Oryx Desert Salt

In July 2000 Samantha Skyring (CEO) walked 120km over 7 days through the Namib Desert from Hartman’s Valley along the Kunene River to reach the Skeleton Coast. She had several powerful and incredible face to face encounters with Oryx gazella (gemsbok), which became the inspiration for the Oryx Desert Salt brand.
Samantha later discovered that the Oryx Gazella can go for lengthy periods of time without water, but no more than two months without licking salt – the salt vital for its survival in the harsh conditions of the Kalahari Desert.
Oryx Desert Salt is harvested from a salt pan within the remote pristine Kalahari Desert. Beneath the pan lies an ancient undergournd brine lake. The salt water is drawn up onto the pan and sun-dried in a process that lives in harmony with the natural rainfall and surrounding environment.
Oryx Desert Salt is unrefined, free from any additives and chemicals and still containing all the essential minerals and trace elements that exist naturally in salt, as nature intended, so they can be utilised and absorbed for optimal vitality and health.
We believe in giving back to the community, so for every product of Oryx Desert Salt sold, a percentage is donated to the Khomani San and Mier communities of !Xaus Lodge in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.