NAMIBIA – A COUNTRY OF CONTRASTSThe Central Region Windhoek is the capital of Namibia, with a population numbering around 300 000 souls. A clean city, it has buildings both from the bygone eras as well as modern architecture. The city lies in the Auas mountain range; hence it looks like a jumble of houses hastily flung together, …
When you read or hear about Namibia, one of the first things mentioned is the Skeleton Coast. Tales of shipwrecks littering the beaches are rife in Namibia. With a coastline of approx.1570 kilometres, Namibia’s shores border South Africa and the Orange River, as well as Angola and the Kunene River in the North. Of this total distance …
Travelling from Windhoek via the sleepy villages of Otjiwarongo and Outjo, you will come to Etosha National Park, the most famous of all Namibia’s parks. At just over 2 million hectares big, this park is home to an extremely wide variety of game, birdlife and vegetation zones. Etosha means “the great white place”, which refers to …
Hiking in Namibia – DamaralandDamaraland lies in the northwest of Namibia.The unofficial name, originally proposed by the Apartheid government for a “homeland” of the Damara people, is still widely used.Rusty red ridges formed by granite alternate with savanna and tree-covered, dried out river beds. Such magnificent scenery is simply begging to be explored on foot. A word of caution, …