Tented rooms in a line on the red sand, mountains on the horizon — Wolwedans Dune Camp, NamibRand Nature Reserve, Namibia

Wolwedans Dune Camp

NamibRand Nature Reserve, Hardap · Namibia

Availability

Year-round

Per unit

6 tents + 1 suite · 2–6 guests

Region

Hardap

Price range

$$$$

Price range

$$$$

Per unit

2–6 guests

Type

Lodge

Shaded wooden deck of the main area looking out over the plains and mountains
A guest walks the wooden boardwalk to a tented room, mountains behind
Lounge with linen curtains, wicker lamps and armchairs opening onto the desert
Tented room bedroom with a mosquito net and views onto the deck
Deck daybed facing the grassland, with the water silo behind
Small water-filled silo on a deck facing a mountain
Main area at dusk, with the lit silo, a tree and the fire pit
Deck with the Silo Bar and fire pit under a tree at sunset
Lounge and library under canvas, open onto the desert
Leather sofas, shelves and wicker lamp in the main lounge
Dinner table set outdoors on the deck, mountains glowing at dusk
Two armchairs and coffee on a tented room deck in morning light
Bed under a mosquito net, the tent sides open to the sunrise
Double basin under a wide window looking onto the desert
The Family Suite on the red sand at sunrise
Aerial view of the Family Suite on the plains, mountains in the distance
Family Suite tent on its wooden deck, with its water silo and daybed
Family Suite bedroom with a mosquito net and doors open onto the desert
Four-poster bed with a mosquito net in a Family Suite room
View from the bed onto the deck armchairs and the mountains
Family Suite lounge with leather sofas facing the sunset
Aerial view of the camp's main area and tents on the red sand
A walker on a red dune ridge, mountains behind
Open safari vehicle on the dunes at sunset
Coffee table set on a red dune as two guests walk the crest
Fat e-bikes riding over the dunes below a mountain
Bed set out in the desert at sunrise, between torches

Wolwedans Dune Camp

NamibRand Nature Reserve, Hardap

Lodge · $$$$

6 tents + 1 suite · Year-round

  • All electricity from solar power
  • Eco Awards Namibia 5 Green Flowers
  • Created to fund a private nature reserve
  • Hospitality school for young Namibians
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Welcome to Wolwedans Dune Camp

Wolwedans started here in 1995 with four dome tents. Albi Brückner had joined former sheep farms into the NamibRand Nature Reserve, and the camp was opened to help pay for it. His son Stephan still owns the Wolwedans Collection, a Global Ecosphere Retreat of The Long Run since 2011, and Dune Camp holds Eco Awards Namibia 5 Green Flowers, the top rating of Namibia's sustainable tourism certification.

The 6 Tented Rooms stand on wooden platforms above the sand, with a king or twin bed, indoor and outdoor bathrooms and a deck whose daybed turns into a star bed for nights outside. Each deck has a small water-filled silo to cool off in summer. A short walk away, the Family Suite has two en-suite rooms, a sala with two beds for children, and its own kitchen, bar and dining area, for up to 4 adults and 2 children.

As the sun goes down, guests gather at the Silo Bar or around the fire pit, then dinner is served at a shared table or for two. Rates include meals and most activities.

The camp looks over the NamibRand Nature Reserve, 220,000 hectares of dunes, grass plains and mountains in south-west Namibia, bordering the Namib-Naukluft National Park. The reserve is an International Dark Sky Reserve and, since 2024, Africa's first Wilderness Quiet Park. Oryx, springbok, zebra and giraffe range freely across it, and Sesriem, the gateway to Sossusvlei, is about 2 hours away by road.

Solar poweredlocal-staff

Accommodation

6 tents + 1 suite

Capacity

2–6 guests per unit

Availability

Year-round

Price range

$$$$

Amenities

Restaurant · Wi-Fi · Wheelchair accessible

Included

All meals and house drinks · Scenic drives, including full-day outings · Bushman walk with a San guide · Wolwedans Village tour and garden lunch · Morning or evening e-biking · Star bed on your deck · Limited laundry

Good to know

  • Minimum stay of 2 nights. Children from 7 years.

  • Summer days average 34 to 38°C. Winter nights can drop well below freezing.

Why it's a Positive Escape

The first Wolwedans camp, on the edge of a red dune in the NamibRand: solar-powered tents in a private reserve put together from old sheep farms.

Wildlife

  • 1,600 km of farm fences removed

    Wolwedans was set up to fund the NamibRand Nature Reserve, put together from old sheep farms. Windmills were replaced with solar pumps and farm roads reduced to single tracks

  • A nightly levy for the reserve

    charged per guest and per night, it pays the NamibRand park fee, and the rest goes to the Wolwedans Foundation

Community

  • A hospitality school for young Namibians

    the Wolwedans Foundation's Desert Academy prepares trainees for nationally accredited qualifications. Close to 250 have trained there, according to The Long Run

  • An all-Namibian team

    with staff housing rebuilt to give employees better living conditions

Energy

  • 30 kW of solar power

    for all the camp's electricity, with solar water heaters. A generator is brought from the Village only in an emergency, and energy use is metered against targets

  • No air conditioning

    the rooms are designed to let the air flow through

Water

  • Water reused at the Village

    80% of the water used at the Wolwedans Village, the base that serves the camps, is treated in a central plant and reused

Food

  • A vegetable garden in the desert

    at the Wolwedans Village, it supplies the camps with fresh produce

Waste

  • Waste sorted at source

    at the camp, then sent to the Village's waste plant. In Maltahöhe, Rural Revive, a Wolwedans project, runs a recycling plant that takes waste from tourism businesses

Transparency

  • Eco Awards Namibia 5 Green Flowers

    awarded in 2024 after an independent audit on site, with scores of 90% or more on water, energy, waste and conservation

  • Global Ecosphere Retreat since 2011

    a certification from The Long Run, a network of nature-based tourism businesses

  • Behind the scenes, open to every guest

    the Village tour, included in the rate, shows how the camps are run, from the Desert Academy to the vegetable garden and the sustainability projects

Travel mindfully

  • The road from Windhoek is the lowest-impact way to get here. Arriving by small plane adds a heavy carbon cost to the trip. A longer stay, combined with Sossusvlei on the way, spreads that cost.

Getting there

By road · 384 km

Windhoek

6 to 7 hours by road, on well-kept gravel roads, as a self-drive or with a road transfer. Guests check in at Wolwedans reception, 15 to 20 minutes from the camp, and are driven from there.

Photos · © Wolwedans Collection

Last verified: October 2026

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