City: Namibia
Top Things to do in Namibia
10 Nature & Parks in Namibia That You Shouldn't Miss
Coordinates: 22°S 17°E / 22°S 17°E / -22; 17
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1. NamibRand Nature Reserve
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 197 reviews
This reserve represents all facets of diverse desert landscapes.
Reviewed By maodohsiao - New York City, United States
you really can't go wrong anywhere in Sossusvlei. Plenty of oryx, ostriches, jackles... great place for a beautiful/peaceful sunset
2. Sossusvlei
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 1,298 reviews
Reviewed By PerM928 - Copenhagen, Denmark
The photographic possibilities are outstanding and it is a real pleasure to walk around the dead trees. Not to be missed. However, do not take your own vehicle unless you are very experienced driver.
3. Deadvlei
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 967 reviews
Reviewed By ilovecorndogs - Lausanne, Switzerland
No filters needed - this place really looks like all the pics you see online. Incredible dead black trees, on near perfect white cracked earth, with burning red dunes, and perfect blue sky - remarkable. Hike up Big daddy, but start as early as possible - trailblazing will make it harder, but it gets stunningly hot 2-3 hours after sunrise.... This is a top 5 world locations for me - just amazing
4. Mountain Bike Namibia
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 1 reviews
If you are visiting Windhoek for business or on holiday, there is no better way to see the city and ride it's exciting trails, than on a mountain bike. We offer 3 exciting tours in the Windhoek vicinity. 1. The Windhoek City Tour 2. The Auas Mountain Trails Tour 3. The Game Cycle Tour
5. Big Daddy Dune
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 512 reviews
Reviewed By EMIELANDMARLEEN - De Haan, Belgium
It is worth climbing the dunes, both Big Mammy or Big Daddy Take your time and you will reach to top possible for almost everyone great views, and most colors around sunset or sunrise
6. Cheetah Conservation Fund
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 488 reviews
A unique opportunity to experience conservation in action! CCF is the global leader in cheetah research, conservation, and education. Its Centre, 44 km east of Otjiwarongo, is open to the public all year round (8 am - 5 pm) except Christmas. CCF works to keep cheetahs in the wild and educate the public. However, it provides sanctuary to injured or orphaned cheetahs, many of which cannot be released back into the wild. Learn about the cheetah's plight, watch them being fed or exercised at high speeds, meet some of our scientists. Our Model Farm teaches farmers how to co-exist with predators. Visitors can meet some of CCF's Livestock Guarding Dogs and their flocks of sheep and goats. You can also try our home-made goat-milk cheese, ice cream or fudge at the Cheetah Cafe. Cheetah View Lodge and Babson House luxury accommodations available and an educational campsite for school groups available.
Reviewed By 768ChrisW - Peterborough, United Kingdom
I arrived just before feeding time with the meat (Donkey - I think) portioned out. The keepers were very informative and open to all questions to enhance your experience. The cafe and gift shop were also good and had extra experiences you could do. I did the Cheetah drive which again was very informative and drive through an enclosure observing the cheetahs. I worthwhile experience in the CCF and what they are doing to help and protect this graceful animal.
7. Spitzkoppe
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 379 reviews
Though this is the country's most well-known mountain, at 180 meters it isn't the tallest.
Reviewed By yulneverroamalone - Montreal, Canada
Spitzkoppe is a beautiful location and should be included in anybody's Namibia exploration! The beautiful granite peaks have stood in this region for more than 120 million years and they are a marvel to photograph. We stayed at the Spitzkoppe Rest Camp which is a very affordable campground. Park entrance and permits for 2 people, plus one vehicle, was $360 N (about $32 CAD). There are a few lodges in the area, but the prices aren't even comparable. The park itself is beautiful and is well known for Natural Arch. Spitzkoppe is the perfect getaway, and with no light pollution, you're sure to experience a night sky filled with stars.
8. Cape Cross
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 383 reviews
Reviewed By Brittany_11_10 - Los Angeles, United States
If you're looking to experience nature truly at its rawest, Cape Cross Seal Reserve is your place. If you're squeamish or dislike the smell, the sight, or even the idea of death, the reserve is not your place. Cape Cross Seal Reserve is home to tens of thousands of cape fur seals--mamas giving birth, pups being crushed, males and females mating, males fighting each other--and depending on what time of year you're there, you can see (and smell) a massive amount of death. Death is not pretty, and it doesn't smell good. In fact, it smells vile, and my scarf-turned-mask reeked for the next 12 hours until I could thoroughly wash it. That said, that's how nature works. If you read the placards in the reception house, or the one-page brochure also available at reception, you will learn that the seals here have mostly achieved homeostasis. The only threat, not surprisingly, is humans. Otherwise, the seals live this way and it's normal, natural, and exactly how it should be. To that point, I disagree with the reviewers who think the reserve should be better maintained. For example, to the reviewer who thinks the walkway should be hosed off every day, yes, that would be nice for the human visitors, but how annoying for the seals. They live, play, fight, and nap under and next to the walkway, so hosing it down every day would disturb their lives more than we humans already do just by walking on it (and yes, I know I'm guilty of intruding on their home turf, but I try to be as minimally invasive as possible, and I prefer to keep nature like this as natural as possible). This is a wildlife reserve, not a zoo. These animals are wild, and they live--and die--according to nature. If you don't want to see that, then don't go. If you want to go to a place with freshly hosed walkways, go to a zoo (and then complain, no doubt, about this mistreatment of the animals there, and how they're kept in little cages and aquariums and the like). And to the reviewers who complain about a lack of information and/or guides, I'm willing to bet that a) you didn't read the placards at reception and/or take the paper at reception that has a good deal of information about the seals, and b) you have a smartphone with Googling capabilities. Do you really want to stand around reading signs in this place you think is so horrible and smelly and unmaintained? While the animal lover in me was sad to see so many dead seal pups--and the nose-breather in me was somewhat horrified to smell that amount of death--the wildlife lover in me thought it was an incredibly raw, unique, and interesting experience. We even saw a pup seconds after it was born, three gulls fighting over the placenta, and mama nursing newborn and fending off nosy neighbors. Pretty unforgettable, I'd say. (We also saw a jackal lingering nearby).
9. Africat
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 153 reviews
Reviewed By 971robertaf - Woollahra, Australia
Our room was divine with large windows overlooking the park. The pool and pool area was lovely and the gift shop is great. What we loved the most was going out with our guide to track the leopards. Some, not all, have a collar that let's the guide know their general area. We were lucky and tracked a beautiful leopard for quite some way. Our guide knew her territory so we waited while she marked it and managed to get some fabulous photos. There were about five or six small groups each with their own guide. Everyone saw a leopard but for some it was a glimpse in the bushes at distance. We loved it as we also saw baboons, sable, snakes and many other animals. Early the next morning we saw the rescue cheetahs. We didn't have time to attend the educational centre but I believe it's wonderful. We were so pleased we came to Africat after several days in Etosha National Park. The tourist dollar means protection for this beautiful animal.
10. Fish River Canyon
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 468 reviews
Reviewed By Andrewschoeman - Skukuza, South Africa
Beautiful scenery and amazing Canyon, just stunning. The Canyon view is amazing, I went in the morning and the afternoon to get photographs in different lighting conditions, well worth the effort !
