Amenities
- Family Friendly
- Restaurant
- Wi-Fi
Experiences
- Hiking
- Wildlife
Why we love
- Shipwreck cabins
- Skeleton Coast
- Desert adventures
“Ten cabins shaped like stranded ships, standing in the dunes of the Skeleton Coast.”
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