Namibia — Land of Endless Horizons
Namibia is Africa's most photogenic landscape — the world's oldest desert at Sossusvlei, the haunting Skeleton Coast where shipwrecks rust beneath thick Atlantic fog, the salt-pan game-viewing of Etosha, and the German colonial architecture of Swakopmund.
Namibia rewards a longer itinerary — 10 to 14 days — because the distances are enormous. Luxury fly-in safaris cover the same circuit in 7 days.
Highlights
- ◆Sossusvlei — The world's oldest desert; rust-red 300m dunes; dead-tree pan at Deadvlei
- ◆Etosha National Park — Floodlit waterholes; rhino, elephant, lion at point-blank range
- ◆Skeleton Coast — Shipwrecks in Atlantic fog; cape fur seal colonies; remote and haunting
- ◆Damaraland — Desert-adapted elephants and the ancient rock art of Twyfelfontein (UNESCO)
- ◆Fish River Canyon — Africa's largest canyon; 160km long, 550m deep
- ◆Swakopmund — German colonial coastal town; sandboarding and quad biking in the dunes
- ◆NamibRand Nature Reserve — Dark-sky reserve; some of the cleanest night skies on Earth
Key Destinations in Namibia
Sossusvlei & Deadvlei
The world's oldest desert and home to the planet's tallest dunes — Big Daddy rises 325 metres.
Etosha National Park
A 22,750 km² salt pan visible from space, surrounded by sparse mopane savanna.
Skeleton Coast
A 500-kilometre stretch of Atlantic coast where cold Benguela currents meet the desert in dense fog.
Damaraland & Twyfelfontein
The semi-arid hills of Damaraland shelter Namibia's famous desert-adapted elephants.
NamibRand & the Dark Sky Reserve
A 215,000-hectare private nature reserve south of Sossusvlei and one of only a handful of certified Dark Sky Reserves on Earth.