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 sometime in the future!

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

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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