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Xaus Lodge

4.0 star property
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Gift shop
Banquet hall
Exterior
Exterior
Outdoor pool

Reviews

7.4 out of 10

Good

Popular amenities

  • Breakfast included
  • Pool
  • Parking included

Explore the area

Map
Dune 91, Off The Auob River Road, Kgalagadi, Mier, Northern Cape
  • ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape
    1 min walk
  • Mata Mata Border Post
    363 min drive

Room options

View all photos for Double or Twin Room

Desk, free cots/infant beds, bed sheets

Double or Twin Room

  • 18 sq m
  • Desert view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

View all photos for Family Room

Desk, free cots/infant beds, bed sheets

Family Room

  • 25 sq m
  • Desert view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 2 Twin Beds

About the area

Rooibrak

When you a stay at Xaus Lodge in Mier, you'll be in a national park, just steps from Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape.
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What's nearby

  • ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape - 1 min walk - 0.0 km

About this property

Xaus Lodge

Eco-certified lodge with free breakfast and an outdoor pool
Xaus Lodge offers 12 accommodations with complimentary bottled water and coffee/tea makers. Rooms open to furnished patios. Rooms have partially open bathrooms. Bathrooms include showers and complimentary toiletries. Cribs/infant beds (complimentary) are also available. Housekeeping is provided on a limited basis.
Guests can experience the thrill of a safari, and take advantage of an outdoor pool.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Make yourself at home in one of the 12 guestrooms. Rooms have private furnished patios. Bathrooms have showers and complimentary toiletries. Conveniences include desks and coffee/tea makers, and housekeeping is provided on a limited basis.
You can experience a safari, and enjoy an outdoor pool. Additional amenities at this lodge include gift shops/newsstands, a fireplace in the lobby, and a banquet hall.
A complimentary full breakfast is included.
A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available on request), and free self parking is available onsite.
Guests are offered a complimentary full breakfast.

Awards and affiliations

Eco-Certified Property
This property participates in Fair Trade Tourism, a program that measures the property's impact on one or more of the following: environment, community, cultural-heritage, the local economy.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site
  • Return airport shuttle (surcharge) from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
  • Airport shuttle on request

Food and drink

  • Free full breakfast

Things to do

  • Outdoor pool
  • Safari

Family friendly

  • Free cots/infant beds
  • Outdoor pool

Conveniences

  • Banquet hall
  • Gift shop/newsstand

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (limited)

Outdoors

  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • This property does not have any lifts

More

  • Fireplace in reception
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bed sheets
  • Free cots/infant beds
  • Heating

Bathroom

  • Bathroom (partially open)
  • Free toiletries
  • Shower
  • Towels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Free bottled water

More

  • Desk

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: 2:30 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply); guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
There is no front desk at this property
Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions; your host will greet you
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 24 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation
For more details, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation
Rooms are available at any time after 2:30 PM at the Kamqua picnic site. Check-out is upon arrangement after breakfast. Guests planning to arrive outside normal check-in hours must notify this property in advance.

Access methods

Host will greet you

Pets

No pets or service animals allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
1 child, up to the age of 3 years, can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Free cribs are available on request at the property

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Airport shuttle fee: ZAR 8450 per vehicle (roundtrip)

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts major credit cards, debit cards, and cash
Cashless transactions are available
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property

National rating

Quality Graded by the Tourism Grading Council of South Africa (TGCSA) – South Africa's official quality assurance organization.

Property is also known as

Xaus Lodge Rooibrak
Xaus Rooibrak
Xaus Lodge Mier
Xaus Mier
Xaus Lodge Mier
Xaus Lodge Lodge
Xaus Lodge Lodge Mier

Xaus Lodge Reviews

Reviews

7.4

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 3 out of 6 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 1 out of 6 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 0 out of 6 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 6 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 6 reviews" "

