One of our favourite places to stay here is the comfortable Sam's Giardino. Run by its enthusiastic owner, Sam, and his dog, Ornella, Sam's has nine spacious rooms.
It's welcoming, slightly offbeat, and our guests invariably love it. Expect extensive breakfasts and the optional evening meal to be accompanied with a wine-tasting.
Many of Sam's helpful staff were originally underprivileged women from a nearby township – who have been helped by an innovative program of training and employment. This shows itself in a very warm welcome and a great atmosphere.
Lodge overview
Lodge type: Town
No. of bedrooms: 9 bedrooms
Season: Open Year Round
Ideal length of stay: How long to stay in Swalkopmund? We think at least two nights for most visitors - and three or more if you plan to head out onto excursions to Sandwich Harbour, or kayaking, or anywhere else in the desert nearby..
Birdwatching: You may find a 'bird paradise' in Walvis Bay's lagoon, that attracts flamingos, Cape pelicans and other migrant water birds.
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Sam's Giardino review
Swakopmund was overcast and windy when we arrived and after the excellent places we had stayed at until now was a big downer.
Sam's hotel was plastered with For Sale signs and he was away for...
Unusual stay in drab coastal town
Expatriate Swiss provides high class facilities, cuisine and large homeland mountain dog on quiet, concentrated edge of town rectangular plot.
Slightly out-of-place and eccentric but perhaps this ...
Sam's Giardino review
We found this guest house to be 'different'.
We had a perfectly comfortable stay and it was a good base to discover this region. Sam was very hospitable but the same couldnt be said for th...
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