* Located on the 10,000ha Intu Afrika Kalahari Private Game Reserve in the Southern Kalahari
* Suricate Kalahari Tented Lodge is situated on a red sand dune overlooking a pan system that forms part of the upper Auob wetlands.
* Activities include: Guided walks in the company of Kalahari Bushmen, game and sundowner drives into the Kalahari and quad biking in the dunes.
* Kalahari lion re-introduction programme

* Overlooking a dry pan system that forms part of the upper Auob wetlands
* Low, red dunes, normally covered in vegetation (grass, shrubs and small trees)
* Grassy plains with small shrubs between the vegetated dunes

Day visits
* Southern Kalahari
* Mariental

Onward Travel
* Windhoek
* Keetmanshoop
* Fish River Canyon
* Maltahöhe
* Sesriem and Sossusvlei
* Helmeringhausen
* Duwisib Castle
* Gobabis

12 guest luxury tents consisting of:
* 11 x twin luxury tents
* 1 x honeymoon suite tent
* No tour guide rooms

The wood floored and canvas tents offer:
* En suite bathroom with shower, basin and toilet
* Private deck
* Room fan
* Tea and coffee station
* Hair dryer
* 230 volt AC power and 3 pin plugs
* Room service: 06h00 – 22h00
* Laundry on request

* Brick, canvas and glass restaurant, bar and lounge
* Boma for outdoor dining
* Viewing deck
* Pool

* AM & PM guided bushman walk - Duration 1.5 hrs
* AM & PM guided game drive - Duration 2 hrs
* Sundowners drive into the dunes
* AM & PM guided dune quad biking - Duration 2 hrs
Note: bushman walks, game drives and sundowners are done in conjunction with Camelthorn Kalahari Lodge

Suricate Kalahari Tented Lodge uses:
* 6 X 6-seater open game vehicles, shared with Camelthorn Kalahari Lodge
* 3 x 2 seater quad bikes, shared with Camelthorn Kalahari Lodge
* Private 4 X 4 safari vehicles are available on request

* Nouvelle Cuisine Namibienne – fusion of European and Namibian influences, no ‘unusual’ ingredients
* Breakfast buffet and English breakfast
* Light lunches
* Dinner is four course set menu
* Breakfast and lunch packs on request
* Special dietary requirements on advance request
* Room service: 06h00 – 22h00

WEAK / SPORADIC CELLULAR COVERAGE AT LODGE
For details see the Mobile coverage map.

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Tel: +264 - (0)63 - 683 218
Fax: +264 - (0)63 - 683 219

Website: http://www.leadinglodges.com/suricate.htm

* English
* Afrikaans

* Visa
* Mastercard
* Diners Club
* Amex

Environmental Responsibility
Intu Afrika is home to three Kalahari lions. Currently there is an adult male and two adult females. The lions were sourced from Harnas Lion, Leopard and Cheetah Farm in the Gobabis district in eastern Namibia late in 2000. The female and one of the males are siblings and were born early in 2000. The older male was a nomad that came into Namibia from Botswana. He is estimated to have been born during mid-1999. The animals were held in captive conditions and fed pieces of meat on a daily basis. Subsequent to their arrival on Intu Afrika they were released into a 500 ha enclosure with the aim of rehabilitating them with eventual release onto the 10 000 ha reserve.

Research on their capacity to avoid heat stress and use of certain behaviors to do so is being performed on these lions by the Zoology department of the University of the Free State in South Africa. Fieldwork was performed during winter 2003 and summer 2004. The lions were darted and Thermocron buttons that measure surface temperature were implanted in the large male and the female at the neck, base of the tail and in the loins. This was required since lions, like all mammals, can regulate their core temperature in their bodies but surface temperature fluctuates.

Social Responsibility
Leading Lodges of Africa, the holding company, supports CLaSH, the Association for Children with Language, Hearing and Speech Impediments in Namibia. Find out more, here>>

* During the dry season the Intu Afrika Kalahari Private Game Reserve can be reached in a small 2 X 4 sedan.
* Although Intu Africa lies in an arid area, summer rains can cause sudden flooding in areas.
* As a large part of the journey takes place on gravel roads, consultants should switch to a 4x4 vehicle during the rainy season (October to April).

