Disconnect from the world while you connect with nature at Kwessi Dunes, located amid the remote and captivating beauty of the Namib Desert deep in Namibia’s striking NamibRand Nature Reserve.

It offers guests an extraordinary experience that blends luxury, sustainable design, and a deep connection with the surrounding surreal and staggeringly beautiful landscape with panoramic views of the sweeping dunes. Sossusvlei is renowned for its iconic dunes and parched clay pans, with a vast desert wilderness of over 200,000 hectares. With its rolling desert plains and backdrop of craggy mountains and iconic red dunes, this is a place where time seems to stand still, and the space is never-ending.

The chalets all have air-conditioning, canvas walls and thatched roofs, and a separate “star gazer” room, completely open to the sky. You can enjoy scenic drives and walks, hot air ballooning, helicopter flights, horse riding, climbing the highest dunes in the world, and amazing star gazing. The NamibRand is Africa’s first designated International Dark Sky Reserve, meaning it’s one of the least light-polluted areas in the world. Just incredible. 

Name: Kwessi Dunes  
Location: NamibRand Nature Reserve, Sesriem, Namibia
Year of Completion: 2020
Architect: Natural Selection
Interior Designer: MOI MOI Interior Design 
Size: 15,000 hectares
Number of Chalets: 12