CONTENTS

The Land • History in Brief Government and Economy

The People

WindhoekMariental and Surrounds

Okahandja and Gross Barmen

The Southern HinterlandThe Fish River Canyon and xAi-xAis

The Diamond Coast

The CoastThe Namib-Naukluft Park

Dorob National ParkDamaraland

Skeleton Coast ParkKaokoland

The ErongosThe Waterberg Plateau Park

Etosha National ParkPrivate Game Reserves

The North

BushmanlandKavango

West CapriviEast Caprivi

NAMIBIA

NAMIBIA

Vital tips for visitors

Best places to stay, eat and shop

Star-rated top attractions

Detailed regional profiles

Essential area and transport maps

Best tours and excursions

Practical, informative and user-friendly, the Globetrotter Travel Guide to Namibia

highlights the major places of interest, describing their principal attractions and offering sound suggestions

on where to tour, stay, eat, shop and relax.

The AuThor

Willie Olivier is based in Windhoek and has an extensive knowledge of both the country and the people. He is a keen backpacker, and his travels have introduced

him to all aspects of this magnificent country.

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N E WH O L L A N D

1. Introducing Namibia

2. Windhoek and Surrounds

3. Southern Namibia

4. The Namib

5. Skeleton Coast and Kaokoveld

6. Etosha and the North

7. Kavango and Caprivi

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INDEXAbaHuab campsite 83Agate Beach 54lAi-lAis 5, 50lAi-lAis/Richtersveld

Transfrontier Park 52Alte Feste 32Altstadt area 54Ameib Farm 94Angolan civil war 15, 17apartheid 14armed struggle 12, 15Aus 49

Bagani 112balloon safari 70Bethanie 49Bird Island 64bird-watching 34, 38, 41,

65, 102, 113, 114, 117black-faced impala 102black rhino 85, 102blue wildebeest 102Bogenfels Arch 57Bondelswart Nama 13, 14Bosau Pass 35Brandberg 6, 77, 81Brukkaros 45, 46Bull’s Party 94Burnt Mountain 84Bushmanland 109, 110, 116Bushman’s Paradise 80Bwabwata National Park

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Camel Farm 64camping tips 67, 111canoeing 45, 51, 119Cão, Diego 12, 79Carp Cliff 69Cape Cross Seal Reserve 5,

79, 82Cape Frio 87Caprivi 6, 109, 115, 116Caprivi Art Centre 116, 119Caprivi Game Park 114Cassinga 12, 16Cheetah Conservation

Fund 95chestnut-banded plover 66Chobe National Park 109,

118, 119Chobe River 119Christuskirche 32Clay Castles 87clock tower 31

communal conservancies 86

Constitution 11, 18, 19cuca shops 105Cuito Cuanavale 17

Daan Viljoen Game Park 34Damara dik-dik 102Damara Mopane Lodge 91Damara tern 67, 73, 77, 79Damara Tower 63Damaraland 5, 77, 80desert elephants 85, 87Diamond Coast 52Dias Point 54Dinosaur Tracks 93, 95Dolfynpark 64Dolomite Camp 100Dorob National Park 77, 78Dorslandboom 111Dune Seven 66Duwisib Castle 39

ekipa buttons 26elections 18, 19Elephant Head 94elephant’s trunk 9Elizabeth Bay 56, 57Enyandi rapids 89Epupa Falls 89, 90Equestrian Memorial 32Erkrath Building 31Erongo Mountain 93, 94Erongos 94Etendeka Mountain Camp

85Etosha National Park 5,

10, 93, 99accommodation 100vegetation 103waterholes of 104wildlife 101

Etosha Pan 99

Felsenkirche 54Finger Rock 84First World War camp 49Fish River Canyon 8, 50Fish River Canyon Back-

packing Trail 45, 50Fish River Canyon

Conservation Area 52fishing 7, 21, 78, 88, 117Franke Tower 94

game-viewing 34, 38, 40,85, 95, 96, 111, 115, 117and safety 99, 114

Gamsberg mountain 6Gamsberg Pass 35Gathemann House 31gemsbok 10Geneva Protocol 18Giant’s Playground 47Gibeon meteorites 31Goerke House 53Gondana Cañon Park 49Grootboom 111Grootfontein 93, 97Grootfontein museum 97Gross Barmen 29, 41Gross Barmen Mission

