FIVE NEW NAMIBIAN RETREATS

The country’s glorious landscapes are being matched by increasingly spectacular places to stay.

Serra Cafema, Kunene

After a recent rebuild, this joint venture between Wilderness Safaris and the 750,000acre Marienfluss Conservancy reopens on a river bank in Nambia’s extreme north-west, above. wilderness-safaris.com

Boulders Safari Camp, NamibRand Nature Reserve

Desert escapism is what you get at this retreat, separated from the vast expanse of sand by a clutch of rust-coloured granite rocks. wolwedans.com/lodges-camps/boulderssafari-camp

Omaanda, Windhoek

Rugged savannah lends to the dramatic setting of Omaanda. Accommodation takes its cues from local Ovambo architecture as luxurious one or two-bedroom thatched huts, round-edged and with an earthy simplicity yet embellished by ornaments and objets d’art from Namibia and beyond. zannierhotels. com/omaanda

Andersson’s at Ongava, Etosha

A maximum of 18 guests will be able to stay at the redeveloped Andersson’s at Ongava (due to open in March). Each suite has a private viewing deck – though for up-close wildlife action, head to the waterhole hide. ongava. com/anderssons-at-ongava

Sonop, Sossusvlei

Hot on the hooves of Omaanda comes Sonop, another Zannier Hotels property planned for spring. This 10-tent outpost will perch atop boulders – think privacy and panoramic views. zannierhotels.com