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Sight-seeing activities in the vicinity
Tsumeb Museum, Tsumeb Cultural Village, Tsumeb Arts and Crafts Centre, De Wet Shaft and the Tsumeb Upper Levels, Smelter and Mine. Otjikoto Lake, Guinas Lake, Hoba Meteorite, Grootfontein Museum, African Baobab Trees (Tsintsabis area) the famous Etosha National Park.

!Uris Safari Lodge is situated about 20km outside of Tsumeb, near the Etosha National Park.

Rooms

!Uris Safari Lodge offers 14 comfortable furnished brick thatch chalets (twin or double beds), each with air-conditioning and en-suite bathrooms.

Rooms are furnished in a bohemian style with mosquito nets, hair dryer, electric kettle, digital safe and telephone.

!Uris Safari Lodge is designed to accommodate the disabled traveler and all facilities are wheelchair accessible. A fantastic designed swimming pool is available for guest's relaxation. The lodge masseuse, who is available on request, can offer relaxation packages at her small scale salon.

Wining and dining

!Uris Safari Lodge boasts delicious Pan African meals including full breakfast, lunch and dinner by candlelight. Dinners are either served in the lounge area or for guests favoring the "bush experience" the boma is a favorite. The thatched dining, lounge and bar areas open onto spacious wooden decks, affording views over Namibia's world-renowned sunsets

"In the Footsteps of the Diggers" runs like a delicate string of copper throughout the lodge. If it is not at the cozy fireplace in the lounge area, mining history is available at the small scale library, as well as small bits of mineral collections are displayed in the foyer. "Dig" for wine, as you have to go down in the wine cellar with resemblance to the mining era or round off your day with a cigar from our distinctive collection

Activities

Walking Trails, bird watching, game watching, farm and game drives, quad biking, Tours to mines on a donkey cart, golf at Tsumeb Golf Course, shooting range, skydiving and visits to the Tsumeb Mine could also be arranged.

The Tschudi area in the Otavi Mountain land is renowned as a natural breeding area and habitat of the famous Eland antelope. Before sunset when the burning heat of the African sunshine has diminished one can take a nature drive through the bush to observe some of Africa's most majestic antelopes such as eland, kudu, duikers, steenbok and a variety of nocturnal animals.

Donkey cart or quad bike tours are available to visit historic mining sites and Lake Otjikoto. Sightseeing trips to Tsumeb and the Etosha National Park can be arranged. Geological tours are also done on request. Tsumeb Museum & Mining tours can be booked. The Tsumeb Museum, with its comprehensive historical and geological displays, is a major tourist draw card which attracts between 12,000 and 15,000 visitors annually.