Namibia Travel Guide
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Namibia Travel Guide



   1.History and economy
         History
            Pre-history
            Bantu colonisation
            European Colonisation
            Scramble for Africa
            The 20th century
            The final colonists
            Independence
         Government
         Economy


   2.People and culture
         Ethnic groups
            Basters
            Bushmen
            Caprivian
            Damara
            Herero
            Himba
            Kavango
            Nama/Hottentot
            Owambo
            Other Namibians
         Language
         Education
         Religion
         Arts & culture
            Crafts & visual arts
            Performing arts
         Sports
         Cultural guidelines


   3.The natural environment
         Climate
         Geology
         Topography
         Flora and fauna
            Vegetation types
            Animals
            Birds
            Field guides
         Conservation
            Government policy
         Tourism
         Hunting


   4.Planning & preparation
         When to go
         How to travel
         Organising your trip
         Getting there
         Visas & entry
         Money & Banking
         What to take
         Photography
         Accommodation
         Food & drink
         What to buy
         Communications


   5.Health and safety
         Before you go
         Staying healthy
         Diseases & doctors
         Returning home
         Safety


   6.Getting around
         Hiring a vehicle
            Insurance
            Crossing borders
            Car hire
         Driving
            2WD driving
            4WD techniques
         By air
         By rail
         By bus
         By taxi
         Hitchhiking


   7.Bush camping & walking
         Camping
            Equipment
            Wildlife dangers
         Walking
            Wildlife encounters
         Canoeing
         Miscellaneous


   8.Windhoek
         History
         Getting there
         Orientation
         Getting around
         Tourist information
         Where to stay
            Hotels
               Continental Hotel
               Heinitzburg
               Hotel-Pension Thule
               Hotel Fürstenhof
               Hotel Safari
               Kalahari Sands
               Motown Inn
               Safari Court Hotel
               Thüringer Hof
               Windhoek Country Club
            Pensions & B&B's
               Alexander
               Ambiente
               BougainVilla
               Camelthorn
               Casablanca
               Casa Piccolo
               Cela
               Charlotte's
               Cori Guest House
               Christoph
               Ekundu Guesthouse
               Eros
               Etambi
               Handke
               Haus Sonneneck
               Hilltop House
               Kleines Heim
               Kubata Lodge
               Le Suricate B&B
               Little Angel
               Nouveau
               Mahali
               Marie's
               Moni
               Okarusuvo
               Ol-ga
               Palmquell
               Rivendell
               Riverside Home
               Schwalbenheim
               Shumba
               Steiner
               Terra Africa
               The Guesthouse
               Town Lodge
               Uhland
               Villa Tiziana
               Villa Verdi
            Hostels & Camping
               Arebbusch
               Backpacker Unite
               Cardboard Box
               Chameleon
               Chameleon City
               Deo Volente
               Hakuna Matata
               Puccini House
               Roof of Africa
               Tramper's Haven
               Travellers' Lodge
            Outside town
               Airport Lodge
               Amani Lodge
               Auas
               Eagles Rock
               Elisenheim
               Eningu Clayhouse
               Finkenstein
               Finke's Sicht
               Gravel Travel
               Heja Game Lodge
               Hotel Kapps
               Hohewarte
               Immanuel
               Landhaus Aris
               Onganga
               Sundown Lodge
               Trans Kalahari
         Where to eat
         Entertainment
         Shopping
         Practicalities
         What to see & do
         Excursions


   9.The Central Corridor
         From Windhoek to the coast
            The C28 from Windhoek to the coast
            The C26 from Windhoek to the coast
            Horse trails
            The main B2 from Windhoek to the coast
               Okahandja
                  Where to stay and eat in Okahandja
                  Nearby guest farms
                     Otjisazu Guest Farm
                     Midgard Lodge
                     Oropoko Lodge
                     Ozombanda Guest Farm
                     Moringa Guest Farm
                     Dürsternbrook Guest Farm
                     Okapuka Ranch
                  Around Okahandja
               Karibib
                  Nearby guest farms
               Usakos
         East from Windhoek
            Gobabis
               Nearby guest camps and lodges
               Nearby guest farms
               To save or not to save
            Crossing the border into Botswana
            Dordabis and environs
         South from Windhoek
            Where to stay


   10.Southern Kalahari & Fish River Canyon
         Mariental
            Where to stay
         Hardap Dam Recreational Resort
            The resort
         East of Mariental and the B1: The Kalahari
            Guest farms and lodges
               Anib Lodge
               Intu Afrika Kalahari Game Reserve
               Bitterwasser Lodge and Flying Centre
               Auob Lodge
            Uhlenhorst
            Stampriet to Gochas
         The road from Mariental to Keetmanshoop
         Keetmanshoop
            Where to stay
            Where to eat
            Getting organised
            Nearby guest farms and lodges
            Excursions from Keetmanshoop
         The Deep South
            Between Keetmanshoop and Grünau
            Grünau
            Karasburg
            Koës
            Noordoewer
         Fish River Canyon
            Where to stay
               Cañon Lodge
               Cañon Roadhouse
               Cañon Mountain Camp
               Canyon Adventures Guest Farm
               Ai-Ais Restcamp
               Hobas Campsite
            The conservation area
            Hiking the Fish River Canyon
            Flight over the Fish River Canyon


