The Swakopmund Hotel and Entertainment Centre is a centrally positioned four-star hotel and is part of the Legacy Hotel chain. The building used to be the old Swakopmund station and dates back to 1901. The building has been renovated and restored to its former Victorian glory, opening as a hotel at the end of 1994. With 92 rooms, the hotel is not small, and neither is the range of facilities available including a valet service and baby sitting. The hotel has two restaurants, Platform One and the Captains Tavern, offering gourmet cuisine and also has the Mermaid Casino, a video arcade, cinema, hairdresser and gym. The hotel even has its own shopping centre and fast food outlet situated in a separate part of the building so as not to disturb the peace and quiet of guests. All rooms have their own bathroom, air-conditioning, mini bar, telephone, hairdryer and safe.

Swakopmund is a city on the Atlantic coast of north western Namibia, 365 km west of Windhoek, Namibia's capital. Swakopmund is a beach resort and an excellently preserved example of German colonial architecture. It was founded in 1892 as the main harbour for German South-West Africa. It is one of the few places anywhere outside of Europe where a sizable minority of the population speaks German and has German roots. Attractions in Swakopmund include a transport museum, the National Marine Aquarium, a crystal gallery and spectacular sand dunes near Langstrand south of the Swakop River. Outside of the city, the Rossmund Desert Golf Course is one of only five all-grass desert golf courses in the world. The city is also known for extreme sports. Nearby lies a camel farm and the Martin Luther steam locomotive, dating from 1896 and abandoned in the desert. Surrounded by the Namib Desert on three sides and the cold Atlantic waters to the west, Swakopmund enjoys a temperate climate. The average temperature ranges between 15°C to 25°C. Rainfall is less than 15 mm per year, making gutters and drainpipes on buildings a rarity.

Directions as you enter Swakopmund to SHEC: •Get onto the Kalahari Highway, travelling in a southerly direction •Drive over the bridge (this is a different bridge from the one mentioned above) •You will find yourself on a highway with palm trees on right hand side. •You will come to the traffic lights (there is a BP behind you and a shopping centre diagonally across from you). •Keep straight in Sam Najuuma Avenue. •Pass the Engine service station, •Travel further down until you get to the Total service station. •Turn right into Nathaniel Maxuilili Street and drive for another 3 blocks, and you will be able to drive directly into our parking area. Directions from Walvis Bay: •Get on to the Kalahari Highway (the only road leading out of Walvis Bay in a northerly direction) •Drive for about 33km. •Enter Swakopmund driving in the Nathaniel Maxuilili Street and keep straight on that road. •You will pass the Catholic Church on your left (a big orange-coloured church) - keep straight. •At the end of that block you will see the hotel. •You drive directly into our parking area. •You will travel a total of 7 blocks from the time you cross the Swakop River Bridge.