!Xaus Lodge provides luxury accommodation in the Kgalagadi TFP for eco-tourists and visitors to the Kalahari

The complex comprises a central lodge building and 12 individual chalets, each with its own deck overlooking a vast saltpan and waterhole fed with fresh water.

The central lodge building comprises a welcoming reception area with its unique wall-hanging made by the ladies of Vezokhule, a sewing co-operative in Upington. The cosy lounge has a fireplace and a library of selected books for paging through before dinner. Our dining area overlooks the pan, with furniture hand-made in Upington and images burnt by Bushmen artists.

In the en-suite chalets we provide purified drinking water from the desert which you will find in a flask in your bathroom. Winter sheets and gas heaters provide comfort for the cold nights, and ceiling fans bring relief in the hot months.

Excursions and activities
Experience life in the Kalahari, it’s animals and people when you visit !Xaus Lodge. Enjoy game drives, guided dune walks and the Bushman craft village.

Game drives: Sunset pan drive and dune walk to ‘listen’ to the sun set over the Kalahari with an early evening game drive back to the lodge.

After-dinner night drive, with the accompanying sounds of barking geckos, insect shrills, and larger animal calls to break the silence.
A complimentary six to seven hour game drive through the dunes and along the Auob River, with packed breakfast and picnic lunch, is available for guests staying four nights or longer. Guided dune walks:
Guided wilderness walks through the dunes identifying animal spoor, birds, trees and plants, with a discussion on their medicinal uses.

Guided walks onto the pan to see the ‘heart’ of the Kalahari and then to our re-created cultural village to visit the Bushman crafters at work, see young Bushmen demonstrating their traditional games and purchase traditional crafts hanging from the branches of the tree under which the crafters sit peacefully at work.

Visit the Bushman Craft Village: Walk to our re-created cultural village to visit the Bushman crafters at work, see young Bushmen demonstrating their traditional games and purchase traditional crafts hanging from the branches of the tree under which the crafters sit peacefully at work.

Night skies: Join us on the observation deck after dinner and gaze through our telescopes at the splendour of the Kalahari night sky.

Famous for its gemsbok and black-maned lion, !Xaus Lodge in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park is home to Kalahari mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians that have adapted to the desert.

Apart from the famous black-maned lion, predatorsto be found in the park include leopard, cheetah, hyena (brown and spotted), black-backed jackal, Cape fox, caracal and the African wild cat, among others.

The park has a rich birdlife– 264 species of birds have been recorded of which 78 are residents, 16 seasonal migrants, 18 nomads and 152 are vagrants and irregular visitors. Two-thirds of southern Africa’s raptor species can be spotted in the KTP.

The antelope of the Kalahari, from the shy steenbok to the gemsbok – synonymous with the KTP – as well as the massive eland, have all found ways to adapt and survive in these desert conditions. Enjoy seeing the large herds of springbok, as well as the solitary smaller buck that abound in the park.

A wide variety of reptiles and amphibians can also be observed in the park, among which is the yellow Cape cobra that can often be seen slithering in and out of the enormous sociable weaver nests.

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Kamertype	2011-03-01 tot 2012-02-28	2012-03-01 tot 2013-02-28
Family Room	€ 285,00	€ 310,00
Twin Beds	€ 285,00	€ 310,00
Twin/King Beds	€ 285,00	€ 310,00

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Dune walks
Visit Bushmen crafters
Game drives
Night sky viewing

Tar road to the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
Dirt road from Twee Rivieren to Kamqu Picnic site
!Xaus Lodge transfer guests on 4x4 safari vehicles for the last 30kms over 91 sand dunes. This is a sometime rough, but alway facinating drive.

!Xaus Lodge is a place to experience, not just to observe. It is in a desert, and the climate can be harsh. Guests are well looked after and will be comfortable, but this is not a plush, "soft" holiday.