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Etosha National Park, Namibia

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Namibia Travel Guide

Key Facts
Area: 

824,292 sq km (318,261 sq miles).

Population: 

2.11 million (2009).

Population density: 

2.6 per sq km.

Capital: 

Windhoek. Population: 300,000 (2009).

Government: 

ReRepublic. Namibia gained full independence from South Africa in 1990, with the acceptance of Walvis Bay, which remained under South African rule until 1994.

Head of state: 

President Hifikepunye Pohamba since 2005.

Head of government: 

Prime Minister Nahas Angula since 2005.

Electricity: 

220 volts AC, 50hz. Outlets are of the South African three-pin type (two small round pins over one larger round pin).

With vast rocky canyons etched by time, endless deserts scorched to cinders and a coastline littered with half-submerged shipwrecks, Namibia is a fantasy outpost on the edge of Africa. Namibia's wildlife is also unique, from the legendary wild horses of Namib to the rare desert elephants that roam through the northern plains.

Essentially a desert country, Namibia has been shaped over the centuries by the African sun. Namibia means ‘land of open spaces’, and the south is epically empty with a sense of expanse and silence like nowhere else on earth. From the giant red sand dunes and petrified trees of Sossusvlei to the colossal Fish River Canyon and the desolation of the Namib, it has the power to dwarf and amaze.

Northern Namibia is like a long drink of water after a stint in the desert, with dense bush and lush vegetation. The Etosha Pan, at the heart of Etosha National Park, is a crater-like depression ringed with waterholes that attract oryx, impala, elephants and rhino each day, making for brilliant game viewing.