Sossusvlei Mountain Lodge is situated in the heart of the Namib Desert on the farm Vreemdelingspoort, which is one of eleven farms that make up the NamibRand Nature Reserve. This pristine reserve, one of the largest in Africa, is a massive 180,000 hectares and shares a common border of some 110 km with the Namib-Naukluft Park in the west and is protected by the Nubib mountain range in the east. The special attraction of the NamibRand is the captivating beauty and diversity of its landscape, which changes from expansive gravel plains to undulating dune seas, rugged canyons with towering walls of volcanic rock and distant mountain ranges.
Sossusvlei Mountain Lodge is a truly magnificent lodge. Only twenty guests are accommodated in ten twin bedded suites, built into natural rock at the foot of a mountain overlooking an expansive Namib gravel plain that leads into a sea of red dunes. The suites are extremely spacious and consist of a raised bedroom with steps leading down to a lounge. Sliding doors from the lounge lead onto a covered patio to the side of the suite and an open patio to the front. The suites are equipped with air-conditioning for the hot summer months and a jetmaster fireplace for the cold winter nights. The en-suite bathroom boasts an inside and outside shower, his and her vanity unit and w.c. Exquisitely rich fabrics and furnishings, which compliment the majestic hues of Namibia's 130 million-year-old desert, adorn the elegant main lodge building's lounge, dining room, cocktail bar and nature reference library.
Other facilities include expansive verandas, an upstairs viewing deck and plunge pool. The surrounding area lends itself to numerous activities which include scenic drives by four-wheel drive vehicle on the NamibRand Nature Reserve where you encounter a variety of desert animals such as gemsbok, zebra, springbok, bat-eared fox, aardwolf, caracal and jackal. An excursion to the highest dunes in the world at nearby Sossusvlei provides both the keen and amateur photographer with ample photo opportunities. Guided nature walks and hiking trails provide an insight to the scenic and ecological aspects of the environment with its wide diversity of desert-adapted flora and fauna. At the end of the day the blanket of stars, which lights up the desert sky, are brought to life through the lodge's high powered computerized telescope.
