Windhoek Accommodation Bookings Made Easy

June 29, 2010 - PRLog -- Windhoek is the gateway to Namibia and the bustling heart of the country. Visitors can choose to explore this modern African city, or to use Windhoek as an excellent base from which to explore the stark beauty of the Namib Desert.

Desert Explorer
Venues4Africa.com offers comprehensive listings of Windhoek accommodation. Accommodation varies from budget backpacker’s accommodation to high-end hotels, resorts and safari lodges, so you’ll be sure to find the perfect fit for your style or budget.

Excursions from Windhoek include a visit to the famous Sossusvlei, a mud pan in the Namib Desert. The Namib is the oldest desert in the world, and has a mysterious, otherworldly isolation. At times it feels like walking on the moon.

“Windhoek is so fascinating because of its history, of course, but also because of where it is, an urban base from where you can explore caves, games parks and even desert wilderness,” says Shaun Macdonald of Venues4Africa.com.

Some resorts provide organised excursions. Venues4Africa.com allows travellers to explore the activities offered or to enquire directly about day trips in the area.

Urban Adventure
Windhoek has great restaurants and fun places to drink. Or do both at Joe’s Beerhouse on Nelson Mandela Avenue, where you can wash down an enormous steak with draughts of Windhoek Lager. Then it’s off to dance the night away to hip-hop and Angolan pop at La Dee Da’s nightclub.

Windhoek has a fascinating urban history, and signs of its German heritage are everywhere. Make sure you see the Christuskirche, a gothic revival-style Lutheran church built in 1910. It may be the only neo-gothic Lutheran church in the world located on a Fidel Castro Street. Heinitzburg Castle is also worth seeing. Built in 1914, it is one of three castles built in Windhoek and is now used as a hotel.

Work and play
Windhoek is the economic centre of Namibia and well geared to cater for business travellers.

The elegant and sumptuous Safari Hotel, within easy distance of Windhoek’s international airport and the city centre, has all the facilities a business traveller or holidaymaker needs.

Beate Raith’s Hotel Heinitzburg offers a more personal experience. She and her team make a point of personally welcoming each guest, making it feel more like staying at a friend’s house than at a lodge.

“Windhoek is a busy city. There is accommodation to suit every requirement, but it’s not always obvious where to look,” Macdonald says.

Venues4Africa provides a simple and accessible way to research and choose accommodation in Windhoek before you even arrive in the city. The canny holiday traveller will also find hotels and hostels that organise tours outside of Windhoek and across Namibia.

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Venues4Africa.com is a Southern Africa accommodation booking website that offers more than 50 accommodation venues in Windhoek, Namibia. Venues4Africa lets you compare and price Windhoek accommodation, making booking simple and easy.