Author: Chard

Nkasa Rupara National Park is Namibia's largest protected wetland, around 320 square kilometres of channels, reed beds and islands where the Kwando River becomes the Linyanti at the southern tip of the Zambezi Region. It holds close to a thousand…

Namibian food is a collision of German colonial baking, Afrikaner braai culture and indigenous cooking, held together by game meat that is excellent and cheap by any international standard. Oryx, kudu and springbok are on menus everywhere. The beer is…

A Namibia self drive camping itinerary is built around campsites rather than distances, because the best pitches in the country sit inside park gates that lodges cannot reach. The route below runs fourteen nights from Windhoek through Sesriem, the coast,…

Nyae Nyae Conservancy covers around 8,992 square kilometres of Kalahari sandveld around Tsumkwe in northeastern Namibia and was the first communal conservancy registered in the country. It is home to the Ju/'hoansi San, who have lived here for thousands of…

The five things that catch travellers out in Namibia are the visa, the driving times, the cold nights, the single vehicle accident clause and the Sesriem gate. Everything else is manageable with ordinary planning. This page answers the questions that…

Namibia is one of the easiest African countries to travel with children, mainly because most of it carries little to no malaria risk and because self driving lets you set the pace entirely around them. The constraints are lodge minimum…

Okahandja is the ceremonial centre of the Herero nation and the largest craft market in Namibia, an hour north of Windhoek on the road to Etosha. Every August, Herero from across the country gather here to march to the graves…

Ongava is a 30,000 hectare private reserve sharing a boundary with Etosha National Park's southern edge, holding both black and white rhino and one of Namibia's most substantial wildlife research operations. Guests get guided night drives, walking safaris and rhino…

Namibia's visa rules changed on 1 April 2025 and a great deal of published advice has not caught up. Nationals of 32 countries that previously entered visa free, including most of Europe, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and…

These two cost roughly the same and offer entirely different trips. A 19 day Namibian self drive and a 23 day South African one both start around 3,200 US dollars per person sharing. South Africa gives you cities, wine, coast…