Protea Hotels in Namibia

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We did a roadtrip of Namibia about 5 years ago and had a great fun visiting all those quaint little towns that seem like they got frozen in time - from the looks of it, probably in the 70s :)

We are Prokard members (the Protea Hotel Loyalty Club) and I got e-mail from them on hotels in Namibia.

I am amazed at the number of additional hotels all across Namiba! They now have hotels in Luderitz (stunning old German town!), Swakopmund, Windhoek, Walvis Bay, Long Beach, Ondangwa & Katima Mulilo.

:)
 
I visited South West Africa in 1987 with no expectations and had a fantastic time. Would love to go back some day.
 
The_Pumpkin_King said:
lol:p

whats the point of the loyalty club? discounts? free muffins?

:eek: i would join for free muffins!
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Actually there are lots of benefits, PK.

They give -
1. R150 discount voucher,
2. A stay one night free voucher,
3. A stay one night and get the 2nd free voucher
4. A breakfast voucher
5. 50% off any meal at Protea (not that I would recommend eating there, but the rooms are OK for staying) :)
 
@Blu , must say Namibia is great holiday destination, in 2001 when i went up , had some amazing service, landed up at the windhoek Country Club for Xmas lunch, :eek: what a spread.

The Lady and i are considering loading the 4x4 onto the Mail Ship St Helena, over Dec and cruising up from C.T. to Walvis, then driving back via Etosha and stopping off at a few places en route.
 
blunomore said:
Actually there are lots of benefits, PK.

They give -
1. R150 discount voucher,
2. A stay one night free voucher,
3. A stay one night and get the 2nd free voucher
4. A breakfast voucher
5. 50% off any meal at Protea (not that I would recommend eating there, but the rooms are OK for staying) :)
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How do you qualify? Do you get little stickers for every night of the booking :p?
 
Me and my wife just talked about this today. I've never been across any of our borders, she was in Windhoek for 2 weeks 10 years ago, so we don't know Namibia at all. But it always sound so nice to visit all the nice little towns and places. Can anyone maybe recommend a book or other method to gain knowledge of where to go, what nice places there is to go, and so on?
 
blunomore said:
You pay an annual membership fee, silly.
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How much?

Someone from Protea hotels called me the other day with some loyalty card; not sure if it's the same one. A lot of nice benefits, similar to what you mentioned, but the annual membership fee is R1900!
 
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Stokstert said:
Not to sound sarcastic but a Google search on Namibia will give a lot of information.
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Yes I know, but to hear from someone or maybe a few people who was there and can give advice is always better than to browse on a website with a lot of edited photos. But Google will be a means of info to me too anyway. :)
 
jacqvt said:
Yes I know, but to hear from someone or maybe a few people who was there and can give advice is always better than to browse on a website with a lot of edited photos. But Google will be a means of info to me too anyway. :)
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We did the classic road trip: got into the car and just drove! When we got to a place, we'd sleep over. If we like it a lot and there are things to explore, we sleep another night.

The desert is STUNNING!! As you drive through it, it changes colour, you see wild horses and best of all: you can drive for 100 km without passing one other vehicle.

One of the most intriguing (man-made) things in Namibia is the ghost town of Kolmanskop. Utterly beautiful seeing those mansions built by the Germans sinking further away in the sand and being slowly taken over by the desert. Have a look - http://www.namibian.org/travel/adventure/kolmanskop.html
 
If you are driving and alternating between camping and self/catering, Namibia is very affordable, just out side Keetmanshoop is the Quivertree Forest with very nice accomodation:
http://www.quivertreeforest.com/accommodation.htm
The Camp site in Luderitz, has to have one of the nicest locations, just below the lighthous, sea on 3 side, most amazing sunsets and sunrises.
http://namibia-travel.suite101.com/article.cfm/camping_at_shark_island_resort_luederitznamibia
Hardap Dam near Mariental had Self Catering, but it is now upgraded to B&b, very nice location.
If you head north from Swakopmund, past Brandberg (white lady rock painting) there is a camp site near a place called Burnt Mountain at Aba Huab, nice open camp site, big possibility of seeing Desert Elephant, as they pass down the river bed next to the campsite, (we missed them by one day :( )
Avoid Ai Ais through the summer months, just too bloody hot
 
Nanfeishen said:
If you are driving and alternating between camping and self/catering, Namibia is very affordable, just out side Keetmanshoop is the Quivertree Forest with very nice accomodation:
http://www.quivertreeforest.com/accommodation.htm
The Camp site in Luderitz, has to have one of the nicest locations, just below the lighthous, sea on 3 side, most amazing sunsets and sunrises.
http://namibia-travel.suite101.com/article.cfm/camping_at_shark_island_resort_luederitznamibia
Hardap Dam near Mariental had Self Catering, but it is now upgraded to B&b, very nice location.
If you head north from Swakopmund, past Brandberg (white lady rock painting) there is a camp site near a place called Burnt Mountain at Aba Huab, nice open camp site, big possibility of seeing Desert Elephant, as they pass down the river bed next to the campsite, (we missed them by one day :( )
Avoid Ai Ais through the summer months, just too bloody hot
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And don't forget Sossusvlei. Pure luxury in the middle of the desert :)
 
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