8.0/10

Cleanliness

6.8/10

Staff & service

7.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

4/10 Poor

D, London

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Huge potential wasted
The hotel is in a private concession (owned by the local tribes) within the Kgalagadi national park. A truly beautiful place, though hard to get to. The location is incredibly peaceful and picturesque, and I am very happy we got to see it. The hotel is also owned by the community, though managed by a professional manager. This is where the problems begin, I'd say. In summary, the issues with the hotel were as follows: - it is not eco. The electricity runs on a diesel generator and only works for a few hours a day (not at night). For a location in the middle of the desert one would have expected solar panels (!), but there were none (!) - the rooms and overall facilities were not renovated in decades and are rather dilapidated - broken wooden planks etc. There is a water hole with a light on it to see animals during the night and it was broken for 2 nights of our 3 night stay, so we couldn't see the night wildlife there. The pool is tiny and hasn't been cleaned in weeks - it's really rather disgusting. - some of the staff are super nice (like Linky, the Head Chef). Others, like the head guide, are frankly lazy and bored. They are all (other than the manager) locals. The guide point is super important here - he was responsive only when asked, drove the car too quickly on drives and helped very little in identifying wildlife (the guests did most of the spotting). One could easily fix it up and make it nicer with limited investment. This is the most disappointing thing.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2018

8/10 Good

Russell, Gerrards Cross

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Unlike any other - elevated overlooking 1km wide p
Get remote. Drive 91 orange sand dunes to reach !Xaus. Great place to chill out but also bags to do. Great staff, loadsa knowledge, very tasty and hearty food. Stayed four days and thoroughly enjoyed.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Very poor value-for-money ratio
Both my fiancé and I love adventures and we have no problem with living under local conditions and circumstances such as in the Kgalagadi like showering with salt water, being some days without WiFi and any other connection to the outside world, etc. But what !Xaus offers is simply a rip-off! Serving greasy pork belly on Christmas Eve with a cold soup as a starter, needing to pay for drinks at lunch and dinner, having no fridge with cold drinks available and no AC in the cottages, being provided with just a small drinking bottle like school children which we had to refill at a water dispenser in the dining room, having electricity for only two hours during the day to operate the ventilator in the heat (approximately 45 degrees Celsius), etc. is not acceptable for the amount we paid. We clearly want to exclude the guides from our critics. The guided tours were very informative and interesting. Our résumé: The value-for-money ratio is very very poor!
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
ruhige und einmalige Lage
Die Lodge ist seit etwas über einem Jahr unter neuer Führung. Der aktuelle Manager gibt sich grösste Mühe und ist als Ansprechpartner stets erreichbar. Die Anfahrt ist wirklich einzigartig und führt über 90 Sanddünen. Daher sollte man den Service nutzen und das eigene Auto stehen lassen. Die Lodge hat alles was man braucht, dass Strom nicht 24 Std. zur Verfügung steht, das Wasser im Zimmer relativ salzig ist und der kleine Pool (welcher Luxus mitten in der Wüste !) viele Bienen anzieht - ist wohl logisch und für 1 - 3 Tage zu verschmerzen. Das Essen hat mich positiv überrascht - sehr lecker. Die einheimischen Mitarbeitenden verhalten sich freundlich, sind aber eher zurückhaltend. Die Ruhe, die Aussicht, die Touren zu Fuss und per Jeep sind sehr schön - DARUM ist man da und bezahlt dafür. Grosse Tiere sind eher selten zu sehen (wer Glück hat, aber auch Kalahari Löwen). Außerdem hat man hier meist einen wunschderschönen Sternenhimmel. Man überlege sich die Transportwege und Kosten, vor allem das Süsswasser aus dem Grundwasser zu holen - das kann nicht billig sein.

10/10 Excellent

Marion, Rüschlikon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Eine grossartige Erfahrung
Die Lodge liegt etwas abgelegen, aber das macht es so grossartig. Nur Ruhe, absolut entspannend, tolles Sternenbild. Die Servicequalität ist sehr gut. Das Hotel hat alles ausser Telefonempfang und nur Strom zu gewissen Zeiten. Essen war gut. Es wird schon bei der Buchung nach Allergien gefragt. Es gibt unterschiedliche Aktivitäten und man lernt viel über die Gegend und die Kultur der Buschmänner. Es liegt abgelegen und Wasser ist ein knappes Gut. Kleine Pannen sind nicht ausgeschlossen, aber das Personal und Management ist gut vorbereitet. Für uns hat es gepasst und wir können es nur weiterempfehlen