HOANIB VALLEY CAMP

Sesfontein Community Conservancy | Namibia

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HIGHLIGHTS

WHAT WE LOVE

Significant population of rare black rhino

Small camp ringed by dramatic craggy mountains

Learn survival techniques from the Himba people

WHEN TO VISIT

CONSERVATION & COMMUNITY

Giraffe Conservation Foundation
The GCF is a partner in the lodge (with the Sesfontein Community Conservancy) and monitors giraffe populations across Africa

Northwest Namibia Community Outreach
Funding and supporting projects such as helping conservancy rangers and guards as well as woman-headed and single-income households, especially during droughts. The Purros Community Herding Support team prevents livestock predation by desert-adapted lions while the VHF radio communication tower connects guides, the Namibian Police Force and Elephant and Human Relations Aid to clamp down on wildlife trafficking and poaching. The lodge helps with the depot at the Sesfontein Recycling Project and supplies beds and other equipment to the Sesfontein Boarding School

Green operations
Hoanib Valley Camp was built from local materials by Rundu carpenters, Himba carvers and basket weavers from the Omba Project in Windhoek. It is fully solar powered to keep emissions to a minimum

OVERVIEW

A landscape of soft dunes, rocky outcrops and deep colours of ochre against a brilliant blue sky makes for one of the most dramatic in Namibia. Lying in the Kaokoland and part of the greater Palmwag Concession and the Sesfontein Community Conservancy, Hoanib Valley Camp pays homage to the people and wildlife that thrive here.

Just quietly stylish six tents make up the intimate camp that is one of the most remote in the country. On your doorstep are desert-adapted black rhino, giraffe, elephant, lion and zebra as well as kudu, oryx, klipspringer and unusual Monteiro’s hornbills. Perfect for those who enjoy rugged adventure, it also gives you a respectful glimpse into the lives of the extraordinarily innovative Himba people.