"Nine luxurious wooden chalets, raised on stilts to better appreciate the stunning Namib desert"
Namibia is known for its dramatic, spectacular dunes at Sossuvlei, the stunning wildlife in Etosha National Park and the eery, bleak landscape of the Skeleton Coast. Although it is one of the most sparsely-populated countries in Africa, it is also one of the safest and most organized and a slew of luxury hotels and luxury safari lodges attract legions of well-heeled visitors. Check out our collection of excellent Namibia travel articles and our Namibia travel guide which is coming soon.
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"Nine luxurious wooden chalets, raised on stilts to better appreciate the stunning Namib desert"
"Safari in style with seven sumptuous tents in a prime waterhole location"
"An opulent twelve-tent retreat, set against the backdrop of the breathtaking Damaraland"
Kalahari | Rupert Isaacson | Namibia, Skeleton Coast, Windhoek
It was winter in the Kalahari, the grasses yellowed by sun, the trees black and bare, the sky an unremitting, dazzling blue. The three Ju’/Hoansi Bushman hunters climbed down from the thorn tree
Blazing Saddles: Horseback Adventure Across the Namib Desert | Martin Li | Namibia, Namib Desert, Namib Desert
“Go!” screams Waldi as our horses charge at full gallop across the Rooisand dunes at the edge of the Namib Desert. Grassy tufts, lone acacia trees and occasionally my life flash before me in a furious blur of red sand as we hurtle towards our night camp.
Namibia: Deserts and Diamonds | John Borthwick | Namibia, Namib Desert, Sperregebiet
The Namib Desert rolls in a cataract of dunes down to meet the ice-blue Atlantic. Shrouded by fog and littered with the ribs of ships and whales, this is a place of legends rather than of train rides...
Solo Safari | Richard Newton | Namibia, Etosha National Park, Etosha National Park
Consider the red hartebeest. Few people do. In Etosha National Park, this unassuming, sloping-backed antelope usually plays a supporting role, only taking centre stage when it is being gnawed on by lions.
Namibia Unreal | Jonathan Begg | Namibia, Etosha National Park, Etosha National Park
Slowly its huge nothingness (the literal translation of "Namibia") starts to take on a haunting personality of its own as a long line of gemsbok (or oryx) file into view across the great panorama.
Namibia | Cameron Wilson | Namibia, Etosha National Park, Etosha National Park
My first sunset game drive left me similarly moved; the light soft and brilliant all at once, picking out colours on the birds so startlingly pure that words like turquoise and magenta were invented just to describe them