, there’s nowhere quite like the Skeleton Coast.

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Guest Cabins
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Shipwreck Lodge
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Designed to resemble shipwrecks
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Cabins along the coast
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Main Area
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Main Deck
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Lounge & Fireplace
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Window view
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Dining Room
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Stylish Lounge
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Stylish Lounge
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Lounge & Fireplace
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  • Purpose
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Protecting Endangered Desert Dwelling Predators

The proceeds of your stay helps to support the conservation of desert dwelling brown hyena and lions that have adapted to life in the desert. With a better understanding of behaviours, population dynamics, and potential threats, we can work with our partners and local communities to ensure that these endangered predators are protected.

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Skeleton Coast National Park

The Skeleton Coast is a mysterious and eerie place, known for its beauty and haunting atmosphere. Stretching roughly 500 kilometers along the Atlantic Coast, the National Park is littered with shipwrecks and whale bones. Shipwreck Lodge, located in the Skeleton Coast Central Concession Area, is a must-see spot within the park, home to unique wildlife including elephants and brown hyenas. This area is also home to one of the only viable lion populations in Namibia outside of Etosha National Park.

Open Year Round

The Skeleton Coast is a great destination year-round, with cool temperatures and eerie Atlantic fog. Desert temperatures can fluctuate quickly, so always have a warm jumper handy.

November to April is summer, with sporadic showers and clear, crisp air. Mornings are less foggy, making it a good time for birdwatching. May to October is winter, with pleasant daytime temperatures but chilly mornings and evenings. Little to no rain, and the desert is at its best.

Signature Experiences

Nature Drives

Nature Walks

Guided Quad Biking

Amenities

Library

Wi-Fi

Family Room

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A retreat providing freedom, beauty and solitude on the Skeleton Coast

Why you'll Love It

Freedom, beauty and solitude

A place where time is measured in evolutionary terms and nature is undeniably in charge.

Enchanting architecture

Strung along a sand dune that faces the distant Atlantic Ocean, the cabins look as though they’ve quite literally been shipwrecked.

The one and only

As the only lodge in the whole of the Skeleton Coast National Park, you will quite literally feel like you are the only humans to reach the shoreline.

An explorers desert delight

Explore a raw, rugged and impossibly remote slice of Namibia’s coastline. Here beaches are strewn with whale bones, wildlife and treasures to unearth.

Exceptional landscape to unlock

Set along the Atlantic Coast, this a hauntingly picturesque region, described by many as the ultimate journey to the ‘end of the earth’.

Desert Lions Early Warning Conflict Mitigation System

We support The Desert Lion Conservation Project and Integrated Rural Development and Nature Conservation (IRDNC) in an effort to protect the desert-adapted lions of northwest Namibia from human-wildlife conflict. This is done through the implementation of satellite-based monitoring and automated early warning systems.
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Castaway luxury on the Skeleton Coast

Accommodations

We felt it only fair that we build a camp to match the remarkable scenery of the Skeleton Coast, and each of the 10 rooms have been constructed to resemble the shipwrecks that line the beach. There are 8 twin or double rooms, and 2 cabins can take extra beds if you’re bringing the kids, all ensuite 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 as innovatively-designed lounge and restaurant with a wide, wraparound deck and uninterrupted views across the sand all the way to the Atlantic Ocean.

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At a Glance
  • 10 rooms: 8 twin/double, 2 family (triples on request)
  • Ensuite bathrooms with indoor showers
  • Wifi available: Yes
  • Hairdryers: Available on request
  • Battery charging facilities: In main area & in rooms
  • Complimentary laundry service
  • Child policy: We welcome children of all ages
  • Disabled access: Please enquire with reservations
Amazing Encounters

Wildlife

The Skeleton Coast is an area known for its extraordinary landscapes and wildlife sightings are rare – but when do you spot something, it’s a magical experience. First up are the desert-adapted elephant, digging deep beneath the sand for the last vestiges of water. Then, making use of the wells left behind by the pachyderms are giraffe, lion and baboon, and perhaps even a brown hyaena or two, but sightings are rare. There are also thousands of plants and insects that flourish in the sand, surviving from the moisture of the cold fog that drifts inland from the ocean. Incredible stuff – but that’s not all. Marine life positively thrives, feeding off the nutrients in the Atlantic, and the most iconic species are the Cape fur seals that line the rocky shoreline in large colonies. Birdlife is also prolific and you should most certainly pack your binos for Rüppell’s korhaans and Benguela long-billed larks. Further toward the coast, you should also be able to spot tractrac chats, as well as jaegers and skuas around the seal colonies.

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Elephant near the lodge
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Brown Hyena along the coast
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Seals on the lookout
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Black Backed Jackal
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Crabs on the move
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Brown Hyena
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Roaming elephant
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Desert dwelling Springbok
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Mowe Bay seal colony
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Experiences

What to see and do

Get access to a range of experiences that can be enjoyed during your stay

Nature drives

What could be more exciting than a game drive around the dramatic landscape of the Skeleton Coast.

Nature Walks

Unearth the hidden gems that carry secrets about this shipwreck strewn coastline as you walk from lodge to seashore.

Guided quad biking

Take an exhilarating quad bike over the ever changing desert dunes – wind in your hair, desert sand at your heels.

Sand Boarding

Enjoy the thrill of whizzing down the dunes on a sandboard. This one is for the fun seekers… all aboard!
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Making a difference

Our impact

When you visit, you will be directly supporting the following Natural Selection conservation initatives:

Desert-Dwelling Giraffe Conservation

Focusing on the awareness of giraffe declines in Africa and the continued conservation of desert-dwelling giraffes in Northwest Namibia.
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Desert Lion Early Warning Conflict Mitigation System

Implementing an automatic monitoring and early warning system with the desert lion, to reduce conflict with livestock herders in the hope that human-wildlife-conflict is mitigated.
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Khomas Environmental Education Programme (KEEP)

Designed to address the need to connect children from urban primary schools to nature and to develop an interest in the environment to become responsible members of local and global communities.
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A lodge in isolation

Shipwreck Lodge story

The Skeleton Coast National Park is officially the least visited of all of Namibia’s parks. Just the sort of place, then, that we at Natural Selection like to have our lodges. Shipwreck Lodge is located in the Skeleton Coast Central Concession Area, a critically important piece of land for protecting vulnerable wildlife species. The lodge is a joint venture between Natural Selection and local Namibian companies Trip Travel and Journeys Namibia, as well as the local communities that border the park. We couldn’t be more delighted to welcome you to this incredible part of the country!

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