The romantic Sonop tents recover the atmosphere of the usual safaris
A thin veil covers the windows of Sonop's ten tents, the second accommodation opened by Arnoud Zannier in Namibia in just one year – ** Omaanda ,** within a private reserve dedicated body and soul to conservation, is an hour and a half away by plane–.
Sonop, "sunrise" in Afrikaans, is found in the southern limit of the Namib desert, the oldest in the world, in the Kanas region, and here the sunlight is often too intense for most of the day. A arid silence fills the immensity of a eternal landscape, desolate and quite Martian.
In this unique ecosystem, lions have adapted to live in extreme conditions, the dunes rise high as mountains and the stars shine so fiercely that it seems that they are going to detach from the firmament. For you to look out to the craters of the Moon and to observe the behavior of the ostriches, oryxes, jackals and other local fauna, you will find a telescope in your tent. In them it is easy to feel like a rich English explorer from the beginning of the 20th century, among nature prints, silverware, antiques, and leather and ebony chairs.
In the mornings, very early, and in the afternoons, late, they take place 4x4 safaris to scour the area for bat-eared foxes, kudus and even, if you're lucky, leopards.
If you prefer more activity, the camp has electric mountain bikes and its own horse stable , and proposes excursions on foot through the valleys, s fly in a balloon over the red dunes of Sossuvlei and, to connect even more with the magic of the desert, yoga, astronomy sessions and outdoor cinema _(€560 per person and night) _.
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