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Oryx Desert Salt

Name: Oryx Desert Salt
Address: Unit 14, The Village, Capricorn Drive, Capricorn Business Park, Muizenberg, 021 788-5078, Cape Town, 7945, ZA
Telephone: +27217885078
Rating: 5

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Oryx Desert Salt is 100% naturally organic pure crystal-white Kalahari Desert salt. It’s unrefined, sun-dried, additives and preservative free.
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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.

30/10/2026

What if every guest at your Thanksgiving table went home with a little gift that actually meant something? 🧂❤️

There’s a beautiful tradition of gifting salt that goes back centuries.

Salt has long been a symbol of friendship, hospitality and prosperity. Giving someone salt was a way of wishing them abundance and a lasting friendship.

Our Oryx Desert Salt Travel Shaker gift sets come in beautiful, colourful Shweshwe boxes, each with a Salt & Pepper duo inside.

A little gift with a whole lot of meaning. And something your guests can enjoy long after the last Thanksgiving leftovers are gone!

Shop now on oryxdesertsalt.com 🫶

26/10/2026

If you know, you know…

We loved seeing this post by Brandon Seymore on LinkedIn 😎

You heard it here first folks…
Go stock up on Oryx Desert Salt!

25/10/2026

Why add salt into soap?

🤍 It makes the bar harder and more durable. A salt soap lasts longer in the shower and holds its shape instead of becoming soft or mushy.

🤍 It changes the lather. Instead of large, airy bubbles, you get a smaller, denser, creamier foam. The cleanse feels more substantial and less “foamy.”

🤍 Finely milled salt can also provide gentle exfoliation. It helps remove dead skin cells and can leave the skin feeling smoother.

🤍 Because salt interacts with water and oil, it can help reduce excess surface oil. Many people prefer salt soaps for the body, especially if they have oilier skin.

When not to add salt:

• if you have very dry or eczema-prone skin
• if you don’t have fine salt as it can be scratchy

We love seeing Back to Basics using Oryx Desert Salt in their Salt & Aloe soap 👏

24/10/2026

The Oryx Desert Salt story began in the heart of the Kalahari when Samantha Skyring, Oryx founder and CEO, decided to walk 120km over 7 days through the Namib Desert to the Skeleton Coast in July 2000. 🏜️

When later researching the Oryx Gazelle, she was blown away to discover that in a few rare instances, Oryx have gone their entire lives without drinking water but cannot survive more than a couple months without licking salt for the sodium chloride, minerals and trace elements vital for their survival.

Their hair is hygroscopic and so absorbs the moisture from the Desert dew at night directly into their bodies.

Succulents also swell with the dew offering nutrition as well as hydration. 🌵

Learning this felt like the beginning of the beautiful golden thread of synchronicity that has run through the formation and growth of our brand.

And so the Oryx, with its striking colouring, majestic presence, and beautiful heart on its forehead, became the symbolic icon for Oryx Desert Salt.

and experience the difference of desert salt from the pristine Kalahari Desert of Southern Africa!

22/10/2026

End of year brain fog is an absolute bummer - so we have an easy 🧠

SALT!

Salt, plays a crucial role in supporting brain health. Electrolytes found in salt support your nervous system, balance adrenaline, preserve magnesium and regulate blood pressure.

Read the full blog: “RETHINKING SALT: Four ways salt can change your mind” at the link in our bio.

21/10/2026

Whether you call it a braai or a BBQ, good food tastes even better when it’s cooked on fire🔥

From the Kalahari Desert to tables around the world, Oryx Desert Salt brings a little taste of Southern Africa to every meal.

Pure, unrefined desert salt in refillable glass grinders.
And a good reason to gather around the fire.

What’s on the grill this weekend? 🔥

20/10/2026

The perfect snack combo 🤩
Salty Santa Anna's Products corn chips
The best South Africa - Pesto hummus

We are very proud that both of these brands choose to use Oryx Desert Salt in their products!

18/10/2026

When the salt is SO good you convince a complete stranger in the Whole Foods spice aisle to buy it too 😂

Thank you Connie Edwards-McGaughy | The Carrot Underground for spreading the Oryx love! ❤️

16/10/2026

Do you travel with your own salt and pepper?

We believe good food deserves good seasoning, wherever you are! 🌍

Meet our cute little Travel Shakers. The perfect size to pop into your handbag, lunchbox, picnic basket or backpack.

Filled with our pure, unrefined Oryx Desert Salt and Madagascan Black Pepper, so you never have to settle for bland food on the go.

Small enough to take anywhere and too good to leave at home! 🤍

15/10/2026

Do you know the stories behind these 3 pantry staples? 👇

🤍 ORYX DESERT SALT Not sea salt. Desert salt! Sourced from an ancient underground salt lake deep in the Kalahari Desert, far removed from modern-day ocean pollution. Naturally sun-dried, unrefined, unprocessed and microplastic-free at source. Nothing added, nothing taken away.

🖤 ORYX BLACK PEPPER Sourced from small, independent farming cooperatives in Madagascar. Our peppercorns are grown without chemicals, hand-harvested and carefully sorted. Full of flavour and supporting small-scale farmers.

♥️ ORYX CHILLI SALT A little heat with a whole lot of heart. Our chillies are grown in partnership with , supporting township-based micro-farmers, including Gogos (grandmothers), who grow and harvest chillies in their home and community gardens. Creating livelihoods, empowering communities and bringing beautiful flavour to your food.

♻️ AND THE BEST PART? All three come in refillable glass grinders with long-lasting ceramic mechanisms. No plastic grinding mechanisms coming into contact with your food, and no need to throw away your grinder when it’s empty.

In 2025 alone, our customers helped save over 1.2 MILLION grinders and grinder heads from landfill by choosing to refill instead of replace!

Address

Unit 14, The Village, Capricorn Drive, Capricorn Business Park, Muizenberg, 021 788-5078
Cape Town
7945

Opening Hours

Monday	08:00 - 16:30
Tuesday	08:00 - 16:30
Wednesday	08:00 - 16:30
Thursday	08:00 - 16:30
Friday	08:00 - 15:00

Telephone

+27217885078

Website

http://www.oryxdesertsalt.com/

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