Namibia Travel Guide
Namibia travel guide offers insights into this premier safari destination.
Explore ancient deserts, remote and vast regions, mountain high sand dunes.
Discover trees some 280-million years.
NORTHERN NAMIBIA
MAJOR TOURIST SPOTS
Hoba Meteorite
Etosha National Park
Ruacana Waterfalls
Damaraland’s landscape is spectacular and is home to elephant, rhino zebra, giraffe, lion and various species of antelope. .
Etosha National Park boasts 114 species of mammal and 340 species of bird. .
Epupa Falls located 135 kms downstream from the Ruacana Falls, are a series of cascades that drop a total of 60m over a distance of about 1.5 kms.
Kaokoland : home to the Himba
COASTAL REGIONS
Swakopmund, Walvis Bay, Kolmanskop,
Skeleton Coast, Luderitz
Swakopmund is Namibia’s seaside resort nestling between the desert and the sea.
Fishing is the dominant industry in Walvis Bay which is also known for its water sports and major harbour.
Home of the Cape Fur Seal, the Skeleton Coast is renowned for its haunting shipwrecks.
Once a thriving diamond centre, Kolmanskop is a ghost town filled with the shiftings sands of the Namib. The small fishing town of Luderitz has a fine collection of buildings dating from the German era.
SOUTHERN NAMIBIA
Fish River Canyon : world’s 2nd largest canyon and one of the natural wonders of Africa.
Challenge some of the world’s highest sand dunes at Sossusvlei.
A transfrontier park, Ai Ais is also famous for its mineral springs.
ZAMBEZI REGION
is a small strip of land bordering Zimbabwe and Zambia , characterised by numerous small game parks.
The capital of this region is Katima Mulilo and is an important safari hub.
Mahango Game Park situated on the Kavango river close to Popa Falls. Although a small park it is home to elephants and buffalo.
Mudumu Park is an excellent reserve for birding enthusiasts.
CENTRAL NAMIBIA
Windhoek is Namibia’s capital city with a number of interesting places to visit suuch as the Tintenpalast, Alte Feste and the Christuschurch.
Twyfelfontein known for its unique rock art paintints is a UNESCO world heritage site’ –
Kalahari desert : small dunes
Spitzkoppe : stunning granite mountains – rock art
Waterberg Plateau : important game reserve with endangered species