17 Days Namibia All-Rounder Safari Tour (Lodging)

The Kalahari Desert is inhabited primarily by Bantu speakers and Khoisan-speaking San, with a small number of Europeans.

Nǁng is one of the indigenous languages of South Africa, part of the Tuu language family found in parts of the interior, and in neighbouring Botswana. It’s spoken primarily by the San – the first tribe of hunter gatherers in the area, also known as “Bushmen”.

As the Wisconsin Dells began to develop into today’s “Waterpark Capital of the World,” Nelson built the first Kalahari Resort in 2000 and the rest is history. May 2000 – Kalahari opens its first property in Wisconsin Dells.

According to NASA, these rocks were folded and faulted around one billion years ago by mountain-building forces similar to those currently raising the Himalayas. Over millions of years, erosion planed off the mountains and formed the low hills that we see in the Kalahari Desert today.

The Fish River Canyon of southern Namibia is the second largest canyon in the World after the Grand Canyon of the USA. It consists of a northern upper and a southern lower canyon.

The Fish River Canyon, Africa’s answer to the Grand Canyon, is one of the best places in Namibia to stand in awe of the raw majesty of nature. Measuring 27km/17mi wide, 550m/1804ft deep, and 160km/99mi long, it’s the largest canyon on the continent and Namibia’s greatest geological wonder.

The beginnings of the canyon started about 500 million years ago when a fracture of the earth’s crust resulted in the collapse of the valley bottom forming a broad valley running north–south. Southward-moving glaciers deepened it, with more faults and erosion adding to the effect.

The village’s name comes from the Khoekhoe for “big snake.” The village was formerly the site of a prisoner-of-war camp established by the South African army in 1915 to house German inmates captured during the First World War. The inmates initially lived in tents but later built brick houses.

Having endured arid or semi-arid conditions for roughly 55–80 million years, the Namib may be the oldest desert in the world and contains some of the world’s driest regions, with only western South America’s Atacama Desert to challenge it for age and aridity benchmarks.

Namib is a vast cold coastal desert in southern Africa. The name has been derived from the world Nama which means “there is nothing”. The desert is arid and uninhabited barring a few scattered towns.

Flowing up from the Antarctic, the Benguela Current carries frigid waters with strong currents, so Namibia’s beaches are not ideal for swimming, but the contrast of desert and water is certainly a sight to behold.

This is thought to be the oldest desert in the world and has unforgettable terrain. It’s also home to a lot of wildlife – including some unique species – like the desert elephant. This desert has a diverse landscape as you cross it, and you’ll even see some greenery during the wet season.

The red color is a coating of iron oxide, which becomes more prominent (redder) as the desert stretches farther inland from the coast. The sea of red is interrupted in areas by small areas of white.

In Windhoek and Swakopmund, avoid walking through deserted streets and neighborhoods after dark. Ask your hotel or restaurant staff to arrange a taxi for you.

Swakopmund is a beach resort and characterized by German colonial architecture. The city was founded in 1892 as the main harbour for German South West Africa. Buildings in the city include the Altes Gefängnis, a prison designed by Heinrich Bause in 1909.

Swakopmund (German for “Mouth of the Swakop”) is a city on the coast of Namibia, 360 km west of Windhoek, Namibia’s capital. It is the capital of the Erongo administrative district. The town has 42,000 inhabitants and covers 193 square kilometres (75 sq mi) of land.

The quality of tap water in Namibia is quite good and perfectly safe to drink. Many of the lodges in the more remote areas will make use of water from a borehole which is also safe and healthy to drink.

Cape Cross offers two highlights: Firstly a historical landmark where Diego Cão set foot on land in 1485 as the first european. Secondly a very large cape fur colony including deafening shouts und heavy smells.

Cape Cross Nature Reserve is the largest Cape fur seal colony in the world. During the breeding season in November and December, there may be up to 210 000 seals at Cape Cross.

It is home to one of the largest Cape Fur Seal colonies in the world. It derives its name from the padrão (stone cross) that was initially erected by Diogo Cão in 1486.

Distribution: The coastline of southern Africa and the complete coastal area of Namibia from the Orange River in the south to Kunene River in the north. Diet: Fish comprise of 90% of their diet, mainly sardine, anchovy, hake, gobies and horse mackerel. An adult Cape fur seal eats roughly 270kg of food a year.

Palmwag is a tourism concession area on communal land in northern Namibia. It is located in the Kunene region, in northwestern Damaraland, halfway between Swakopmund and the Etosha National Park.

Concession Area means a space or privilege granted within or upon a premises that is used for the purpose of a subsidiary business or service

Twyfelfontein is situated in the southern Kunene Region of Namibia, an area formerly known as Damaraland. The site lies on the banks of the Aba Huab River in the Huab valley of the Mount Etjo formation.

In 2007, the United Nations educational and cultural authority UNESCO declared Twyfelfontein a world heritage site. It was the first one in Namibia, followed a few years later by the Namib-Sand-Sea heritage site in the coastal Namib Desert.

Cheetahs and lions are regular visitors to these waterholes. Olifantsbad: Attractive Mopani veld situated between Gemsbokvlakte and Aus. Lion, large elephant herds, zebra, and various antelope such as springbok, black-faced impala, red hartebeest, kudu and gemsbok visit this water hole.

Etosha Village is only 2km from the Anderson Gate of Etosha National Park, Undoubtedly, you will find excellent accommodations, facilities and campsites at Etosha Village.

Morning drives to Etosha National Park commence at approximately sunrise, depending on gate opening times which vary during seasonal changes, and return around 12H30 /13H00.

If your primary purpose for going on a safari is to see the majestic Big Five, Etosha National Park is a great choice, as four of the Big Five are present. Only the buffalo is absent, while lions and elephants are very commonly spotted.

Driving from Windhoek the distance to Dolomite Camp is 590km. Take the B1 past Otjiwarongo 250 km, turn on the C38 towards Outjo, then on the C40 towards Kamanjab, then turn right on the C35 towards the Galton /Otjovazandu area – 340km. The journey is all on tar road except the last 45km inside Etosha Park.

Erindi, meaning “place of water”, is a sustainable natural wonderland.