Where to stay in the Richtersveld

The route via Alexander Bay to Sendelingsdrif gateis certainly the quickest way to get to the South African side of the /Ai/Ais-Richtersveld Transfrontier Park, but it’s not very attractive (thanks to diamond mining operations that have scarred the landscape). Luckily, there’s a morescenic alternative. If you take the R385 west from Steinkopf (about 60km north ofSpringbok on the N7), you’ll pass a couple of turnoffs to your right. They lead to the small settlements of Eksteenfontein, Lekk...