Namibia, situated in Southern Africa, is approximately the size of France and Italy combined. Bordering on Namibia is the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the southeast and south. Namibia offers visitors a huge variety of landscapes consisting of a low-lying coastal belt, a central plateau and the Kalahari Desert. The coastal belt consists of the beautiful Namib Desert with high red sand dunes.
Namibia has one of the lowest population densities in the world and at only two people per square kilometre can still boast of many pristine areas. Namibia also offers diverse game herds, mainly in the northern parts of the country. The climate is generally hot and dry with rainfall season in the summer (November - March). The winter evenings can become very cold. Endeavour Safaris offers handicapped accessible travel to Africa for a fantastic adventure safari. We have the fascilities for the physically disabled to travel on safari.
Namibia is a large and mostly barren country bordering Angola to the north, Botswana to the east, South Africa to the south and, in the Caprivi Strip, a narrow panhandle of Namibian territory jutting from the northeast corner of the country, with Zambia and Zimbabwe. To the west is 1280km of some of the most desolate coastline in the world. Walvis Bay, a port situated roughly halfway down Namibia's coast, was returned to Namibian jurisdiction by South Africa in February 1994. The vast shifting sand dunes of the Namib Desert spread inland for 80-130km along its entire length.
The escarpment of a northsouth plateau in the interior slopes away to the east and north into the vast interior sand basin of the Kalahari. The 66,000 sq km of the Kaokoland mountains in the far northwest run along the coast, while inland there is a dried out saline lake called the Etosha Pan, which is surrounded by grasslands and bush that supports a large variety of wildlife. The Etosha National Park & Game Reserve is one of the finest in Africa, and remains for the most part free of man's influence. The capital Windhoek (pronounced vint-hook) is surrounded by mountains, and like other towns, has several examples of German colonial architecture, including the Christuskirche, the Alte Feste and the Tintenpalast (Ink Palace), the former colonial administrative building.
Swakopmund, a picturesque seaside resort, is situated in the middle of Namibia’s coastline, sandwiched between desert and sea. Lüderitz, a small port in the southern Namib region, has loads of charm and atmosphere from the days of diamond prospecting. Ai-Ais and Gross Barmenare are hot spring resorts, while the Brandberg/Twyfelfontein area boasts many ancient rock engravings and paintings of which theWhite Lady of the Brandberg is the best known. The Petrified Forest and the Welwitschia mirabilis plant are other attractions well worth visiting. Namibia has ten splendid national parks, which are under the control of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism.
The Etosha National Park is one of the most famous game reserves in the world and remains almost entirely free of human influence. It measures 22,270 sq km (8599 sq miles) and is located around the Etosha Pan in the north, which is 1065m (3494ft) above sea level, forming a huge, salty hollow which occasionally fills with water. Vast stocks of elephants, wildebeest, lions, jackals, zebras, giraffes, springboks, kudus, gemsboks or oryxes, hyenas, leopards and cheetahs roam here, and it is open all year round. Well equipped camps with comfortable rondavel accommodation and camping facilities will provide all the comforts of home.
The Waterberg Plateau Park is Namibia’s only mountain resort, with its striking red sandstone cliffs, and is home to many rare and endangered game species. It is a popular rest stop for visitors on their way to Etosha National Park, and has good facilities for game viewing, as well as a number of hiking trails. Lake Otjikoto is also en route to Etosha, is 24km (15 miles) northeast of the mining town of Tsumeb, and was once fabled to be bottomless, but is now known to be 55m-deep (140ft) and contains rare fish. Kaudom Game Reserve is northeast of it, in Kavango, where two camping areas are available to view blue wildebeest, elephant, lion, cheetah, leopard and various species of antelope.
The Popa Fallsrest camp is further northeast, and is a popular haven on the banks of the Okavango River, where crocodiles and hippos bask. The Mahango Game Reserve is about 12km (7 miles) to the south, and caters only to day visitors, who will be treated to seeing elephants, buffalo and lechwe. Still further northeast, bordered by the Kwando, Linyanti, Chobe and Zambezi Rivers, is East Caprivi. It is a region of swamps and flood plains which has several safari lodges offering boat trips, fishing, hiking and game viewing, especially in the Mudumu and Mamili National Parks. Katima Mulilo, a town on the banks of the Zambezi River, has an Arts Centre where visitors may purchase various handicrafts such as baskets, bracelets, malachite and soapstone carvings.
