The Strand Hotel
Swakopmund - Namibia
The Strand Hotel is closed for renovations and rebuilding it is hoped that a brand new hotel will be opening towards the end of 2009.
If you choose a hotel based solely on location the Strand Hotel is Swakopmund's number one choice. Situated on the main beach in Swakopmund and is in easy walking distance of the city centre and restaurants and pubs. The Strand Hotel offers 23 sea- and 22 garden facing rooms. Each comfortable double room is elegantly furnished and has a bathroom en-suite, TV with a variety of channels, telephone, hairdryer and facilities to make coffee / tea.
The hotel veranda, bar and restaurants provide an ocean view, matched only by the excellent and varied cuisine. A kids playground, tennis courts and a heated indoor swimming pool are available nearby.
The Strand Hotel is the ideal base from which to explore the Namib desert, the Cape Cross seal reserve and many other points of interest in the vicinity. Activities such as angling, quad-biking, sand-boarding, boating and camel trips into the desert
- Activities from Swakopmund
- Activities from Walvis Bay
- Cape Cross Tour
- A half day tour (with morning and afternoon departures) to the seal colony at Cape Cross
- Cape Cross & Messum Crater Tour
- Visits the seal colony at Cape Cross and the Messum Crater which is best known for it's desert adapted plants such as the Welwitschia Mirabilis
- Fishing
- Everything from sharks to pilchards
- Living Desert Tour
- A half day tour into the Namib Desert
- Minerals Half Day
- Learn about the minerals found in this part of the Namib
- Namib Desert Day Trip
- A day trip from Swakopmund into the Namib Desert
- Quad Biking
- 2 hour guided trip into the dune belt near Swakopmund (50km) - you enter an area where you cannot get to by car or foot. No experience necessary...
- Sandboarding
- Skitter down the slip faces of a tall star dune near Swakopmund at 80km/h on a lie-down board, or enjoy the style and grace of a stand-up board. No experience necessary.
- Sandwich Harbour Tour
- A day trip from Swakopmund down the Skeleton Coast to Sandwich Harbour
- Skydiving
- Leave the safety of the aircraft and join a tandem skydive. No experience required!
- Spitzkoppe Day Tour
- Full day tour to the Spitzkoppe Mountains - you will meet the Damara people and be introduced to the Bushman rock art of the area.
- Swakopmund & Walvis Bay Sightseeing
- A half day your of these two coastal towns includes visits to historical buildings & monuments as well as the teeming birdlife of the Walvis Bay Lagoon
- Catamaran Cruise
- view the lagoon from the comfort of a catamaran
- Dolphin Cruise
- A dolphin cruise around the Walvis Bay Lagoon
- Sea Kayaking
- Kayaking on the Walvis Bay Lagoon
Directions:
The Strand Hotel is located on the beach front of Swakopmund's Mole (near the lighthouse).
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