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Email: selfcateringcottages@namibiabookings.com
Island Cottage is located in the town of Luderitz
in southern Namibia.
Set out on Shark Island and facing directly into the southwesterly
gales, this small place offers 3 self-catering rooms with an outside
braai area.
Island Cottage is situated on Shark island only 800m from the surreal
colonial town of Luderitz.
As the island is joined to the mainland via a causeway the Island
Cottage is a convenient stopover when visiting the local attractions
of this coastal town.
The cottage is well located with guest rooms offering great sea-views.
This is a self-catering establishment with basic kitchen facilities,
designed for guests to prepare and enjoy a breakfast, lunch, or
meat on a braai (barbeque) themselves.
For those not wishing to self cater the management will be only
to pleased to recommend a local restaurant or bar.
Luderitz has everything one would expect from a German town, delicatessens,
coffee shops and Lutheran churches.
The nearby icy Atlantic Ocean is home to seals, penguins and other
interesting marine life.
Island Self Catering Cottages Accommodation
Each cottage has en-suite bathrooms and a shower/toilet, TV, telephone,
overhead fan and a tea/coffee station.
The fully equipped kitchens include a toaster, kettle, crockery
and cutlery and a small stove. (Less the Flamingo Cottage that has
no stove.)
Every unit has a braai facility with a patio and all 3 of the cottages
have spectacular views of the lagoon.
All of the rooms are non-smoking and oyster's and champagne can
be arranged on request.
Cottage Types:
- The Seagull Cottage has 2 rooms, a bedroom with
a bed with 2 single mattresses and a sleeper couch. There is a fully-equipped
kitchen and an en-suite bathroom and shower. Linen and towels are
provided.
- The Penguin Cottage is furnished with 2 single
beds and a comfortable sleeper couch, which can easily be transformed
into a double bed.
It also has a fully equipped kitchen and an en-suite bathroom and
shower. Linen and towels are provided.
- The Flamingo Cottage has an en-suite bathroom
and shower, a breakfast corner in one room and 2 single beds in
the other.
Island Self Catering Cottages Facilities
Laundry Facilities
non-Smoking Rooms
Internet Facilities
Secure Parking
En-suite Rooms
TV
Telephone
Fan
Coffee/Tea Station
Daily room service
Activities/Attractions
Self-drive activities include a trip to The Lüderitz Peninsula,
much of which lies outside the Sperrgebiet prohibited area, making
it an interesting half-day excursion.
The picturesque and relatively calm bay, Sturmvogelbucht, has a
lovely beach and is viable for swimming, but the water temperature
would only be amenable to a sea or a penguin.
A Norwegian whaling station was sited there in 1914, but is now
a rusty ruin.
At Diaz Point, 22km south of Lüderitz, there is a lovely, classic
lighthouse and replica of Dias cross erected in July 1488 by Portuguese
navigator Bartolomeu Dias on his return voyage from the Cape of
Good Hope.
The point is frequented by seals, and from the nearby car park,
you can observe the jackass penguin colony on Halifax Island. You
can also observe cormorants, wading birds and even the occasional
school of dolphins.
Grosse Bucht (Big Bay) at the southern end of the
peninsula, is favoured by flocks of flamingos that feed in the tidal
pools. It’s also the site of a small but picturesque shipwreck
on the beach.
Tourists to the area should note that when the wind blows, (which
is most of the time), the final 10km into Luderitz may be blocked
by the Barchans dune field, which seems hell-bent upon crossing
the road.
The drifts pile quite high before the road crews are able to clean
them off, and conditions do get hazardous, especially if it’s
foggy.
Email: selfcateringcottages@namibiabookings.com
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