Name: Xaus Lodge
Address: Dune 91, Off The Auob River Road, Rooibrak, Rooibrak, Rooibrak, 8340, South Africa
Rating: 9

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We stayed at the lodge for 3 days. This is beautifully located. The service and friendliness is excellent. Great game drives. If you are looking for a little paradise, you definitely have to come to this place. We'll definitely be back!

Days in paradise

A remote lodge with a perfect service and a super friendly staff. Our alarmbell was a roaring lion that lay in the shadow of our hut. We where here 5 times before. In fact that tells a lot. We for sure do come back. Thanks

Best place in the Kalahari

Great box on the dune 91
Very friendly and knowledgeable staff. A warm welcome and great food. 
Guides are knowledgeable, passionate and very flexible and helpful. The morning walk was very interesting and varied
We will be back

Pure relaxation

Amazing lodge in the Kalahari. Fantastic place to unplug from the world. No internet, TV or phone. Just pure silence of the desert. The views of the pan from the rooms is brilliant. Food was excellent considering the remote location. Room are not fancy but are comfortable and have everything you need. Game drives and nature walks were very interesting. While not the animal numbers of Kruger, high quality sightings. Cheetah, Caracal, Honey Badger and wildcat were big bonus items. 

We spent 4 nights here and thoroughly enjoyed it.  Considering its extremely remote location (350km from the nearest town), they provide excellent hospitality and catering. The chalets were clean comfortable, and the beds have electric blankets for the cold winter nights.  Each has a view of the large watering hole in the salt pan that was visited regularly by antelope and jackal on our visit.  We were incredibly lucky to see lions on our night drive and again when they came to drink from one of the smaller watering holes near the entrance to the lodge.  We stood within a few meters of them on the lodge decking and I don't think I will ever forget it.  We also regularly had jackals and mongoose walking around chalet. The Kalahari park might not have all the big 5 but we saw more than enough to keep things interesting and plenty of things that we had never seen before (meerkat, honey badger and many different birds of prey).  It was probably the most peaceful and relaxing place I have stayed.

Loved every minute (apart from when it was very cold!)

!Xaus is a very special place where I was able to deeply appreciate the beauty of the Khalahari desert and the wisdom of the San people. The view over the saltpan from all rooms is incredible. 

This is not the usual touristic place. The silence of the desert is medicine. The guides teach all they can about the names and life of the animals and plants and how to read the signs they leave on the sand. 

Finally, the food is fantastic and the staff made my stay truly perfect for what I was looking for: to learn about the San culture and connect to nature.

Unforgettable

!Xaus lodge is a gem in the kgalagadi.  The hospitality was great.  Our guide, Castro, was most informative and we had a super night game drive with him as well as an interesting morning walk where he pointed out the small things in nature.  Highly recommend a stay here!
The concept of the lodge is what makes South Africa unique!

!Xaus lodge

I wanted to experience the beauty and magic of the Kgalagadi without having to self-drive or self-cater, so I felt lucky to find the clean, comfortable !Xaus Lodge perched over a pan. My guide, Castro, had eyes in the back of his head and was somehow able to position me correctly so that I could get the perfect shot of an owl behind branches, for example. 
He found me a clear sighting of a hoopoe, my favorite bird, and knew where the elephant shrew family was.

The lodge has wonderful views in all directions and excellent stargazing.
The staff is quite welcoming and the food is delicious.  Don’t miss this.  South Africa is a particularly good bargain as of this writing.

Peace, comfort and beauty at !Xaus Lodge.

!XAus has been on our list for years. This year we did it, as all OutCamps have been fully booked (12 month in advance). 
The drive to the Lodge is very nice and smooth. A good road is liek a good invitation. 
The management and staff is very friendly. The chalets are with solar power. Food was perfect and even the walk to the "traditional village" was NOT too TOURISTIC. The folk teher was shy and not pushing to sell. One of the playsers was the morning walk guide. Very nice. If you get additionally Hyena, Cheetah, a pride of lions in the camp and a leopard - what more can be expected !!!! Addidionally we had a nice discussion with writer and conservaztionist Richard Peirce. What a privilege - the whole visit. 

What a privilege 

We stayed here for three nights and where highly impressed and had a great stay.
That said, It is ~30 km away from the main road in the park and is on SAN land.
The room where nicely decorated and the view down to the salt pan in the morning was a nice start of the day to see animals at the water hole.
We had  guided morning walks, night ride, sun downers and half day morning safari guided by a very knowledgeable guide who puts a smile on your face.
There was a also a "small craft grall' where you could see what the SAN produce on the roads sides and how/what they use. 
The dinner was each night a ball and really good. We drove to dune 91 ourself, following the guide in and later alone out. It takes nearly 90 minutes to get in and there is no cell reception or internet. So talk to people and have a drink.
This was a great place to learn more about the SAN and the Kalahiri. Yes also saw a lot of animals big and small and the guide saw them 10 km down before us ;-)

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