Namibia Travel Guide

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.