Namibia Getaway Holidays

Namibia is vast, even in African terms, and is full of extraordinary landscapes, unique people, big vistas and lots of sunshine. Plus of course a considerable amount of wildlife.

Namibia contains some of the greatest wonders of the natural world, all of which need time to visit, as they are a great distance from each other. For this reason, you should not be in a hurry during a visit to Namibia, as the country is too large and the gravel roads too long for a ‘been there, done that’ kind of trip.

Although it is far from anywhere, you should not miss the southern Namib Desert, which contains the most astonishing sand dunes in the world. These awesomely enormous Sossusvlei dunes rise to almost 1,000 ft, and change colour with the arc of the sun from vivid orange to brooding purple.

If you are ever going to witness a mirage it will be in Etosha National Park in northern Namibia. Its glistening salt pans shimmer and shift to create a hazy horizon, which deceives your eyes. Herds of Oryx, well adjusted to heat and drought, wander across these desolate pans, while other animals survive on the surrounding grass and woodlands, which only come to life after the rains. At this time the hostile saline desert metamorphoses turn into a rich organic lagoon full of Flamingos, Pelicans and a myriad water birds.