Wolwedans Desert Lodge

a fabulously scenic desert area

Wolwedans Desert Lodge is located in the Namibrand area of southwest Namibia.

Set on a fabulous private reserve, this is a very comfortable permanent lodge, sitting in a very prominent position up on the orange sand dunes and with expansive views over the rocky deserts to the east.

Expansive public areas include open-sided lounge and dining areas. There is also a rather nice swimming pool set off to one side.

Rooms

Guest accommodation at Wolwedans Desert Lodge is in 9 large suites ranging either side of the main building and raised up on decks.

Activities

Wolwedans Desert Lodge provides access to the following guided activities, not all of which are necessarily included in the usual room rate …

• Vehicle safari
• Walking safari
• Electric mountain-biking
• Horse-back safari
• Balloon safari
• Scenic flights

The Namibrand area tends to be included in relatively few trips, since most people want to include the neighbouring Sossusvlei area and don’t have the time to combine the two. But it’s certainly worth doing if you can.

The usual stay duration is 2-3 nights if you are combining with a lodge in Sossusvlei, 3-4 nights if you are using this as your single base in the greater area.

Seasonality

The climate in Namibrand is relatively stable and the area can be visited year round, although the most popular period is the long Apr-Dec dry season.

Getting there

There are three main ways to get around Namibia and visit Namibrand …

Self-drive

The first option is to self-drive, which is reasonably safe and easy to do. The upside is that it is by far the lowest cost way to get around. The downside is that, for safety reasons, you are obliged to stick to a relatively limited network of main roads locations.

Around half of the visitors to the Namibrand area arrive by self-drive. The reserve lies just south of the very popular Sossusvlei area. Vehicles are parked at the main farmstead in the central valley, from where you are collected by a safari guide and taken on to your lodge.

Flying safari

The second option is to travel around by light aircraft. This is both a great deal easier and enables you to access some wonderfully remote locations. The downside is that it’s much more expensive, as much as three times the price of self-drive.

The other half of guests into Namibrand arrive by light aircraft, landing at the airstrip in the valley, close to the central farmstead.

Guided overland expedition

The third option is guided overland expedition, which enables you to really explore the truly wild and wonderful parts of the country. The downsides are that this can be quite an arduous way to travel and can become quite costly.

Namibrand is virtually never included in this kind of trip, the overland guides prefer to head out to more remote areas, where they can be free to conduct their safari as they please.

Combinations

Many of the very best trips to Namibia combine two or three of these ways of travelling around.

easily accessed by road or air