Kalahari Red Dune Route — SA's warmest welcome
The lodge under the Dark Sky Sanctuary — !Xaus Lodge
The park gateway

!Xaus Lodge

Twelve chalets deep inside the park, at the heart of Africa's only Dark Sky Sanctuary

Game lodge65 km to the Twee Rivieren gate338 km from Upington
In their words

!Xaus Lodge offers Kalahari accommodation as a game lodge situated in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park for eco-tourists and visitors. The complex comprises a central lodge building and 12 individual chalets (one family unit sleeps 4 people).

This Kalahari game lodge offers a unique living space. The central lodge building consists of a welcoming reception area with its unique wall-hanging made by the ladies of Vezokhule, a sewing co-operative in Upington.

The 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. !Xaus Lodge is at the heart of Africa's only International Dark Sky Sanctuary.

Self-cateringGame viewingDark skiesCulture & heritage
The one photograph

The lodge under the Dark Sky Sanctuary

This is the photograph !Xaus Lodge chose for themselves. When they send more, they go here.

Below it, the same ground from 2 km up — our own satellite imagery of the farm, graded to the colour of the sand.

The lodge under the Dark Sky Sanctuary — !Xaus Lodge
The lodge under the Dark Sky Sanctuary26°09.00'S 20°15.36'E
Nearby
The three closest places on the route
Chalets on the ridge at dusk — Kgalagadi Lifestyle LodgeLodge & camp

Kgalagadi Lifestyle Lodge

Thirty-three chalets, a restaurant and a store — five kilometres from the gate

6 km to the gateSelf-cateringCamping+4
The lodge and the pool — Torgos LodgeLodge

Torgos Lodge

Stone and tented chalets seven kilometres short of the Mata Mata gate

131 km to the gateSelf-cateringCamping+1
The tented camp at Rietfontein — Kalahari Info Centre & Tented CampTented camp

Kalahari Info Centre & Tented Camp

Twenty-five tents and five chalets at Rietfontein, out on the Mier flats

132 km to the gateCampingA table to eat at

Kgalagadi Lifestyle Lodge is 54 km away as the crow flies, Torgos Lodge is 56 km away as the crow flies, Kalahari Info Centre & Tented Camp is 71 km away as the crow flies.