Description
Hoanib Skeleton Coast Camp
Namib Desert
Hoanib Skeleton Coast Coast Camp is within the true Namib Desert. This area is home to a rich diversity of wildlife. The Kaokoveld has the best viewing of desert-adapted wildlife and access to vast, remote and isolated wilderness. Despite the barren landscape and seemingly lack of water many elephant thrive here along with giraffe, lion and brown hyena. Various antelope have been seen including Oryx, Springbok and small Steenbok.
In stark contrast to the rugged mountains and valleys inland the Skeleton Coast hosts Cape fur seals in their thousands. This seal colony attracts black-backed jackals and brown hyena. Interactions between the seals, jackal and hyena are fascinating to watch. Birds are equally diverse, with regular endemics like Rüppell’s korhaan, Benguela long-billed lark and lark-like bunting. Near the the coast the bird community changes drastically and sightings of rare sea birds are quite common. Jaegers and Skuas are often observed around the seal colonies.
Eight large en-suite tents, including one family tent, keep the camp small and personal. At the main area and pool you can look out over a rugged valley that slopes down to the dry Hoanib River.
Hoanib Skeleton Camp is in a very remote area of northern Damaraland in North Western Namibia. The camp is about 1 kilometer outside the Skeleton Coast National Park. Built close to the Hoanib River the camp is surrounded by plains, mountains and miles of sand dunes.
Hoanib means “the place of elephants” and if you are fortunate enough to witness these pachyderms it truly is special. They lumber along with no particular rush, life centers around food and water, especially water. Elephants are able to hear water underground so they’re often observed in dry river beds digging with their feet or trunks.
Read our Country Information for travel to Namibia.
For a more affordable accommodation option have a look at Kulala Desert Lodge or combine this with Gunns Camp.
Read the UNESCO report on the Namib Sand and Sea.
