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What ever you way you wish to conduct your travel; fast, slow, luxury or camping and whether your interests lie in nature, landscapes, adventure, photography, culture or even cuisine then Namibia is the right choice in Africa, as it has it all! Namibia is often referred as Africa in one country, its abundance of wildlife, rich diversity of geological phenomena, distinct regions of desert, savanna, Atlantic Ocean coast and the riverine wetlands will provide a experience in one trip that is hard to rival.

The main ‘pillars’ of Namibias’ destinations lie in an array of its natural assets. The empty wide open spaces of coast and desert, which can be found at the Skeleton Coast, magnificent desert landscapes in Sperrgebiet and Namib-Naukluft Park. The latter including the ‘crown jewl’ of monumental Sossusvlei sand Dunes - the highest and most beautiful in the world.

Equally important and breathtaking are the various and extremely well managed national wildlife parks, such as Etosha National Park, Caprivi Game reserves, Waterberg Plateau Park and many more. You can find more information soon from a general ‘parks’ post, that will be updated in the coming days. In Namibia you can spot all of the African Big Five; African Elephant, Rhino [Both Black and White], Buffalo, Lion and Leopard. Generally you will find all but Buffalo in Etosha, however for Buffalo you have to visit the riverine wetlands of Caprivi.

Close encounters with the big cats! That is what most people hope for when travelling to Africa. In Namibia you have a very good chance to witness the three biggest cats Lion, Leopard and Cheetah. Healthy lion populations occupy numerous Etosha areas, where as Leopards and Cheetahs are best found at the two conservation establishments of Cheetah Conservation Foundation and AfriCat Foundation. Out of the two AfriCat foundation is better equipped in receiving tourists with their very good standard accommodation. In fact AfriCat foundation which is situated in Okonjima has had guests such as Brad Pitt and Angelica Jolie and Wesley Snipes. It is safe to say that if these people have found it comfortable, then most of us will….

The wildlife is not just reserved to desert and savannah fauna, but the Swakopmund, Walvis Bay and Skeleton Coast areas are teemed with marine and avi-fauna. There are numerous operators in the Swakopmund and Walvis Bay areas who arrange daily ’sea safaris’ to see the marine side of things. There are large colonies of Seals at Walvibay and Cape Cross seal colony, dolphins that can be found at Walvis Bay, the Mola Mola sun fish, birds and occasionally Humpback whales! This naturally includes a dimension to the general wildlife viewing that is hard to find anywhere else in the world. On one day you may see dolphins, seals and even whales and the following day you can be face to face with a large male lion - [naturally from the comfort of your tour vehicle....]. Also one often forgets the Namibia also has very rich and magnificent  riverine areas in the north east of the country. The Caprivi Strip and Kavango river areas are superb spots to add to your tour for variety. Some visitors to Namibia, who clearly have enough time on their hands, visit the main attractions of Namibia and then will end their tour by crossing over to Botswana and the Chobe National Park, which is also only 2 hour drive away from the Victoria Falls. So clearly the country has earned its descriptive word “The Land of Contrasts”.

Travelling in Namibia can be done on self drive basis, small, medium and large coach tours as well as by the unique and wonderful fly-in safari method. All have their positives and negatives, however which ever way you wish to travel the outcome is often the same - You’ll fall in love with the country and want to come back for more.

Namibia is one of the countries that will take a magical hold on you if you visit there. I have come across people who are visiting the country for 15th time…. That has to say something about the quality of travel there.

Getting to Namibia is easy. There will be more specific post on the various routes to Namibia, but in the main the three main hubs for access are Johannesburg in South Africa, Frankfurt in Germany and London in the United Kingdom. Air Namibia operates daily direct flights from Europe, and if you are either residing in Europe or can easily travel to either London Gatwick for Frankfurt then that is the easiest way to fly there.

Many Americans and Canadians use the South African Airways flight that makes a landing in Niger and finally arriving in Johannesburg. From Johannesburg there are a number of daily flights to Windhoek, the capital of Namibia.

This post really is aimed to ‘appetice’ your interest in this wonderful country so if you want find out more, then please peruse the other articles. As this site is still under construction you may not find the answer just now, however bookmark us and in the future you are certain to find more answers and ideas.

Thanks for reading.

-tomas-

Thanks for stopping by. We have taken a decission to dramatically change the outlook and functioning of this site. In the past safaris in Namibia has been a static html site, however from now on we will produce content and more importantly relevant content information and tips for travelling in Namibia on a safari.

As you may guess we are involved in making safaris, however we only produce very few trips to Namibia, infact at the moment only one. The site therefore is not emphasised on what we offer as products, but trying to provide impartial information on different aspects of travel in Namibia.

There will be numerous post in the very near future, however at this time we are forced to concentrate doing the ‘back office’ work for our site. We should be properly set up by the beginning of April.

This sites content is produced mainly by Tomas Lonnberg, who is a tour operator of 15 years and holds a special interest and love for Namibia as a travel destination. Also he is avid photographer and thus the one tour that we are going to do is Photographic expedition to Namibia. More from that in the near future.

As we have created plenty of great personal relation ships with our counter parts in Namibia [safari and tour operators] we are actively going to pester them to provide information about the routes, sites and other destination related tips and ‘tricks’.

For now please bookmark our page and if you are interested in visiting Namibia, please pay a visit after April. We should begin to have plenty of information by that time.

Thanks for readin and welcome.