Skeleton Coast Camp

Skeleton Coast Camp is located in the northern region of the incredible Skeleton Coast Park private concession and offers the ulitimate remote wilderness experience.

Skeleton Coast Camp has one of the most spectacular settings in Africa. The concession is incredibly diverse – from roaring sand dunes and windswept plains to towering canyons, saltpans and Cape fur seal colonies.

The camp is built on an island in the dry Khumib riverbed about 20km inland from the coastline, and comprises six Meru-style tents with spacious bedrooms and en suite bathrooms.

A central area is made up of an open-plan lounge, bar and dining area with sweeping views of the desert.  Weather permitting, evening meals may be served in the open-air ‘dining room’ under an old, gnarled leadwood tree.

The quality of the guiding is excellent and this is very important in such a unusual environemt.  Activities include full-day nature drives or walks with a picnic lunch, returning to camp in the evening.  Due to the pristine nature of this area, many parts are accessible only on foot as vehicle tracks can damage the environment.

Other excursions include visits to the clay castles of the Hoarusib River,  Rocky Point, the roaring dunes, lichen fields, Cape fur seal colonies and Himba villages.

There are areas of water which attract wildlife so you may see desert-adapted elephant, gemsbok, springbok, giraffe, ostrich, brown hyaena, Hartmann’s mountain zebra and occasionally lion and cheetah.

This is a truly incredible place – we think it is one of the most extraordinary experiences in Africa.  If you were to visit only one place in Namibia, and can afford it, then this is THE place to go.