One such town is Swakopmund. Built
in and around its beautifully restored Old Station Building, dating
back to 1901, is the Swakopmund Hotel and Entertainment Centre. Where
better to start exploring Namibia's inimitable desert landscape and
culture and get far, far away from it all?
The 44 twin rooms, 30 family
rooms, 14 luxury rooms and 2 luxury suites are all decorated in a Victorian style reminiscent of a bygone era of grace and
civility.
Rooms have individual aircon, television, tea/coffee making
facilities, bathroom with bath, shower and toilet, direct dial phones,
electronic safes, electric razor plugs, fully stocked mini bars, hair
dryers, eight channel TV including a German channel and M-Net.
Meals can be served in your room at
certain times and there is a 24-hour room service snack menu.
You can be so far from everything
and still have anything you may need at your beck and call. We have the
following amenities and services on the premises:
House doctor on call
Cottage hospital
Babysitting & cots
Car rental
Credit cards and foreign exchange
Same day laundry
Dry cleaning
Shops and cinema
Valet Service
Hair salon
Children's games room
Two in-house tour operators
Parking
Internet and e-mail facility
Casino
Curio shop
Reflexologist
Gym
Befitting
its Victorian theme, dinner at the Platform 1 is a slightly
ostentatious affair. Here you can choose the à la carte menu or
a speciality buffet. Platform 1 also serves breakfast, lunch and light
meals through the day.
Alternatively, you can opt for The
Captain's Tavern restaurant, next to the Mermaid Casino. A catch of
fresh line fish, shellfish and other seafood is served straight from
the Namibian waters. And no-body's better to prepare this feast than
chef Louis Anuszkiewiez. Louis’s specialty is seafood and pastries.
For something totally different,
you can join our "Desert Evening". A bountiful banquet is served in the
desert, under a mantle of stars.
The hotel offers fun and
entertainment for the young and the youthful:
Children's games room
Outdoor pool
Casino
The Entertainment Centre - cinema,
speciality shops and fully equipped gym.
You can easily fill your itinerary with more events and excursions than
the amount of hours in your day. These are but a number of suggestions:
Art galleries
Tannery
Karakula Carpet Factory
Camel farm
Rossing Uranium Mine
Martin Luther Locomotive
Arts and craft shops
Hansa Breweries
Angora Rabbit Farm
Aquarium
Dolphin Beach and dunes
Sandwich Harbour
Spitzkoppe, Kuiseb Delta
Cape Cross
Sossusvlei
Skeleton Coast
Walvis Bay Lagoon area
The German School
Prison
The Old Post Office
War Memorial
Woermann Haus
Canyons or minerals
Public library
Angling
Yachting
Boating
Sports club
Quad biking
Paragliding
Dune boarding
Wind surfing
Camel riding
Flood lit tennis courts
Fully grassed desert golf course
Horse riding
CASINO
Let the Mermaid lead you to Deep Sea Treasure or our other
progressively linked jackpots; High Roller, Universal and Draw Poker;
with 200 slot machines and 34 poker machines! Or try your luck on the
tables. The Mermaid Casino also offers you 9 tables including Roulette,
Blackjack and Oasis or Stud Poker!
CONFERENCING
Extensive conference and banqueting facilities are available.
Probably
the most unique feature about Namibia is its space. Incessant deserts
stretch for miles to meet the most dramatic sunsets you can imagine.
This country, with its strong German influence, has a magnificent
coastline speckled with charming little towns rich in history.