Insight Guides: Namibia

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Getting around the e-book

This Insight Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration for your visit to Namibia, as well as comprehensive planning advice to make sure you have the best travel experience. The guide begins with our selection of Top Attractions, as well as our Editors Choice categories of activies and experiences. Detailed features on history, people and culture paint a vivid portrait of contemporary life in Namibia. The extensive Places chapters give a complete guide to all the sights and areas worth visiting. The Travel Tips provide full information on getting around, hotels, activities from culture to shopping to sport, plus a wealth of practical information to help you plan your trip.

In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.

Maps

All key attractions and sights in Namibia are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map] just tap this to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.

Images

Youll find hundreds of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Namibia. Simply double-tap on an image to see it full-screen.

About Insight Guides

Insight Guides have more than 40 years experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce 400 full-colour titles, in both print and digital form, covering more than 200 destinations across the globe, in a variety of formats to meet your different needs.

Insight Guides are written by local authors who use their on-the-ground experience to provide the very latest information; their local expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to stay and eat, so you can be confident that when we say a restaurant or hotel is special, we really mean it.

Like all Insight Guides , this e-book contains hundreds of beautiful photographs to inspire and inform your travel. We commission most of our own photography, and we strive to capture the essence of a destination using original images that you wont find anywhere else.

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Namibias Top 10 Attractions

From the glorious abundance of its wildlife and weird and wonderful plant species, to prehistoric rock art, the dunescapes of Sossusvlei and the sheer enormity of Fish River Canyon.

Top Attraction 1

Etosha National Park . Namibias premier safari destination, centred on the immense Etosha Pan, offers top game viewing, with lion, elephant and rhino likely to be seen alongside the endemic black-faced impala. Activity peaks in the dry southern winter, when herds of ungulates converge on the waterholes. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 2

Sossusvlei . This most iconic of Namibian dunescapes, set in the vast Namib-Naukluft Park, is stunning on any occasion, and on the rare occasions when the vlei fills with water it is nothing short of breathtaking. The short walk to Dead Vlei, its cracked floor punctuated with ancient tree trunks, is a must for all photographers. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 3

Fish River Canyon . One of the worlds most expansive gorges, this highlight of southern Namibia is breathtaking when viewed from the rim, and even more dramatic if you walk to the floor (an option available to pre-booked hikers only). For more information, .

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Top Attraction 4

Waterberg Plateau Park . Ideally suited to those who enjoy looking for wildlife on foot, this park is home to giraffe, white rhino, leopard, buffalo and antelope such as roan, sable, eland and kudu; while birds here include eagles and vultures. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 5

Caprivi Strip . Studded with reserves and national parks, this area offers some superb game viewing in an environment that is refreshingly moist compared to the rest of the country. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 6

Quiver Tree Forest . This cluster of ancient-looking tree-sized aloes, sprouting amid a field of massive volcanic boulders known as the Giants Playground, is other-worldly. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 7

Cape Cross . An unforgettable highlight of the Skeleton Coast north of Swakopmund, Namibias largest colony of Cape fur seals assaults visitors on most sensory fronts sight, sound and smell. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 8

Twyfelfontein . A fantastic collection of prehistoric rock art mostly engravings but also paintings, some of them up to 5,000 years old can be observed in situ in this scenic valley west of Khorixas. For more information, .

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