Places

Waterberg Plateau Park is a national park in central Namibia on the Waterberg Plateau, 68 kilometres (42 mi) south-east of Otjiwarongo. Waterberg meaning ‘water mountain’ in Afrikaans is a massive table mountain of about 50 … Read more

Located in the northeast, this is one of Namibia’s, perhaps southern Africa’s most exciting national parks. In years of good rains, this wild and seldom-visited national park (formerly called Mamili National Park) becomes a haven … Read more

Khaudum National Park is located in the far northeastern region of Namibia along the Caprivi Strip.  The park sits atop Botswana and below Angola and is on the western side just outside the strip.  The … Read more

The Fish River Canyon in southern Namibia is the world’s second largest canyon. The canyon itself is unlike anything else found on the continent and is rightly regarded as Africa’s very own Grand Canyon. At … Read more

Bwabwata National Park is a large but little-known, sub-tropical game reserve in north-eastern Namibia. The park is an amalgamation of the Mahango and Caprivi Game Reserves and is an exceptional big game and birding safari … Read more

The Damaraland is part of the Kunene Region in the north-west of Namibia and is located between the Brandberg and the small village of Sesfontein. The Damaraland is characterised by its rocky and rugged landscapes … Read more

The ǀAi-ǀAis/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park is a peace park straddling the border between South Africa and Namibia. It was formed in 2003 by combining the Namibian ǀAi-ǀAis Hot Springs Game Park and the South African Richtersveld … Read more

Skeleton Coast is a 40 km wide and 500 km long coastal stretch in Namibia, a hostile but fascinating area. Here the cold and unpredictable Benguela Current of the Atlantic Ocean clashes with the dune … Read more

Kaokoland in northwestern Namibia is bordered by Angola and the Kunene River to the north, the Owambo geographic region to the east, the Hoanib River to the south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. … Read more

Namib-Naukluft National Park is located on the western side of Namibia just south of the midway point. The park lies between the shoreline of the Atlantic Ocean through to the beginning of the Great Escarpment … Read more

Etosha National Park is a national park in northwestern Namibia and one of the largest national parks in Africa. It was proclaimed a game reserve in March 1907 in Ordinance 88 by the Governor of … Read more

The Caprivi Strip aka the Zamebi region is a 400-kilometre-long, narrow corridor of land in northeast Namibia. It is surrounded by Botswana to the south and Angola and Zambia to the north. Its former colonial … Read more