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Coworking & Coliving by the surf in Swakopmund, Namibia
Uncrowded waves & high-quality surf breaks • Communal sign-up dinners and BBQs • 25 Mbps fiber optic wifi • Walking distance to coworking space • Fully equipped kitchen • Table tennis, mini gym & slackline • Board games & book exchange • Surf lessons and guiding available • Walking distance to surf for all levels
Coliving with us in Swakopmund
Here you'll find a home away from home, a place to meet like-minded travelers, surfers, and remote workers. When you close your laptop for the day you will join the pace of the ocean and the desert, following the wind the waves, and the tide.
Join us in our cozy 5 bedroom house in the town center, a short walk from the beach and the surf.
Our remote working community
Besides the classic cowork surf after-work group surf sessions, there is a bunch of stuff to do when you're not busy with work. Why not break up the workday with some table tennis, slackline climbing, or maybe a workout in the mini gym. When you're done, there are a few hammocks waiting for you.
If you're into even more adrenaline than you get from surfing, why not try skydiving over the world's oldest desert, or sand-boarding & quad-biking?
Once it's dinner time, since we are big foodies, delicious dinner nights and BBQs around the fire will be there for you to join.
Yoga
If you're interested in yoga, we highly recommend our Vinyasa power yoga in the desert. 5 minutes walk into the Swakop river bed, and you will feel the energy of the desert. Here Lena, our qualified yoga instructor from Germany will treat you to a far from the ordinary yoga lesson.
Extraordinary food
Cooking good food & "cooking good surf" is our motto. Sign-up dinners are meant for you to enjoy our homegrown and homemade food, directly from the veggie and herbs garden.
Our Coworking Space
The Surf near Swakopmund, Namibia
If you're a beginner surfer, we offer lessons with Isa-qualified surf instructors. The beautiful empty beaches around Swakopmund are perfect for learning how to surf. If needed we also have a wide variety of boards available for rent.
If you on the other hand are intermediate or even advanced, there are loads of pumping waves around. And besides this, we also offer strike missions to Skeleton Bay and the longest barreling wave ever known.
Surfari
Surfing with seals and camping with jackals. Joining our surfari, we'll take you on an adventurous trip to the Skeleton Coast to explore the untamed nature and more uncrowded waves. While in Swakopmund you'll work, surf or become a yogi, on weekends you'll be able to join more safaris to beautiful nature and national parks, we organize it all for you.
Meet Olli - our surf instructor
Surf lessons, surf guiding or strike missions to Skeleton Bay, he'll take you anywhere surfing on the Skeleton Coast. ISA qualified,12 years of experience surfing waves around the world, he knows the best spots of Namibia and will take there!
Reviews
4.6 / 5
(128 reviews)
Brianán Kiernan
Highly recommend staying at the Salty Jackal! The team is awesome. I went out with Oliver for surf guiding - a once in a lifetime experience surfing in the desert. The lodging was comfortable. Everyone was very friendly and hospitable. Would stay there again!
Tobias Petersen
My stay at Salty Jackal lasted more than two weeks. Within these two weeks, I felt very well taken care of at Salty Jackal. This was mainly due to the family situation at the backpackers. The guests and the staff were very nice and very accommodating, which surrounded me with a familiar environment that temporarily became my home. The hostel is very lovingly furnished and offers several places to relax and hang out. Various events are offered. Sometimes a dinner together or a camping trip welded the guests and the staff together even more and made the time at Salty JAckal even better. My main event revolved around surfing. The surfing conditions in and around Swakopmund are good for all levels of surfers. I had a great time at the Salty JAckal because of the family environment and all the surfing.
Lore Defruyt
I really enjoyed my time at the cosy Salty Jackal! Ollie, Iris and the volunteers are super friendly and helpful. The surf-safaris were a lot of fun and I hope to surf the mega tubes next year thanks to Ollie his tips. ;)
Dylan Metcalf
My stay at Salty Jackal Backpackers was nothing less than absolutely incredible. From meeting beautiful people from all over the world to experience moments that will last a lifetime, this is exactly the place you want to stay at to make your Swakopmund, or Namibian, dream - a reality! I cannot wait to be back and laugh with you all again!
Michal Rubin
Incredible Experience! We had an amazing time and felt truly well taken care of throughout our stay. Lili and the entire team went above and beyond to ensure all our needs were met. The atmosphere was warm and inviting, and the staff was not only incredibly professional but also the kindest people you could meet. We also had the pleasure of taking surfing lessons, which were an absolute blast. The surfing team was highly skilled and made the experience both fun and educational. The apartment exceeded our expectations—it had everything we needed, including a fully equipped kitchen and a beautiful outdoor space to relax in. All in all, it was the perfect week for us! We couldn’t have asked for a better experience
Our Coliving Accommodation
Room types
Dorm Surf'n Dream
x 6
Shared
Bathroom
Space Room
x 2
Private
Bathroom
Sun Room
x 2
Private
Bathroom
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