Station 41

Halali 100, 103Hardap Dam and Recrea-

tion Resort 8, 29, 37Hardap Game Reserve 38Hartmann Valley 89Heinitzburg 33Henties Bay 8, 78Herero 12, 13, 23, 25, 30,

40, 94Himba 23, 25, 89Hoanib River 86Hoba Meteorite 8, 93, 97Hobas 50Hohenzollernhaus 62Holboom 104, 111Hollam’s Bird Island 79horse trails 35, 52Hotel Kronprinz 31

Impalila Island 119Independence Avenue 30Independence Memorial

Museum 32International Court of

Justice 12, 15

jetty (Swakopmund) 63Johanitter Haus 48Jonker Afrikaner Nama 30Joseph Fredericks House 49

Kalahari 6, 45Kalizo Lodge 119Kaokoland 5, 77, 89Kapuuo, Clemens 40karakul sheep 48Katima Mulilo 109, 118Katutura 14, 31Kavango 109, 111Kavango River 7, 113–115Kavango woodcarvers 40Keetmanshoop 45, 48

Kempinski Mokuti Lodge 103

Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park 37

Khaudum National Park 5, 10, 109, 111

Khoikhoi 12Khomas Hochland 6, 29, 35Khorixas 82Khowarib Schlucht 86Kolmanskop 55Kongola 116Königstein 6, 8, 82Kreplin House 54Kuiseb Canyon 69Kunene River 7, 89Kutako, Hosea 40Kwando River 7, 115, 117,

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Lake Guinas 98Lake Oponono 105Lake Otjikoto 93, 98Langstrand 64Lianshulu Lodge 117lichen fields 67, 73, 77,

79, 82Liebig Haus 35lighthouse (Dias Point) 54lighthouse (Swakopmund)

62Linyanti Swamps 7, 118lions 101Lizauli Traditional Village

116, 117Lüderitz 5, 7, 8, 12, 20,

45, 53water supply for 55

Lüderitz Museum 54Lüderitz Peninsula 54Lüderitz Waterfront

Project 53Lutheran Church (Keet-

manshoop) 48

Mahango 5, 109, 113Maltahöhe 39Mamili National Park 112,

116, 118Mandate 12, 13Mandume, Chief 14Marienfluss 89Mariental 37Martin Luther 62Mata Mata 37Mbanguru Woodcarvers’

Co-operative 112, 116Mile Four 78

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mining 8, 98, 56Molkte-Blick 6Moon Landscape 68moringa tree 103Mount Etjo Declaration 18Mount Etjo Safari Lodge 95mountain zebra 71Möwe Bay 20Mudumu National Park 117Mukurob 46Multi-Party Conference 16

Namaland 46Namib-I 62Namib Desert 5, 45, 61

animals of 71, 73conservation of 67, 79

Namib Dune Sea 71Namib-Naukluft Park 10,

61, 66Namibia Crafts Centre 33Namibian Islands’ Marine

Protected Area 58NamibRand Nature

Reserve 73Namushasha Lodge 116Namutoni 100, 103!nara 9, 26National Art Gallery of

Namibia 33National Botanic Garden

30National Theatre of

Namibia 33Naukluft Mountains 5, 61,

70Ndonga people 13Ngepi Camp 120Noordoewer 51Nyae Nyae 109, 110

Odendaal Plan 14Okahandja 29, 40, 41Okaukuejo 100, 103Old Post Office 49old school building 32Old Station Building

(Lüderitz) 54Oanob Dam 36Ohangwena 105Omaruru 93, 94Omeg Minenburö 97Omusati 105Ondangwa 105Ondorusu rapids 89Ongongo Falls 86Onguma Game Reserve

