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Andrew Reynolds
ZA
Visited:
September 2024
Reviewed: Nov 5, 2024
Email Andrew Reynolds | 65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
We experienced a raw, scenic beauty driving through the deserts and wildlife rich regions of Namibia
From entering Namibia at the Orange River, to The Fish River Canyon, Sossusvlei, Grootberg, Etosha and Kalahari, we enjoyed unique landscape and wildlife experiences. I can highly recommend Namibia as an incredible country and destination.
Maxie Oosthuysen
ZA
Visited:
October 2024
Reviewed: Nov 2, 2024
Email Maxie Oosthuysen | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Beauty untold
My trip to Namibia was absolutely a fantastic experience from the word go. The tour was well planned and we had an excellent, informative guide. We stayed at really wonderful guestfarms and lodges and the food was really great. Namibia is truly beautiful with a lot of contrasts and history. Etosha was a highlight as well as the dunes at Sossusvlei. I will do it again in a heartbeat.
Tania
PT
Visited:
October 2024
Reviewed: Oct 26, 2024
Email Tania | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A beautiful, safe and interesting country with a variety of places to visit and friendly people.
Namibia is a safe and interesting country with great highlights. The sand dunes, Soussusvlei and the desert offer an unforgetable experience. The people are very friendly and prond to share their culture with turists.
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Namibia is beautiful and you will fall in love with the people!
Best experience was walking with the San people. Explaining their culture and how they live in the bush was incredible! Also visiting the Namib Desert and Sandwhich Harbor was absolutely beautiful.
Jackie
GB
Visited:
August 2024
Reviewed: Oct 11, 2024
Email Jackie | 65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Such a diverse range of experiences - from scenery to coast, wildlife, culture and hiking.
We visited Swakopmund, but didn't have time for any of the sea activities - however,
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the town itself is well worth a walk around. The architecture is interesting, with the German heritage, and we found a terrific bar - Bar Zonder Naam (the Bar Without a Name) - and also ate at the Blue Grass Restaurant, where the food and atmosphere were equally good. It was just a shame it was foggy and raining, so we didn't get the sea views! We did visit the Crystal Centre - again, well worth it, some stunning displays of a huge range of crystals, all mined in Namibia.Our final destination was Etosha National Park, where we stayed at the Namutoni Lodge. Such a nice place - a good restaurant, swimming pool, clever design of the accommodation, with palisades around the front and back of each room, so you feel as though you're in a native compound or village. There's also a viewing platform overlooking a watering hole - great for a sunset visit to see the wildlife, while drinking a beer. We went on several safari drives - one memorable moment was when nearly 30 elephants slowly made their way past us, at a watering hole, and lined up in one long row to drink. Lots of zebra, impala, springbok, oryx, wildebeest, kudu, warthogs, some glimpses of leopard and rhino. But, most memorably - lions. Or rather, one lion and his mate, relaxing under a bush.
One small thing to note - most of the public toilets en route require a payment of just 2 or 3 rand. Also at the supermarket and restaurant carparks and petrol stations, it's customary to give 3-5 rand to the parking and fuel attendants. This means you need to change a larger note down to small notes or coins, so you have a kitty.
Obviously, if you have longer to visit, you could see more, or stay longer in one place - we did cover a lot of miles in a short space of time. But it's perfectly do-able to get a really good taste of Namibia in a week, with a night either end to allow for flying in and out of Windhoek.
Overall, we had a really lovely time - Namibia is certainly a great country to visit.
Juliet Blackburn
GB
Visited:
September 2024
Reviewed: Oct 9, 2024
Email Juliet Blackburn | 65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Very interesting and varied
Learnt a lot about deserts. Liked the Skeleton coast (but it was cold!). The safari in Etosha was a highlight. Most of the lodges were good and the food good also.
David
IT
Visited:
September 2024
Reviewed: Oct 9, 2024
Email David | 65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A Kaledoscope of Scenery, Wildlife and People
But not only this, the country is so much more than the usual tourist routes. It was great to top up with diesel fuel and stock up on supplies in towns such as Keetmanshoop, Aus, Outjo, Tsumeb,
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Otjiwaarongo and Okahandja, have a bite to eat and soak up the atmosphere of these, I think, typical African towns.One or two things to note: arriving in Windhoek after long flights you may well feel a little weary and even sluggish and the effect can be exacerbated by the capital being at 1,600m altitude; the accommodation inside Etosha may not be at the same level as even immediately outside the Park; the quality of the C and D roads can be bad due to the 'washboard' surface but even so driving up the D707 on our way to Sesriem was a marvellous experience.
We hope to be back soon because, as with all the best destinations, we feel we've only scratched the surface - there's so much more to discover.
Akira Kanamori
JP
Visited:
September 2024
Reviewed: Oct 6, 2024
Email Akira Kanamori | 65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Totally quiet holidays
Windhoek is nice city with somewhat Europeanized buildings. So sunny and dry. We spent 3 nights at the desert lodge watching quiet desert and strange looking trees. This is probably a bit different destination in Africa for tourists with distinct tastes.
Eileen
SG
Visited:
August 2024
Reviewed: Sep 27, 2024
Email Eileen | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Sossusvlei tour is nice!
Sossusvlei tour and Namib Naukluft lodge stay are nice! The tour guide is friendly and knowledgeable.
Paolo Malavasi
IT
Visited:
August 2024
Reviewed: Sep 9, 2024
Email Paolo Malavasi | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
What a place!
If you are looking for something called "breathtaking", that's the place! Every day something new and exciting, wild animals everywhere, beatiful landscape and good beer! This holiday was "WOW"
