Desert Breeze Lodge

Top choice in Swakopmund


Set on Swakopmund's southern outskirts but still close to the centre, Desert Breeze has sweeping views of the sand dunes from its perch above the Swakop riverbed. The 12 luxury bungalows here are lovely, modern and comfortable but it's the views you come here for – they are, quite simply, sublime.


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Nearby Swakopmund attractions

1. Old German Cemetery

1.17 MILES

It's worth having a quick wander past the historical cemeteries beside the Swakop River. The neatly manicured Old German Cemetery dates from the colonial…

2. OMEG Haus

1.39 MILES

Thanks to the narrow-gauge railway to the coast, the colonial company Otavi Minen und Eisenbahn Gesellschaft (OMEG), which oversaw the rich Otavi and…

3. Living Desert Snake Park

1.44 MILES

This park houses an array of serpentine sorts. The owner knows everything you’d ever want to know – or not know – about snakes, scorpions, spiders and…

4. Alte Gefängnis (Old Prison)

1.48 MILES

This impressive 1909 structure, on Nordring St, was built as a prison, but if you didn’t know this, you’d swear it was either an early train station or a…

5. German Evangelical Lutheran Church

1.56 MILES

This neo-baroque church was built in 1906 to accommodate the growing Lutheran congregation of Dr Heinrich Vedde – it still holds regular services.

6. Bahnhof (Railway Station)

1.62 MILES

This ornate railway station, built in 1901 as the terminal for the Kaiserliche Eisenbahn Verwaltung (Imperial Railway Authority), connected Swakopmund to…

7. Old German School

1.65 MILES

The 1912 baroque-style Old German School was the result of a 1912 competition, which was won by budding German architect Emil Krause.

8. Litfass-Saule

1.68 MILES

In 1855, the Berlin printer Litfass came up with the notion of erecting advertising pillars on German street corners. For the citizens of early Swakopmund…