* Mariental
* Windhoek
* Keetmanshoop
* Fish River Canyon
* Maltahöhe
* Sesriem and Sossusvlei
* Helmeringhausen
* Duwisib Castle
* Gobabis

Mariental
Mariental to Intu Afrika is approx. 65 km
* From Mariental drive north on the B1 to the C20 turn off (approx. 11 km)
* Turn right onto the C20 and drive to the D1268 turn off (approx. 12 km)
* Turn left onto the D1268 and drive to the entrance of Intu Afrika (approx. 42 km).
The B1 and C20 are tar roads. The D1268 is gravel road

Windhoek
Windhoek to Intu Afrika is approx. 250 km
* From Windhoek drive south on the B1 to Rehoboth (approx. 87 km)
* From Rehoboth continue south on the B1 to Kalkrand (approx. 99 km)
* From Kalkrand drive east on the C21 to the D1268 turn off (approx. 42 km).
* Turn right onto the D1268 and drive to the entrance of Intu Afrika (approx. 22 km)
The B1 is tar road. The rest of the route is gravel road

Keetmanshoop
Keetmanshoop to Intu Afrika is approx. 286 km
* From Keetmanshoop drive north on the B1 to Mariental (approx. 221 km)
* From Mariental drive north on the B1 to the C20 turn off (approx. 11 km)
* Turn right onto the C20 and drive to the D1268 turn off (approx. 12 km)
* Turn left onto the D1268 and drive to the entrance of Intu Afrika (approx. 42 km).
The B1 and C20 are tar roads. The D1268 is gravel road
Detour attractions: Quivertree Forest & Giants Playground

Fish River Canyon (Hobas Lookout)
Fish River Canyon (Hobas Lookout) to Intu Afrika is approx. 443 km
* From Hobas follow the park road east to the C37 turn off (approx. 7 - 8 km)
* Turn left onto the C37 and drive to the C12 intersection (approx. 32 km)
* Turn left onto the C12 and drive to Seeheim (approx. 75 km)
* From Seeheim drive east on the B4 to Keetmanshoop (approx. 43 km)
* From Keetmanshoop drive north on the B1 to Mariental (approx. 221 km)
* From Mariental drive north on the B1 to the C20 turn off (approx. 11 km)
* Turn right onto the C20 and drive to the D1268 turn off (approx. 12 km)
* Turn left onto the D1268 and drive to the entrance of Intu Afrika (approx. 42 km).
The B1 and C20 are tar road. The rest of the route is gravel road
Detour attractions: Quivertree Forest & Giants Playground

Fish River Canyon (Ai-Ais)
Fish River Canyon (Ai-Ais) to Intu Afrika is approx. 515 km
* From Ai-Ais drive east on the C10 to the B1 turn off (approx. 73 km)
* Turn left onto the B1 and drive north to Keetmanshoop (approx. 156 km)
* From Keetmanshoop drive north on the B1 to Mariental (approx. 221 km)
* From Mariental drive north on the B1 to the C20 turn off (approx. 11 km)
* Turn right onto the C20 and drive to the D1268 turn off (approx. 12 km)
* Turn left onto the D1268 and drive to the entrance of Intu Afrika (approx. 42 km).
The B1 and C20 are tar road. The rest of the route is gravel road
Detour attractions: Quivertree Forest & Giants Playground

Sesriem via Maltahöhe
Sesriem via Maltahöhe to Intu Afrika is approx. 341 km
* From Sesriem drive on the D826 to the C19 turn off (approx. 11 km)
* Turn right onto the C19 and drive to Maltahöhe (approx. 154 km)
* From Maltahöhe drive east on the C19 to Mariental (approx. 111 km)
* From Mariental drive north on the B1 to the C20 turn off (approx. 11 km)
* Turn right onto the C20 and drive to the D1268 turn off (approx. 12 km)
* Turn left onto the D1268 and drive to the entrance of Intu Afrika (approx. 42 km).
The C19 from Maltahöhe to Mariental is tar road. The rest of the route is gravel road
En-route attraction: Tsaris Pass

