Reviews of Namib-Naukluft (70 User Reviews)

michielbesseling –

NL

Visited: April 2015 Reviewed: Jun 15, 2015

Email michielbesseling | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris

The review below is the personal opinion of michielbesseling and not that of SafariBookings.

Amazing beauty of dunes and desert

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2/5

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Namib Naukluft National Park is a beautiful park, but not a your typical safari destination. You won't see much game, nor will you see many birds. You will see a lot of sand, but it's beautiful. The patterns in the sand, the variations in colors of the dunes (older dunes are darker then younger dunes).
Visit Sossusvlei, Dead vlei and climb the popular Dune 45, the most photographed dune. Dunes can be as high as 300 meters.
I flew with a small plane from Dessert Air over Namib Naukluft national park and saw the endless desert, the fairy circles en de red dunes from above. A day i won't forget, ever.

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lifeisgreat77 –

DE

Visited: August 2012 Reviewed: Apr 12, 2013

50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris

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3/5

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too many tourists in the Namib/Sossusvlei, great, but hard trails in the Naukluft

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Marleen Horsten Visited: September 2011 Reviewed: Apr 26, 2012

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It's an unique landscape which you have to experience.

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3/5

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This part of Namibia is famous because of its beautiful scenery. Wildlife is not spectacular, but oryx, springbok and ostrich are frequently spotted, cheetah and caracal are less commun. But there is a lot to experience in the desert. A "gogga tour" in the Namib desert is beautiful and you'll be surprised to learn about the little 5 of the desert. (Tommy's tours and safaris, Swakopmund). Snakes, spiders, lizards, scorpions and chameleons, besides beautiful landscapes and unique desert vegetations. A scenic flight is wonderfull ( by plane from Swakop to Tsau //Khaeb and back)
Accommodations: From basic campsites to luxurious lodges are available in the enviroment. Generally the food in the lodges is good/very good, mostly buffet.

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mimi785nono –

FR

Visited: September 2007 Reviewed: Apr 15, 2012

Email mimi785nono | 20-35 years of age

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3/5

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Not the best but it is nice walk and with it, you will avoid sitting in a car for hours.

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Alan J Castle Visited: September 2011 Reviewed: Jan 10, 2012

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3/5

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We drove from one side to the other en route from Walvis Bay to Windhoek, and saw little wildlife at all, but the scenery was stunning.

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Hideki Mizuno –

ZA

Visited: August 2019 Reviewed: Sep 17, 2019

Email Hideki Mizuno | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari

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4/5

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Location is excellent

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Flitz –

ZA

Visited: August 2019 Reviewed: Sep 15, 2019

Email Flitz | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari

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4/5

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Beautiful dunes

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Erika Santana –

BR

Visited: March 2019 Reviewed: Mar 27, 2019

Email Erika Santana | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari

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4/5

We loved our trip to the Sossuvlei Desert. It is a unic place with scenic views and a good energy. It seams that Namibia is still evoluing in the tourst business. I think that the service given on the trip is too expensive for what they offer, but it is still worth. I would do it again.

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Andrew Thompson –

UK

Visited: December 2017 Reviewed: Feb 16, 2018

Email Andrew Thompson | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari

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4/5

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The Namib desert is bleak and barren and vast, but also can be beautiful and surprisingly varied.
Plus there is some great wildlife here if you have a good local guide who knows where and how to find it.

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VariousCuriousStuff.com –

GR

Visited: December 2014 Reviewed: Apr 12, 2017

Email VariousCuriousStuff.com | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris

Wilderness in its entire splendor!

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4/5

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An ideal place to experience quietude and divinity. Barely witnessed any sign of human presence at all throughout my staying in the park. Immense areas of empty desert and desolate mountains where various refined for such harsh conditions creatures live. Climbing a dune through dawn to marvel at the desert sunrise, and hiking for a few hours through the extreme desert heat to Sossusvlei salt/clay pan and its for-ages-immemorial-dead trees were among the highlights of the trip.

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