Cape Cross hat sowohl historische als auch biologische Bedeutung und ist eine beliebte Touristenattraktion. Der portugiesische Seefahrer Diego Cão landete hier 1486 auf seiner zweiten Expedition südlich des Äquators und ließ ein Steinkreuz (padrão) zur…
Cape Cross has both historic and biological significance and is a popular tourist attraction. The Portuguese navigator, Diego Cão, landed here in 1486 on his second expedition south of the equator and planted a stone…
The park was first proclaimed as the Caprivi Game Reserve in 1966 and upgraded to the Caprivi Game Park in 1968. It was gazetted as the Bwabwata National Park in 2007 and incorporated the former…
One of the greatest game parks in Africa – and one of the oldest – is also Namibia’s number-one tourist destination. Home to 114 large and small mammal species, more than 400 recorded bird species,…
Namibia received its second UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2013. The Namib Sand Sea covers an enormous area of 3077700 hectares, with an additional 899500 hectares designated as a buffer zone and within the Namib-Naukluft…
Namibia was awarded its first UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007. Since then, visitors from all over the world have travelled to Twyfelfontein – one of the largest concentrations of rock petroglyphs in Africa. It…
Africa’s largest natural gorge, some of the world’s oldest rock paintings, one of the richest botanical hot spots on earth and Namibia’s most popular hiking trail it’s all at;/Ai- /Ais Hot Springs. Proclaimed in 1968,…
The Fish River Canyon is found in the southern part of Namibia's longest river. This incredible geological landscape is the second-largest canyon in the world (after the Grand Canyon in Arizona) and Africa's largest canyon.…
The Spitzkoppe lies west of Usakos, and it is one of Namibia's most photographed and painted outcrops of granite. These granite rocks are intrusive and were formed by the slow cooling of molten masses below…
The Kalahari Desert, home to the San /Bushmen, stretches across Eastern Namibia, providing moments of great solitude and poignant reflection as you gaze across the great stretches of open sands, dotted with a variety of…
It is traversed by a complex network of rivers and has relatively high summer rainfalls that have created a fertile wilderness of riverine forests, flood plains, swamps, and open woodland.
These two regions boast of…
On the central coast, Swakopmund, a resort town, and Walvis Bay, Namibia's main seaport, offer an oasis's where the sea meets the desert. The towns offer adrenaline-rush activities and are considered Namibia's "adventures hub". The list of…