Naries Namakwa Retreat

Northern Cape


This graceful lodge is the most upmarket place to stay in the area, with large rooms in the manor house, spacious self-catering cottages (from R1850) and elegant mountaintop suites modelled on traditional Nama huts. The accommodation is spread out across the hilltops some 27km west of Springbok.


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