One of Namibia's privately owned museums, showing a history of Cape cross — a small settlement on the country's western coast named for a stone cross or padrao erected by Portuguese explorer
Diogo Cão in 1486.
The museum is housed inside the Cape cross lodge, with a collection that includes photographs and items used by the area's early settlers, as they battled the harsh coastal desert conditions to harvest seal skins and bird guano.
There also is a souvenir shop.
What to do thereExplore the museum, learn more about the history of Cape cross, or visit areas nearby such as the Cape cross seal reserve.
Best time to visitAny time of the year.
Location of Cape cross museumOn the western coast of Namibia — near the
actual Cape cross and its seal reserve.
It also is within the Namib desert and on the famous skeleton coast.
How to get thereBy vehicle, with 4x4s being recommended though not necessary.
