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Solitaire Lodge

2.5 star property

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Family Room | Garden view
Food court
Terrace/patio
Food court
Single /Double / Twin Room | 1 bedroom, desk, laptop workspace, bed sheets

Reviews

8.8 out of 10
Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Pool
  • Breakfast included
  • Parking included
  • Restaurant
  • Air conditioning
  • Bar
The current price is $180
includes taxes & fees
May 24 - May 25

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On the C14, Namib Naukluft Park, Solitaire

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Single /Double / Twin Room | 1 bedroom, desk, laptop workspace, bed sheets

Single /Double / Twin Room

9.4 out of 10
Exceptional
(6 reviews)
  • 258 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Double Beds

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Family Room | Garden view

Family Room

  • 258 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds and 2 Twin Beds

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About this property

Solitaire Lodge

Solitaire lodge with coffee shop/cafe
This lodge features 2 restaurants, an outdoor pool, and a bar/lounge. Free English breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include a coffee shop/cafe, dry cleaning, and laundry facilities.
Solitaire Lodge offers 25 accommodations, which are accessible via exterior corridors and feature air conditioning. Bathrooms include showers. Housekeeping is provided daily.
Recreational amenities at the lodge include an outdoor pool.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Dining is available at one of the lodge's 2 restaurants and guests can grab coffee at the coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access.

This Solitaire lodge also offers an outdoor pool, a terrace, and barbecue grills. Complimentary self parking is available on site.

Solitaire Lodge has designated areas for smoking.

A complimentary English breakfast is served each morning between 7:00 AM and 10:00 AM.
Solitaire Lodge has 2 restaurants on site.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Free self parking on site
  • RV/bus/truck parking on site
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • Free English breakfast available daily 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM
  • 2 restaurants
  • A bar/lounge
  • A coffee shop/cafe

Things to do

  • Bicycle rentals
  • Game drive
  • Game viewing
  • Hiking/biking trails
  • Outdoor pool

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool

Conveniences

  • ATM
  • Laundry facilities
  • Limited-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)

Outdoors

  • Barbecue grill
  • Garden
  • Picnic area
  • Pool loungers
  • Pool umbrellas
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • No elevator (single-level property)
  • Well-lit path to entrance
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk
  • Wheelchair-accessible restaurant

More

  • 1 floor
  • 4 buildings
  • Banquet hall
  • Built in 2000
  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Food and drink

  • Electric kettle
  • Tea bags/instant coffee

More

  • Access via exterior corridors
  • Air conditioning
  • Desk
  • Laptop workspace

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 1 PM; Check-in end time: 8 PM

Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10 AM

Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staffed during limited hours

Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

No pets or service animals allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Property payment types

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards
Cashless transactions are available
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms
No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property

Property is also known as

Solitaire Country Lodge

Solitaire Country Lodge Namibia/Namib-Naukluft Park

Solitaire Namibia Lodge

Solitaire Lodge Lodge

Solitaire Lodge Solitaire

Solitaire Lodge Lodge Solitaire

Solitaire Lodge Reviews

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 29 out of 51 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 13 out of 51 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 6 out of 51 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 51 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 51 reviews

9.0/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

9.0/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Carmen

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Such a unique place, so worth it to stay here. Truly enjoyed it, friendly staff, comfortable rooms, beautiful garden and pool. Friendly animals around. Amazing sunset from dinning terrace.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2026

8/10 Good

Nombuso

Traveled with group
Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Amenities
Great space in the room with good air conditioning. Friendly staff. They had WiFi problems when we were there and coupled with the poor service in the area - we basically could not communicate with others. The cleaning of the rooms needs to be improved and would have prefer a shower with the door to limit the mess from the water.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2025

10/10 Excellent

Julia

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very good lodge
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2025

10/10 Excellent

Barton

What an amazing time we had at this little hotel. It is truly is a oasis in the middle of nowhere. Let me emphasize the middle of nowhere and then you suddenly come across this place, and it has everything that you need for an overnight or two nights day. The best part? The air conditioning is super Duper fantastic.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Justin

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Pav

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

A real gem

Everything was perfect. Brand new accommodations, very nice, great food and superb and friendly staff. I highly recommend this place
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Johan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice rooms and nice food at restaurant. .
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Kelly

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Lodge, gas, food and adventures.

Great location to access all the adventures of the dessert! The lodge cat Kalahari is the sweetest. We had a great time at the Cheetah Sanctuary.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Dan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

YVETTE

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Wonderful place in the desert!

