Place to stay · Stampriet
Kalahari Farmhouse
Small Gondwana lodge with eleven garden cottages on the edge of Stampriet, next to the group's farm, butchery and greenhouses, where self-drivers stop for biltong.
Kalahari Farmhouse is a small lodge on the outskirts of Stampriet, a village in the Auob River valley in the Hardap Region on the C20. Gondwana puts it 53 km northeast of Mariental, while Wikipedia gives 64 km. Stampriet sits on strong artesian groundwater, so the place is green in a way the surrounding Kalahari is not. It is a small, quiet stop rather than a safari lodge, with nothing on the programme beyond the farm.
What to expect
There are eleven cottages set around a garden: nine twins, one triple and one family room with four single beds. Rooms have fireplaces, patchwork quilts, en suite showers, air conditioning, mosquito nets and a veranda facing the garden. There is a restaurant, a small bar and a cold water pool.
Next door is Gondwana’s Self-Sufficiency Centre, with greenhouses, a butchery and a smokery that supply vegetables and much of the meat for the group’s lodges across Namibia. Guests can look around, and the shop sells biltong, droëwors and cold meats. Gondwana says plenty of self-drivers call in just to stock up.
Practical details
- Stampriet, Hardap Region. GPS -24.337778, 18.40083.
- Bookings through Gondwana’s central reservations, +264 61 427 200.
- Check in from 2pm, check out by 10am.
- Wi-Fi, laundry and secure parking. Visa and Mastercard accepted.
Good to know
For sunset dune drives you drive yourself to Kalahari Anib Lodge, the sister property (Gondwana’s page gives the distance as 30 km in one place and 35 km in another). Go2 shuttles also leave from Anib, not from here. Stampriet was founded as a trading post in 1898 and its name is an Afrikaans rendering of the Khoekhoe name Aams.
Last updated 7 October 2026. Sources: Gondwana Collection, Kalahari Farmhouse, Wikipedia, Stampriet.