!Xaus Lodge
A dune lodge co-owned by the ‡Khomani San and the Mier community, overlooking a salt pan, offering San hunting-skills talks and guided game drives.
!Xaus Lodge is built on a red dune overlooking a white salt pan. The land belongs to the ‡Khomani San and the Mier community, and the lodge is run with community participation. Guests can join walks led by San guides to learn about tracking, bow-and-arrow hunting and plant use, and can also take guided game drives and stargazing sessions. Guests drive their own vehicles to the Kamqua picnic site in the Auob Valley, where the lodge sends a four-wheel-drive vehicle to transfer them across the dunes. The lodge accepts only booked guests, usually with full board, and its prices are higher than those of park camps.
Opening hours
Guests only; pick-up by reservation
Nearby sights
- Urikaruus Wilderness Camp
- Kamqua Waterhole & Picnic Site
- Auob River Valley
- Auchterlonie Museum
- Craig Lockhart Waterhole
- Kieliekrankie Wilderness Camp
- Kalahari Tented Camp
- Mata-Mata Rest Camp