Wonderful lodge in the desert. Very friendly staff, very clean. Rooms have AC. The property has a gorgeous pool and the property is well maintained. The wifi is sluggish, and rooms to not have a refrigerator to keep items cool, however the kitchen bar staff had offered to put a few items in their fridge, however- you need to go there and ask them to hand it to you. It's not a self-serve fridge.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jason

Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Colin

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We hadn't originally intended staying in Solitaire, but rescheduling issues meant we slotted this lodge in at the last minute. I hadn't been optimistic about what we'd find - after all, Solitaire is a small, very remote place. But I was pleasantly surprised. The staff were very friendly and helpful; the rooms comfortable, a good size and in excellent condition; the restaurant area is terrific and the food very good; the surroundings are quite charming, with a scattered collection of old cars. Highly recommended if you need a stopover before or after visiting Sossusvlei.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ted

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Richard

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The Lodge is beautiful with fabulous gardens, wonderful views and attractive spacious bedrooms. The Cafe is also the reception and again is a lovely building which served good value and tasty food. The breakfast was very good and the rooms have their own tea/coffee facilities. Our registration on arrival was not comfortable as they did not have our payment through Expedia recorded and we had to provide email receipts as evidence of payment which they questioned extensively. The service at dinner was very slow and although this was paid immediately after, we were questioned at check out regarding our ‘outstanding bill’. Service was not with a smile during our stay and we were not made to feel welcome. However the Lodge is well worth a visit as it has been designed very well, the sunset view was wonderful and the apple pie is very good!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Brian

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Fabulous accommodations in the middle of nowhere. The dinner and breakfast was excellent. A must stay for anyone passing through or staying in the area to explore. The roads getting to Solitaire were unfortunately pretty bad with lots of ruts and corrogations. Still worthwhile and highly recommend staying at the Solitaire Lodge.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Katherine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great place. Highly recommended.

Only stayed for one night. Good accommodation and tasty food.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
This was the poorest of the lodges we stayed in during our trip to Namibia, however it was by far the least expensive. The food was very poor.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
What I liked that was unique about this property is just that; how truly unique it is. Out in the literal middle of nowhere, it is an oasis in an otherwise forbidding *deep, dark night. There is food, there is water, beer, liquor...sticky buns! Something to truly experience. *Don't drive in the desert at night, very dangerous. Animals like to cross the road, and they will sneak up on you, like the Zebra I almost ran into.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Drastically lower you expectations

Very bad attitude by the staff. Breakfast was terrible including very old and stale looking scrambled eggs, asked for some freshly cooked eggs and I was told that it was buffet and I must eat what was provided. Also asked to eat on an outside table and the waiter told us to set it ourselves. Accommodation was also bad, no towel rails, shelves or hooks in the bathroom, no cupboards in the bedroom and no hangers etc in the bedroom. Wifi did not work for the entire two days that we stayed at the lodge. Went for a walk on the marked hiking trail and discovered the stench of raw sewerage as we left the lodge, also encountered loads of litter in the bush on the hiking trail.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2017

10/10 Excellent

Alexander

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

4/10 Poor

Neil, Cape Town

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Poor management, good staff.

While unpacking, a lady came and insisted that we move the vehicle back to the parking area immediately. We were not allowed to complete our unpacking. There was nothing extraordinary about the parking space outside our rooms to where I had temporarily moved our vehicle, just sand. No help was offered with our luggage and we had to drag our bags through the loose sand, making numerous trips. I assumed she was the manager- no introductions were made. Since we were leaving early for Sesriem the next morning, breakfast packs were prepared for us. The nutri-bar in all 4 of our packs had expired 30 days earlier and had to be discarded. At the time of booking no mention was made of the pool being under renovation. In 30 degree temperatures we were offered the use of a pool 7km away! We found both the hand basin and showers dirty in both rooms. We cleaned these ourselves realising that we could expect no help from the manageress. The friendly restaurant staff and the lovely food prepared by the chef encouraged us to overlook the thus-far dismal attitude of the manageress and enquired about staying a further night. The unfortunate reply from the manageress was that there were 2 rooms available for further nights but that we had to pay a much higher rate as we had obtained a good rate by booking via Hotels.com, but right here, in person, that rate was not available to us. I could only assume that we were not welcome at this hotel by the manageress. Very disappointing.

6/10 Okay

Grant, australia

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service

Service stinks

This place is in the middle of nowhere, next to s fuel stop and bakery and restaurant. The bakery is awesome, the hotel lacked is many areas of service. Reception was completely unmotivated to help, I showed myself to the room and then went for dinner. This was a joke, they didn't acknowledge me even when I stood at the bar, then they sat me at the bar for the buffet despite several seats. The chick behind the bar couldn't pull herseld away from her phone to even serve me and she was 1 meter away. I had to get the waiter. She was useless. The wifi is awful, meaning it doesn't work, so don't believe the "high speed xonnection" listed on the advert, it's nonexistent. Staff were extremely unhelpful in this matter also. I was even told to stand in the fuel station to get the signal. Comfy rooms, but I would opt for staff who make an effort

8/10 Good

Giorgio

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2025

10/10 Excellent

Federico

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Tutto molto bello e curato posto incantevole isolato ma con un fascino particolare.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

klaus-peter

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025