A small harbour town with German colonial buildings on Namibia's wild south coast.
Lüderitz sits on a rocky bay on the southern coast, cut off from the rest of Namibia by the Namib Desert, and its brightly painted German colonial buildings give it a character all its own. The town grew with the diamond rush of the early 1900s and is still a base for fishing and diamond mining in the south.
Visitors come for the Kolmanskop ghost town, the Lüderitz Peninsula with its lagoons and flamingos, and fresh oysters from the bay. It combines well with the Fish River Canyon and the drive west from Aus, where wild horses roam the desert.
Sample itineraries with Lüderitz. Each one is a starting point that we reshape around your dates and pace.
Camps and lodges we use in Luderitz. We will suggest the right one for your route and style.
A diamond rush town near Lüderitz, slowly being reclaimed by the desert.
Towering red dunes around a white clay pan deep in the Namib Desert.
A white clay pan of dead camel thorn trees ringed by giant red dunes.
The most photographed dune in the Namib, and a classic sunrise climb.
One of the tallest dunes in the Sossusvlei area, with Deadvlei at its foot.
A narrow gorge carved by the Tsauchab River, at the gateway to Sossusvlei.
Tell us your dates, who is coming and what you would like to see. A safari specialist in Namibia replies personally with a route to react to.
Every Secret Namibia safari begins with a private Safari Concierge consultation. We set aside 30 minutes; most travellers have everything they need in 5 to 10.
