Except for the numerous attractions to visit in the area, the Damara Mopane Lodge has enough facilities to keep you entertained. The lavish swimming pool will cool you down and the viewing deck on the hill is the perfect spot for enjoying sundowners while enjoying the view over the mopane woodland.
A restaurant and bar on the premises will provide in all your culinary needs and the curio shop will give you the opportunity to buy something special by which Damaraland and its people can be remembered.
Escorted Sundowner Walk at Damara Mopane Lodge Damaraland Namibia
A highlight at the end of the day is to ascend the hill to the viewing platform for a view over the mopane woodland, while watching the magnificent, African sunset. Beverages are provided and charged to the room.
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Hiking Trails at Damara Mopane Lodge Damaraland Namibia
Explore the surrounding hills on foot and on your own initiative and at your own pace. All the trails are marked and can be easily navigated without a guide.
Birding Walk at Damara Mopane Lodge Damaraland Namibia
This guided walk is offered twice a day half an hour after sunrise and half an hour before sunset. This will give bird lovers the opportunity to spot the rare species at home in Damaraland.
Self-drive Outings from Damara Mopane Lodge Damaraland Namibia
Visit the Finger of God, situated halfway between Outjo and Khorixas. This is one of Namibia’s most famous and remarkable rock formations. The Living Museum of the Damara, which is situated about 10km north of Twyfelfontein, is something that does not exist anywhere else in the world. The UNESCO World Heritage Site and unique rock paintings at Twyfelfontein and the Petrified Forest are all within easy reach on a day outing from the Damara Mopane Lodge.
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Facilities at Damara Mopane Lodge
- Swimming pool
- Bar and Restaurant
- Curio Shop
- Viewing Deck
- Escorted Sundowner Walk
- Hiking Trails
- Guided Birding Walk
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Things To Do at Damara Mopane Lodge
Damaraland in Namibia boasts wide open spaces, breathtaking rock formations
and African wildlife which are adapted to the desert.
Traveling from Okahandja to Swakopmund, you will find the Spitzkoppe,
a small cluster of mountains rising from the flat gravel plains. The highest
of these is 1 728m above sea level and towers 600m above the surrounding
land area.
A little further to the north is the Brandberg, Namibia’s highest mountain, which measures 2 573m at its highest point. With a base of 30km by 23km, this mass of granite was declared a national monument in 1951, because it contains the world’s richest galleries of rock art, dating from 1000 to 6000 years ago. The most famous of these being the White Lady.
In the remote west of Damaraland are two craters, which can only be visited with a guide – the Messum and the Doros Craters. These ancient volcanoes show evidence of early human habitation.
To the east of Khorixas the remnants of ancient lava flows had been eroded and what is left is a striking pinnacle of rock, called the Vingerklip – meaning “rock finger”.
Twyfelfontein, meaning “doubtful spring” was formerly known as Uri-Ais. The world’s greatest concentrations of rock art were painted on the slopes and boulders of these hills and in 2007 it was declared a World Heritage Site.
Not far from Twyfelfontein, are the Organ Pipes – hundreds of tall, angular columns of dolorite – forming a formation resembling organ pipes. Just around the corner is the so-called Burnt Mountain. This heap of black shale amidst the dominant sandstone, appears to have a glow, as if on fire, in the early morning or late afternoon light.
To the west of Khorixas lies the Petrified Forest. Here you’ll see ancient tree logs, about 260 million years old, that were carried to this place by a river and imbedded in the sandstone, which has since eroded away. The sand created the ideal conditions for the cells of the wood to be replaced by silica and become petrified. .
Namibia - Things to do at or near Damara Mopane Lodge in Damaraland last updated in 2024