Namibia Regional Info
  • About Namibia
    Namibia is vast, even in African terms, and is full of extraordinary landscapes, unique people, big vistas and lots of sunshine. Plus of course a considerable amount of wildlife. Namibia contains...
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  • Caprivi Strip
    The Caprivi is a strange strip of land in the north east of Namibia, created not by traditional tribal boundaries, but at the whim of colonial masters. Rivers were often used as boundaries and the...
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  • Damaraland Region
    Damaraland is a region of rolling plains and distant mountain ranges with rugged beautiful landscapes. Damaraland is an unusual geological feature, a wealth of rock paintings and engravings, and...
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  • Etosha Pan
    The Ovambo name - Etosha - means 'place of dry water' or 'huge white area' depending who you ask. Either way it aptly describes the vast shallow salt pan that is parched and cracked for much...
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  • Fish River Canyon
    The spectacular Fish River Canyon (second only in grandeur to USA's Grand Canyon), is so vast that your eyes cannot cope with the full view all at once. At the northern end of the gorge are amazing...
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  • Kalahari Desert
    The Kalahari in south-east Namibia is an area of ancient red dunes scattered with grass and low bush and umbrella-shaped Camelthorn trees. It is the ancient home of Bushmen, some of whom still...
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  • Kaokoland Region
    Kaokoland, home of the Himba ethnic group, who have kept their ethnic individuality and culture in the seclusion of Kaokoland. Kaokoland is situated in the far northwest of Namibia, the almost...
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  • Kunene
    This unforgiving land is home to only the hardiest of people, yet the inhabitants of Kaokoland are the most beautiful people in Sub-Saharan Africa. Clad only in goatskins, the Himba are tall and...
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  • Sossusvlei Namib
    Sossusvlei's rich orange sea of sand dunes is one of the most astounding sights in the world. They are the highest sand dunes in the world. The feminine curves and angular crests rise tantalizing...
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  • Waterberg Plateau
    Much of Namibia is flat scrubland, which is occasionally broken by oddly eroded hills and peaks. However, nothing prepares you for the sight of a gigantic 600ft (200m) slab of orange rock, with...
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