Natural Selection’s Hoanib Valley Camp is a joint venture between local communities and the Giraffe Conservation Foundation. It’s an elegant, intimate camp in the desert with strong ecological and sustainability credentials, reflecting the priorities of its local partners. Natural Selection’s Hoanib Valley Camp is a joint venture between local communities and the Giraffe Conservation Foundation. It’s an elegant, intimate camp in the desert with strong ecological and sustainability credentials, reflecting the priorities of its local partners.

The Hoanib Valley Camp is deep in northwestern Namibia, surrounded by extensive desert, looming sand dunes, and towering mountains. Staying here, you will want to visit the Giraffe Conservation Foundation’s field-base. You can also track black rhino and see desert lion, elephant, zebra and springbok. Birders should keep an eye out for Monteiro’s hornbill and Vereaux’s eagle.

Bedroom Interior Hoanib Valley Camp Skeleton Coast

Breakfast Setup Hoanib Valley Camp Skeleton Coast

Bathroom Hoanib Valley Camp Skeleton Coast

You will stay in one of six beautifully appointed tents, the colours and textures of which have been inspired by Hoanib’s desert landscape and by the patterns of the giraffe walking through it. You can roll up the sides of the tent to look directly out at the desert - we really can think of no better way to wake up.

All the materials at Hoanib Valley Camp have been sourced locally. Rundu carpenters have made the furniture, and the baskets and other decorative items have been handwoven by a community group in Windhoek. Everything is solar powered so as to keep the camp’s carbon footprint to a minimum.

The landscape and wildlife are the real draws in this part of Namibia. Temporary Himba settlements dot the land, and you can meet some of the local Herero people when you pay a visit to their village.

Take time to learn about the groundbreaking giraffe research that is being undertaken by the Giraffe Conservation Foundation: it has huge ramifications for the future of this species. Other attractions at Hoanib Valley Camp include the game drives to see desert adapted elephant, oryx, and lion, guided nature walks, and unforgettable close up encounters whilst rhino tracking.

Firepit Area Hoanib Valley Camp Skeleton Coast

Main Area Hoanib Valley Camp Skeleton Coast

Elephant Hoanib Valley Camp Skeleton Coast

Walking At Dawn Hoanib Valley Camp Skeleton Coast

Positive Impact

We prioritise working with properties that collaborate with local communities and address location-specific needs from education to anti-poaching. We assess our partners to ensure the people we work with share our values of ensuring our trips continue to act as a force for good. Here we share some of the positive impacts your stay here contributes to.We prioritise working with properties that collaborate with local communities and address location-specific needs from education to anti-poaching. We assess our partners to ensure the people we work with share our values of ensuring our trips continue to act as a force for good. Here we share some of the positive impacts your stay here contributes to.

Conservation

When staying at Hoanib Valley Camp, you will be making a direct contribution towards their desert-dwelling giraffe conservation project. The project focuses on further understanding giraffe species to help conserve their natural habitats throughout Namibia.

Community

Natural Selection supports the nearby Sesfontein Boarding School by supplying beds for the children and supplies for the teachers to continue their vital work.

Environment

As of 2020, Natural Selection, Hoanib Valley Camp’s parent company has been working with the Sesfontein community who live nearby to Hoanib Valley Camp, to upgrade the existing dumpsite to improve efficiencies and create a recycling depot for the area.

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