Backpackers

  • Desert Sky Backpackers Lodge, 35 Lazaret St. (at the corner of Breit St.), Tel. 064 /402339. Five minute walk from downtown and the beach; clean, friendly owner; No internet access; and camping area. $N90 camping, $N100/person for a dorm, $N200 for a double room.
  • Alte Kasern: Sleep where Gloria Prussia slumbered: crowned in the old barracks, now a youth hostel, incl. battlements and turrets. 24 rooms, Anton Lobowski Avenue Tel. 064/404164
  • Alternative Space, 167 Lazaret St. At the edge of town. The hostel is a unique facility, decorated throughout with Namibian art. $N175 double room, $N225 triple room.
  • Villa Wiese Backpackers, +264 64 407105, [villawiese@compuscan.co.za]. Another great backpackers. Plus they have their own bar.
  • Beach Lodge: the only bachpacker right on the beach. just 5 km from the city center, 16 rooms, 1 Stint STreet, Tel. 064/414599 internet www.beachlodge.com.na
  • Private Accommodation Swakopmund Fischreiherstreet 8, Swakop/Vineta. Flats with kitchen and shower, one sleeping room three beds N$ 300, two sleeping rooms four beds N$ 400, phone 064 461684, cell 081 3290 736. Grill garden, Internet, Skype, TV inclusive.