DESERT ROSE is a guest house situated in the heart of Namaqualand, Springbok.
Aimed at the upper market with reasonable rates.
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Your hosts, Piet and Maralynn van Zyl, are open hearted and friendly Namaqualand people and will go through every effort to make your stay as comfortable as possible.
General
The town of Springbok has a rich history of copper that dates back to the time when the land was inhabited by Nama speaking people. They heard about the european people that settled in the Cape of Good Hope and traveled down to Cape Town in order to trade with copper. Simon van der Stell commanded an expedition in 1685 to look for the copper mountain. Commercial mining started in 1852, but recently all the copper mines closed down as they were mined out and it is not economical to carry on mining.
Being the biggest town in the area, Springbok supports the farming community of Namaqualand and the diamond mining industry along the West Coast. Diamonds were discovered by Jack Carstens in 1927 a few kilometers south of Port Nolloth, soon afterwards the legendary Hans Merensky got confirmation of his oyster bed theory at Alexander Bay.
The annual spring flower splendor is busy losing its pride as being the main tourist attraction, the area offers so much more in the sense of wide open spaces and beautiful scenery with the granite out crops that converts to lilac colors at sunrise and sunset.
accommodation
All of these comfortable spacious rooms are fitted with an airconditioner, television set and have en suite bathrooms with both bath and shower.
They have outside doors and are very private in order to give the client as much comfort and privacy as possible.
Coffee and tea is available, but can be ordered from the hostess as well. There are braai facilities available and the comfortable lounge are open for everybody's use. They specialise in giving the best breakfast in town with their choices from continental to full farmhouse.
We have two new self-catering flats:
The new units are wheel-chair friendly and have braai's on the under roof veranda/stoep, accommodation for four persons, private entrances and en-suite bathrooms.
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