Namibia

The Kalahari Desert is a vast ecosystem in Southern Africa. Here are eight facts that tell the story of this austere, beautiful, and ecologically rich place, which has been home to the San people since time immemorial. 1. It’s the…

Let’s discuss the different family safaris in East and Southern Africa to help you choose the right destination for you and your children. Both East Africa and Southern Africa offer wide-ranging types of family safaris that cater to everyone from…

Twyfelfontein is a picturesque valley in Namibia where you can find over 2,000 ancient rock art engravings, as well as a few rock paintings. Significantly, Twyfelfontein boasts the largest collection of engravings in Southern Africa, and in 2007 it became…

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…