An oasis farmhouse in the Auob valley

Stampriet lies in the Auob River valley, where artesian water rises to the surface and turns a corner of the Kalahari green. Kalahari Farmhouse makes the most of it: a quiet Gondwana lodge set in a garden of lawns, trees and flowers that feels a long way from the desert just outside.

The eleven cottages are homely rather than grand — colourful patchwork quilts on the beds, a fireplace for winter evenings, an en-suite shower, and a veranda looking onto the garden. It is the sort of place where a one-night stop easily becomes two.

Beside the lodge is Gondwana's self-sufficiency centre, whose greenhouses, butchery and smokery supply lodges right across Namibia. The restaurant cooks with the same produce, and you can pick up biltong for the road before you leave.

Eleven garden cottages

Nine twin rooms, one triple and one four-bed family room, all with en-suite showers, air-conditioning that also heats, a veranda, a safe, mosquito nets and tea and coffee. Rates are bed and breakfast.

Twin & Triple Rooms

Most of the farmhouse is made up of nine twin rooms, with one triple for a third traveller.

Each opens onto the green garden, with a veranda for morning coffee, a fireplace and patchwork quilts for chilly nights, and an en-suite shower.

Air-conditioning cools in summer and heats in winter, when Kalahari nights get properly cold.

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Family Room

One open-plan room at the far end of the garden, with four single beds and an en-suite shower.

It has the same air-conditioning, veranda and tea and coffee things as the other rooms, with space for a family to spread out.

Children up to 5 stay free, and 6 to 13-year-olds pay half the bed-and-breakfast rate.

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What to do

Why stay at Kalahari Farmhouse?

It is a gentle, restful stop — somewhere to slow down for a night or two in the middle of a long self-drive, with good farm food, a pool, and a garden that is a genuine surprise this deep in the Kalahari. It sits right on the C20 and is reached on tar.

There is little to do on-site beyond the garden and the farm, and that is the point. When you want the red dunes, Kalahari Anib Lodge is 30 km away, with sunset drives and the San-guided Bushmen Wisdom walk.

Before you book

Check-in is from 14:00, check-out by 10:00 — early and late times on request
Rates are bed and breakfast; supper is at the lodge restaurant
Children up to 5 stay free; ages 6–13 pay half the B&B rate
The lodge is accessible for guests with limited mobility
The swimming pool is not heated
Wi-Fi, mobile signal, secure parking, 24-hour security and laundry are available
Visa and Mastercard are accepted

Activities

Visit the self-sufficiency centre — the greenhouses, butchery and smokery that supply Gondwana's lodges
Buy biltong and farm produce for the road
Relax in the garden, by the pool or at the bar
At Kalahari Anib Lodge, 30 km away: guided sunset dune drives and the Bushmen Wisdom Experience — you will need your own transport there and back

Getting there

On the outskirts of Stampriet, on the C20 in the Auob River valley, about 53 km northeast of Mariental in the Hardap Region
Reached on tar — from Mariental, follow the C20 to Stampriet, passing Kalahari Anib Lodge on the way
Go2 shuttle transfers run from Kalahari Anib Lodge to Windhoek, Sesriem and the Fish River Canyon area
GPS: 24°20′16.0″S, 18°24′03.0″E (−24.337778, 18.400830) — open in Google Maps

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