Who would've guessed that just outside the nondescript town of Kalkrand lies a picturesque weekend retreat called Teufelskrallen Tented Lodge. While the check-in and restaurant area pays homage to its farming past, the six tended rooms a few kilometres away on the first string of dunes of the Kalahari desert are all about understated luxury. Make sure you are booked into one of their more spacious tent houses (instead of the less comfy house tents). The tents are all built on wooden platforms, though, from where you have an uninterrupted view over the grassy plains of the Karoo. Through the windows of the cosy reading nook on the other side of your room you can overlook the undulating sea of red dunes that stretches all the way into Botswana. Your own bathroom in a separate little hut is accessible via a raised walkway, making it an even more maritime adventure. Service is honest and friendly, meals are moreish, homey country fare, and the entire experience is surprisingly affordable.
www.teufelskrallenlodge.com
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