   11.Luderitz


   12.Namib-Naukluft N. P.
         History
         Flora and fauna
         Namibrand Reserve
            What to see & do
               Mwisho Balloon
               Sossusvlei Mountain
               Toktokkie Trails
               Wolwedans Camp
               Wolwedans Lodge
         Naukluft Mountains
            Getting there
            What to see & do
            Where to stay
               Ababis Guest Farm
               Büllsport Guest Farm
               Hammerstein Lodge
               Haruchas Farm
               Naukluft Campsite
               Namib-Naukluft Camp
               Zebra River Lodge
         Sesriem & Sossusvlei
            Getting there
            What to see & do
            Where to stay
               Desert Homestead
               Kulala Desert Lodge
               Kulala Tented Camp
               Little Kulala
               Sesriem campsite
               Sossusvlei Lodge
               Sossusvlei Wilderness
         Solitaire Area
            Solitaire
            Where to stay
               Namib-Naukluft
               Namib Restcamp
               Rooisand Guest Farm
               Rostock Ritz
               Solitaire Country
               Solitaire Guest Farm
               Swartfontein Lodge
               Weltevrede Farm
         The Northern Park
            When to visit
            Getting organised
            Where to camp
         Welwitschia Drive


   13.Swakopmund & Walvis Bay


   14.Skeleton Coast
         Flora and fauna
         West Coast Rec. Area
            Swakop. to Hentjies
            Hentjies Bay
            North of Hentjies Bay
            Cape Cross Seal Res.
            Wreck of the Winston
         Skeleton Coast Park
            The Ugab River
            The S.W.Sea wreck
            The Huab River
            Toscanini
            The Koichab River
            Torra Bay
            The Uniab River
            Terrace Bay
            Mwe Bay
         The Wilderness Area
            Fly-in safaris
               Skeleton Coast Fly-in
               Skeleton Coast Camp
         Surviving the Namib
         The seals


   15.The Kaokoveld
         Southern Damaraland
            Spitzkoppe
            Uis
            Brandberg
            Two craters
            Khorixas
               What to see & do
         Northern Damaraland
            Where to stay
               Hobatere Lodge
               Palmwag Lodge
               Palmwag Rhino
               Etendeka Mtn Camp
               Damaraland Camp
               Huab Lodge
            Warmquelle
            Sesfontein
         Kaokoland
            How to visit
               Epupa Campsite
               Epupa Camp
               Kaokohimba Safaris
               Kunene River Lodge
               Purros Campsite
               Skeleton Coast Fly-in
            Minimum inpact
            Opuwo
               Where to stay
            Epupa Falls
               Epupa Dam project
               Flora and fauna
               Other attractions
            The western valleys
               Hartmann's Valley
               The Marienfluss


   16.Etosha National Park
         Background Info
            Mammals
            Birds
         Practical Information
         When to visit
         Getting there
         Camps inside Etosha
            Halali Restcamp
            Namutoni Restcamp
            Okaukuejo Restcamp
            Otjovasandu
         Lodges outside Etosha
            Etosha Aoba Lodge
            Hobatere Lodge
            Mokuti Lodge
            Mushara Lodge
            Ongava
            Toshari Inn
         What to see and do


   17.North-central


   18.The Triangle & Bushmanland
         Otavi
            Khorab Safari Lodge
            Zum Potjie Restcamp
            Gauss Guest Farm
         Tsumeb
            Where to stay in Tsumeb
            What to see and do in and around Tsumeb
            Mining in Tsumeb
         Grootfontein
            Where to stay in Grootfontein
               Meteor Travel Inn in Grootfontein
               Guest Farm Ghaub in Grootfontein
               Le Club in Grootfontein
               Olea Restcamp and Caravan park in Grootfontein
               Roy's Camp near Grootfontein
            Where to eat in Grootfontein
            Excursions from Grootfontein
         Bushmanland
            Tsumkwe in Bushmanland
               Where to stay in Tsumkwe
            Nyae Nyae Conservancy
               Nyae Nyae Development Foundation
               Guidelines for visiting villages
               Cultural sensitivity and language
               Cultural activities in Nyae Nyae
               Cultural Questions


   19.Owamboland
         Oshakati
         Ondangwa
         Ruacana


   20.Kavango & Caprivi Strip
         Kavango region
            Rundu
               Where to stay
                  Hakusembe River
                  Kaisosi River
                  Kayangona Lodge
                  Kavango River
                  Mayana Happy
                  Mayana Lodge
                  Ngandu Safari
                  n'Kwazi Lodge
                  Omashare River
                  Sarasungu River
               Where to eat
               Getting organised
            Popa Falls
               Where to stay
                  Caprivi Campsites
                  Ndhovu Lodge
                  Ngepi Camp
                  Popa Falls camp
                  Suclabo Lodge
            Excursions into Bots
               Shakawe
                  Where to stay
                     Drotsky's Cabins
                     Shakawe Lodge
                     Xaro Lodge
               Nxamaseri
                  Where to stay
            Mahango N.P.
         The Caprivi Strip
            Driving across
            Kwando River area
               Kongola
               Susuwe Triangle
                  Where to stay
                     Kubunyana Camp
                     Mazambala Island
                     Namushasha Lodge
                     Open Skies Camp
                     Susuwe Island
               Mudumu N.P.
               Mamili Reserve
                  Where to stay
                     Lianshulu Lodge
                     Lianshulu Bush
               Lizauli Village
            Katima Mulilo
               Getting there
               Where to stay
                  Caprivi Cabins
                  Guinea Fowl Inn
                  Hippo Lodge
                  Kalizo Restcamp
                  Zambezi Lodge
                  Zambezi camping
               Where to eat
            Lake Liambezi
            Zambezi-Chobe
               Where to stay
                  Impalila Island
                  Ichingo Chobe
                  King's Den
            Ngoma border


   21.Wildlife guide


   22.Languages


   23.Further reading





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