KHARAS

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Nestled in the heart of the Great Karas Mountains, with the dry Goibib River ‘running’ through the property, Goibib Mountain Lodge is a tranquil guest farm hideaway between Grunau and Keetmanshoop, just off the B1 road between Cape Town and Windhoek.

The south of Namibia is known for its wide-open vistas and seemingly endless bright blue skies, and Goibib Mountain Lodge is no exception.

While Goibib Mountain Lodge is perfect as an over-night stop to relax and recuperate, it also makes the perfect base camp to explore some of southern Namibia’s gems, including the world famous Fish River Canyon and adjoining Ai-Ais hot springs, as well as the Brukkaros Mountain, a volcanic caldera 100 kilometres north-northwest of Keetmanshoop, where a hiking trail will lead you to the ridge of the mountain, and the abandoned solar observatory that was constructed in 1926.

Other must-see highlights in the Keetmanshoop area inlcude the Quiver Tree Forest, where about 250 specimens of this indigenous plant, named for the fact that the San people historically used the hollowed-out branches to store their arrows, and the Giant’s Playground, an exposed dolerite formation estimated to be 160 million years old, that has the appearance of massive toy building blocks having been stacked in piles.

One of Goibib Mountain Lodge’s unique features is that it is located on a working farm, with a breeding herd of Nguni cattle – highly sought after the world over for their unique pelts, where each animal’s colouration and pattern is one-of-a-kind (much like a fingerprint).