Helmeringhausen
Helmeringhausen to Intu Afrika is approx. 313 km
* From Helmerighausen drive north on the C14 to the C19 turn off (approx. 118 km)
* Turn right onto the C19 and follow it to Maltahöhe. (approx. 19 km)
* From Maltahöhe drive east on the C19 to Mariental (approx. 111 km)
* From Mariental drive north on the B1 to the C20 turn off (approx. 11 km)
* Turn right onto the C20 and drive to the D1268 turn off (approx. 12 km)
* Turn left onto the D1268 and drive to the entrance of Intu Afrika (approx. 42 km).
The C19 from Maltahöhe to Mariental is tar road. The rest of the route is gravel road
Detour attractions: Duwisib Castle

Gobabis
Gobabis to Intu Afrika is approx. 371 km
* From Gobabis drive south on the C20 to the T-Junction marked C20… yes, you read that right, it’s one of those funny Namibian roads (approx 216 km)
* Turn right onto the C20 and drive to the D1268 turn off (approx. 113 km).
* Turn right onto the D1268 and drive to the entrance of Intu Afrika (approx. 42 km).
The entire route is gravel road

Intu Africa Airstrip (FYIA)
South: 24 degrees 05’ 30”
East: 17 degrees 57’ 11"
Elevation: 4,000 feet
Length: 900 meter
Width:  10 meter
Surface: clay
Direction: 01/19

Information provided by Red Sky Ventures

The lodge offers transfers by road or air from Windhoek
* By road – approximately 3.5 hours
* By air – approximately 50 minutes

* Check in: 14h00
* Check out: 10h00

01.11.2009 to 31.10.2011
DBB			Full Board
Single pp	N$ 2,560		Single pp	N$ 3,640
Double pp	N$ 1,840		Double pp	N$ 2,920
Honeymoon Tent
DBB			Full Board
Single pp	N$ 2,910		Single pp	N$ 3,990
Double pp	N$ 2,190		Double pp	N$ 3,270

* DBB is on Dinner, Bed and Breakfast basis only.
* Full Board is on Lunch, Dinner, Bed and Breakfast and includes

• One guided bushmen walk
  
• One guided game drive.

* Rates incl. VAT and statutory NTB levy.
* Rates subject to change unless bookings confirmed.

* Provisional bookings held until confirmation requested by other parties
* 30 days prior: 10%
* 30 – 21 days prior: 20%
* 20 – 7 days prior: 50%
* 7 and less prior: 100%

* Not suitable for children under 12 years of age.
* Tents can not accommodate a third bed.

* 1 – 9 guests: One guide per group discounted rate
* 10 + guests: 1 guide free and 1 guide at discounted rate
* Above includes pilots and drivers.

Located on a red Kalahari dune, Suricate Tented Kalahari Lodge offers the adventurer the luxury of nature seen from the viewing decks in a very luxurious and stylish tented lodge.

Built on a red dune, Suricate Tented Kalahari Lodge offers the adventurer the luxury of nature seen from the viewing decks in a very luxurious tented lodge.

Located on the 10,000 ha private reserve,  guests can explore the environment and the ways of desert survival on a walk with the Bushmen of the Kalahari or get a closer look at the wildlife of the Kalahari, including a pride of Kalahari lions, on a game drive.

Built on the ridge of a red dune in the Kalahari, Suricate Tented Kalahari Lodge offers the adventurer the luxury of nature seen from the viewing decks and style, comfort and relaxation in a very luxurious tented lodge.

Located on the 10,000 ha Intu Afrika Kalahari Private Game Reserve, adventurous guests can explore the environment and the way of desert survival on a walk with the Bushmen of the Kalahari or get a closer look at the wildlife of the Kalahari, including a pride of desert-adapted Kalahari lions, giraffe, oryx and other species on a game drive in an open vehicle.

And for those who just want to use the opportunity to relax in the presence of nature, the lodge offers a cool, blue pool, sip a cold beverage from the bar or laze in a luxurious tent, with its own game viewing deck and private open air bathroom.