Windhoek
Windhoek, the capital of Namibia, is situated in the country’s
central Khomas Region and is commonly described as a city with
a multicultural character. Set amidst the rolling hills of central
Namibia...
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Epupa Falls
Situated on the Kunene River at the Namibian / Angolan border.
Wending its way through awesome mountainous terrain, it suddenly
interrupts the arid landscape by a cascading network of spectacular
falls...
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Lake Otjikoto
Otjikoto is undoubtedly as idiosyncratic as lakes go. The traveler
comes upon it suddenly and the sight of this huge orifice can
be quite startling. The ground without warning opens up into
a more or less...
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Hoba Meteorite
It lies in the unpretentious bushveld of northern Namibia and
has gained global interest, for it marks the site of a cosmic
collision. The vestigial evidence which put the spot on the
map is an enormous...
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Popa Falls
The name conjures up images of a raging waterfall, so it is
little wonder that first-time visitors are disappointed when
faced by a profusion of gentle rapids with a total drop of 4
meters.
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Petrified Forest
Namibia’s petrified forest west of Khorixas is indeed
a rare phenomenon. As if through the intervention of some great
time machine, the fossilized remains of these tree trunks provide
an intriguing glimpse...
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Organ Pipes
The name is an apt description of these five- to seven- sided
perpendicular dolerite columns, some of which reach 5 meters
in length. They are found standing exposed in a 100-meter long
gorge...
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Twyfelfontein Rock Engravings
This National Heritage site confers yet another distinction
to Namibia: that of one of the foremost centers of artwork in
the world. It counts as the largest open-air art gallery in
Southern Africa...
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Cape Cross Seal Reserve
Skeleton Coast: an evocative name for one of the most hostile
stretches of land found anywhere on earth. Cape Cross forms
part of the frontline in the struggle between the icy South
Atlantic Ocean...
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Swakopmund
Swakopmund, founded in 1892 during the period of German colonial
rule, served as the territory’s main harbour for many
years. In 1884, South West Africa – the future Namibia
– was declared a...
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Welwitschia Mirabilis
Friedrich Martin Joseph Welwitsch (1806 – 1872) was the
distinguished figure destined to bring to the attention of the
world one of the most extraordinary curiosities of all living
organisms.
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Moonlandscape
This desolate and forbidding valley of conical and dome shaped
hills near Swakopmund is reminiscent of an actual lunar landscape,
resembling the lifeless surface of mars itself...
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Sesriem
Situated on the vast sea of sand of the Namib Desert, Sesriem
is the base to explore two of the Namib’s most celebrated
attractions: Sesriem Canyon and Sossusvlei. The canyon’s
name originated from...
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Sossusvlei
Sossusvlei's rich ochre sand dunes offer one of the most mind-blowing
sights you will ever experience. Their oscillating crests rise
to an astonishing 320m and, with their air of timelessness...
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Duwisib Castle
An enigmatic castle in the bush, this castle stands incongruously
in an arid setting south west of Maltahöhe. Financed by
the American wife of the eccentric Baron Hans Heinrich von Wolf,
it was built...
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Quivertree Forest
The Quivertree (Aloe dichotoma) belongs to the most conspicuous
plants of the countries indigenous flora. The name derives from
its traditional practical application: the hollowed out pithy
branches served...
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Giant's Playground
This conglomeration of precariously balanced rock is situated
a mere 5 kilometers from the Quivertree forest and has been
dated to be over 180 million years of age.
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Kolmanskop Ghost Town
To the imaginative but uninformed, the “Sperrgebiet”
(forbidden diamond territory) conjures up images of watchtowers,
electric fences, barbed wire and ferocious guard dogs protecting
the restricted area.
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Lüderitz
Stone-Age artifacts found in the region confirm that Khoisan
People knew the area centuries before Europeans arrived. The
Portuguese navigator Bartolomeu Dias found ‘Little Bay’,
or Angra Pequena in 1883.
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