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Ongwediva 105Onkoshi 100Ontouka Reptile Park 104Oorlam Nama 12OPO 14Opuwo 90Orange River 7, 45, 51Oranjemund 8, 53, 56Organ Pipes 84Oshakati 105Oshana 105Oshikoto 105Otavi Mountains 93Otjihaenamaperero Farm

95Otjihipa mountain 89Otjikoto tilapia 98Otjiwarongo 96Owambo 93, 105Owambo people 24Owela Museum Display

Centre 32

padrão 12, 79Pager, Harald 82Palm Beach 63Palmwag Lodge 85per capita income 19Petrified Forest 82Phillip’s Cave 94plateau, the 6Playhouse Theatre 43Popa Falls 7, 109,

113, 114population density 23Post Street Mall 31Protea Hotel Zambezi

River 119puku 112Purros 89

quiver tree 9, 47Quiver Tree Forests 47

recreation 26red lechwe 112Reho Spa 36Rehoboth 29, 36Rehoboth Museum 37religion 23Resolution 435, 12, 16–18Resolution 2145, 12Rhenish Mission Church

Bethanie 49Omaruru 95

Rhenish Mission House 95roaring dunes 87rock art 12, 77, 80, 83, 93

rock lobster 21, 54Rössing Mine 64Ruacana Falls 8, 89, 90Rundu 112, 116

salt works 64, 65San 12, 23, 24, 109, 110,

115sand dunes 72Sanderburg 33sandroses 55Sandwich Harbour 5, 7,

61, 67Schmelen House 49Schutzenhaus 49Schwerinsburg 33Second Director’s House

97Second World War 14Sesfontein 86Sesriem Canyon 5, 61, 72Shark Island 54Sheltering Desert 69shipwrecks 87, 88shopping

Caprivi 116Lüderitz 53Swakopmund 63Windhoek 33

sitatunga 112Skeleton Coast 77Skeleton Coast Park 5, 87social services 22Sossusvlei 5, 8, 61, 72Southern Tourist Forum 49Sperrgebiet 52, 56Sperrgebiet National Park

58Spitzkoppe 80sport 26Spreetshoogte pass 36St Barbara’s Catholic

Church 97Stampriet 37State House 62State Museum 32stone plants 9Susuwe Island Lodge 115Swakopmund 5, 8, 61, 62Swakopmund Museum 63Swakopmund railway

station 62SWANU 14SWAPO 15

Terrace Bay 87Tintenpalast 32Tjokwe 110

Topnaars 25Torra Bay 87Trans-Caprivi Highway 20Transitional Government

of National Unity 12, 16Trans-Kalahari Highway 20transport 19Trilateral Agreement 17, 18Tsauchab River 72Tsumasa Hill 103Tsumeb 93, 97Tsumeb Museum 98Tsumkwe 110Turnhalle Conference 16Twyfelfontein 77, 83

UN Council for SouthWest Africa 15

UNTAG 17, 18urbanization 19Us Pass 35

vegetation 9Victoria Falls 7, 109, 118,

119Von François Fort 35Von Trotha extermination

order 12, 13

walking trails 34, 47, 50, 66, 70, 81, 82, 83, 88, 96, 104

Walvis Bay 7, 8, 12, 18,20, 61, 65

Walvis Bay Wetlands 65Warmquelle 86Waterberg Plateau Park

93, 96waterbuck 112Weissrand plateau 46welwitschia 9, 68, 82, 83Welwitschia Drive 68White Elephant frieze 94White Lady Procession 81wild horses 52wildlife 10Windhoek 5, 29, 30Windhoek Information

and Publicity (WIP) 31Witbooi, Hendrik 13Wlotkas Baken 78Woermannhaus 62, 63

Zambezi River 7, 118, 119Zambezi Waterfront

Tourism Park 119Zebra mountains 89Zoo Park 30, 31

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