Namibia

In Damaraland, the earth holds and breathes history. This is a realm of profound humming silence, where time layers itself into a rust-red chronicle of the ancient world. Cradled in Namibia’s wild heart, between the shimmering mirages of Etosha and…

Standing on the rim of Namibia’s Fish River Canyon, you don’t just see the landscape, you feel the sheer weight of half a billion years of geological history. Is it the second-largest canyon in the world? While geographers love to…

The Caprivi Strip in northeast Namibia is a striking geographical oddity The Caprivi Strip is a panhandle of mostly flat land that forms part of the same water-rich ecosystem as the Okavango Delta. In fact, it’s sometimes referred to as…

If you could only visit one place in Namibia, it should be Namib-Naukluft At 49,768 sq km (19,216 sq mi), Namib-Naukluft National Park is Africa’s second largest national park, and its third largest protected area. It’s home to many of…

The cold waters of the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Namibia are a shipwreck graveyard. The largest in the world, in fact. Many hundreds of ships – if not more – have met their ends here. These include sixteenth-century…

The Himba are a proudly traditional people who live in the coastal Kaokoveld Desert of northern Namibia and southern Angola Apart from the Herero, the Himba are probably Namibia’s most well-known ethnic group, not least because of the women’s distinctive…

The Orange River offers wonderful desert adventures, particularly multiday rafting trips The long, final stretch of the famed Orange River is a truly memorable region of white-water rapids and sweeping river bends, deep gorges and intense desert colours, and rare…

Southern Africa is home to dozens of UNESCO World Heritage Sites – Here’s a List of 11 of the best From South Africa up to Malawi, and from Namibia on the west coast across to Mozambique, you can find many…

Overlanding itself is such a unique way to travel through Africa. The trucks are custom-built, the windows are huge, the ride is bumpy, the energy is fun, and you’re with people who love adventure as much as you do. Watching…