Category: Namibia

Duwisib Castle is a pseudo-medieval stone fortress standing alone in the semi-desert southwest of Maltahöhe, built by a German officer for his American wife and abandoned within six years when he was killed at the Somme. It has 22 rooms…

Henties Bay exists because of fishing, a town of holiday houses and caravan pitches on the Skeleton Coast road north of Swakopmund, filling with anglers over the December holidays and quiet the rest of the year. It is the base…

Namibia's leopard population was estimated at around 11,700 animals in the most recent national census, and the core of it lives on freehold farmland and communal conservancies rather than inside national parks. Leopard densities are higher outside protected areas here,…

The green season is Namibia's contrarian window, running roughly November to April with heat, storm cloud, dispersed wildlife, the best birding of the year and rates that fall considerably. Photographers gain skies the dry season cannot produce. Wildlife watchers lose…

Namibia holds around 24,000 African elephants and the population has grown at roughly 5 percent a year for three decades, which runs directly counter to the continental trend. The great majority live in the northeast rather than in Etosha or…

Two people can travel Namibia properly on 200 to 300 US dollars a day between them, covering vehicle, fuel, campsites, park fees and food. The country rewards budget travel more than most African destinations because the best experiences are position…

The eland is the largest antelope in Africa and one of over twenty antelope species in Namibia, which range from this animal down to the Damara dik dik. Bulls can exceed 900 kilograms and still clear a two metre fence…

Namibia has three serious multi day trails and a great many good day walks, and the constraint on all of them is heat. The Fish River Canyon trail runs only from May to mid September. The Naukluft trail is regarded…

Lions in Namibia occur in three main areas: Etosha National Park, which holds the country's largest population, the Zambezi Region parks in the northeast, and the arid Kunene in the northwest. Etosha is where nearly all visitors see them, with…

A private guided trip costs roughly 30 to 40 percent more than self driving and buys you not having to think about anything. One documented self drive couple covered ten days for 2,637 US dollars, about 264 a day for…