The Swakopmund Hotel and Entertainment Centre is a centrally positioned four-star hotel. The building used to be the old Swakopmund station and dates back to 1901 after extensive renovations it has been restored to its former Victorian glory, opening as a hotel at the end of 1994.
ACCOMMODATION: The 44 twin rooms, 30 family rooms, 14 luxury rooms and 2 luxury suites are all decorated in a Victorian style reminiscent of a bygone era of grace and civility.
Rooms have individual aircon, television, tea/coffee making facilities, bathroom with bath, shower and toilet, direct dial phones, electronic safes, electric razor plugs, fully stocked mini bars, hair dryers, eight channel TV including a German channel and MNet. Meals can be served in your room at certain times and there is a 24-hour room service snack menu.
AMENITIES & SERVICES: You can be so far from everything and still have anything you may need at your beck and call. We have the following amenities and services on the premises:
- House doctor on call
- Cottage hospital
- Babysitting & cots
- Car rental
- Credit cards and foreign exchange
- Same day laundry and Dry cleaning
- Shops and cinema
- Valet Service
- Hair salon
- Children's games room
- Parking
- Internet and e-mail facility
- Casino
- Curio shop
- Reflexologist and Gym
DINING: Befitting its Victorian theme, dinner at the Platform 1 is a slightly ostentatious affair. Here you can choose the à la carte menu or a speciality buffet. Platform 1 also serves breakfast, lunch and light meals through the day. Alternatively, you can opt for The Captain's Tavern restaurant, next to the Mermaid Casino. A catch of fresh line fish, shellfish and other seafood is served straight from the Namibian waters. For something totally different, you can join our "Desert Evening". A bountiful banquet is served in the desert, under a mantle of stars.
ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE: The hotel offers fun and entertainment for the young and the youthful:
- Children's games room
- Outdoor pool
- Casino
- The Entertainment Centre - cinema, speciality shops and fully equipped gym.
CASINO: Let the Mermaid lead you to Deep Sea Treasure or our other progressively linked jackpots; High Roller, Universal and Draw Poker; with 200 slot machines and 34 poker machines! Or try your luck on the tables. The Mermaid Casino also offers you 9 tables including Roulette, Blackjack and Oasis or Stud Poker!
CONFERENCE CENTRE: The Spitzkoppe Conference Centre can accommodate any function from a conference to a banquet. Up to 350 people can be seated in a variety of configurations. It's the ideal venue for weddings and parties and a good choice for speciality functions when you are looking to offer something unusual. There is a dance floor and fashion ramps can be assembled.
Rooms feature wall-to-wall carpeting, independent aircon, adjustable lighting control, background music, a pull-down cinema screen and a P.A. system. A secretarial service, photocopying and telefax are also available. If you need any other specialised equipment, we will try to accommodate you as far as possible. Facilities include a 35 mm slide projector, projection screens, a flipchart, an overhead projector, lecterns, a VCR, TV monitor and a proxima (data projector).
