8TH Ed TRAVEL GUIDE

ANGOLA ZAMBIA LEGEND Oshakati

Area Maps Otjiwarongo

National Road Tarred Road BOTSWANA Walvis Bay Untarred Road ATLANTIC 4x4 Track OCEAN

Keetmanshoop Railway LŸderitz International Boundary NAMIBIA SOUTH AFRICA Otjikoto Lake Main Dam or Waterway TRAVEL GUIDE NAMIBIA Ugab River

Etosha Nature National Reserve CONTENTS Park Practical, informative and user-friendly, the 1. Introducing Namibia Route B3 Number Globetrotter Travel Guide to Namibia The Land • History in Brief City highlights the major places of interest, describing their WINDHOEK Government and Economy principal attractions and offering sound suggestions The People Town or Otavi Village on where to tour, stay, eat, shop and relax. 2. Windhoek and Surrounds Hoba Place of Meteorite Interest Windhoek NAMIB-NAUKLUFT Hotel or he uthor Mariental and Surrounds LODGE H Pension T A Okahandja and Gross Barmen CAÑON L Lodge Willie Olivier is based in Windhoek and has an extensive LODGE Kalahari Anib Rest Camp or knowledge of both the country and the people. He is 3. Southern Namibia Lodge Guest Farm The Southern Hinterland Etendeka Luxury a keen backpacker, and his travels have introduced Mountain Camp Tented Camp him to all aspects of this magnificent country. The Fish River Canyon and xAi-xAis Hobas Campsite The Diamond Coast

Airport 4. The Namib Mountain ERONGO The Coast The Namib-Naukluft Park

Town Plans 5. Skeleton Coast and Kaokoveld Marconi Main Road NAMIBIA Gathemann Other Road Damaraland Skeleton Coast Park Railway Vital tips for visitors Kaokoland Built-up Published and distributed by Distributed in Africa by Distributed in the USA by Area New Holland Publishers (UK) Ltd Map Studio The Globe Pequot Press 6. Etosha and the North Old School Building of Best places to stay, eat and shop Building Interest London Johannesburg, Connecticut The Erongos Hospital Cape Town, Durban The Sanderburg Place of Star-rated top attractions Interest Private Game Reserves Bus Terminus ISBN 978-1-78009-373-4 The North Tourist Detailed regional profiles i Information 7. Kavango and Caprivi Hochland Park or Bushmanland Park Garden Essential area and transport maps Kavango West Caprivi 9 781780 093734 Best tours and excursions East Caprivi

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communal conservancies Gamsberg mountain 6 Kempinski Mokuti Lodge INDEX 86 Gamsberg Pass 35 103 Constitution 11, 18, 19 Gathemann House 31 Kgalagadi Transfrontier AbaHuab campsite 83 cuca shops 105 gemsbok 10 Park 37 Agate Beach 54 Cuito Cuanavale 17 Geneva Protocol 18 5, lAi-lAis 5, 50 Giant’s Playground 47 10, 109, 111 lAi-lAis/Richtersveld Daan Viljoen Game Park 34 Gibeon meteorites 31 Khoikhoi 12 Transfrontier Park 52 Damara dik-dik 102 Goerke House 53 Khomas Hochland 6, 29, 35 Alte Feste 32 Damara Mopane Lodge 91 Gondana Cañon Park 49 Khorixas 82 Altstadt area 54 Damara tern 67, 73, 77, 79 Grootboom 111 Khowarib Schlucht 86 Ameib Farm 94 Damara Tower 63 Grootfontein 93, 97 Kolmanskop 55 Angolan civil war 15, 17 Damaraland 5, 77, 80 Grootfontein museum 97 Kongola 116 apartheid 14 desert elephants 85, 87 Gross Barmen 29, 41 Königstein 6, 8, 82 armed struggle 12, 15 Diamond Coast 52 Gross Barmen Mission Kreplin House 54 Aus 49 Dias Point 54 Station 41 Kuiseb Canyon 69 Dinosaur Tracks 93, 95 Kunene River 7, 89 Bagani 112 Dolfynpark 64 Halali 100, 103 Kutako, Hosea 40 balloon safari 70 Dolomite Camp 100 Hardap Dam and Recrea- Kwando River 7, 115, 117, Bethanie 49 Dorob National Park 77, 78 tion Resort 8, 29, 37 118 Bird Island 64 Dorslandboom 111 Hardap Game Reserve 38 bird-watching 34, 38, 41, Dune Seven 66 Hartmann Valley 89 Lake Guinas 98 65, 102, 113, 114, 117 39 Heinitzburg 33 Lake Oponono 105 black-faced impala 102 Henties Bay 8, 78 Lake Otjikoto 93, 98 black rhino 85, 102 ekipa buttons 26 Herero 12, 13, 23, 25, 30, Langstrand 64 blue wildebeest 102 elections 18, 19 40, 94 Lianshulu Lodge 117 Bogenfels Arch 57 Elephant Head 94 Himba 23, 25, 89 lichen fields 67, 73, 77, Bondelswart Nama 13, 14 elephant’s trunk 9 Hoanib River 86 79, 82 Bosau Pass 35 Elizabeth Bay 56, 57 Hoba Meteorite 8, 93, 97 Liebig Haus 35 Brandberg 6, 77, 81 Enyandi rapids 89 Hobas 50 lighthouse (Dias Point) 54 Brukkaros 45, 46 Epupa Falls 89, 90 Hohenzollernhaus 62 lighthouse (Swakopmund) Bull’s Party 94 Equestrian Memorial 32 Holboom 104, 111 62 Burnt Mountain 84 Erkrath Building 31 Hollam’s Bird Island 79 Linyanti Swamps 7, 118 Bushmanland 109, 110, 116 Erongo Mountain 93, 94 horse trails 35, 52 lions 101 Bushman’s Paradise 80 Erongos 94 Hotel Kronprinz 31 Lizauli Traditional Village Etendeka Mountain Camp 116, 117 114 85 Impalila Island 119 Lüderitz 5, 7, 8, 12, 20, Etosha National Park 5, Independence Avenue 30 45, 53 Camel Farm 64 10, 93, 99 Independence Memorial water supply for 55 camping tips 67, 111 accommodation 100 Museum 32 Lüderitz Museum 54 canoeing 45, 51, 119 vegetation 103 International Court of Lüderitz Peninsula 54 Cão, Diego 12, 79 waterholes of 104 Justice 12, 15 Lüderitz Waterfront Carp Cliff 69 wildlife 101 Project 53 Seal Reserve 5, Etosha Pan 99 jetty (Swakopmund) 63 Lutheran Church (Keet- 79, 82 Johanitter Haus 48 manshoop) 48 Cape Frio 87 Felsenkirche 54 Jonker Afrikaner Nama 30 Caprivi 6, 109, 115, 116 Finger Rock 84 Joseph Fredericks House 49 Mahango 5, 109, 113 Caprivi Art Centre 116, 119 First World War camp 49 Maltahöhe 39 114 Fish River Canyon 8, 50 Kalahari 6, 45 Mamili National Park 112, Cassinga 12, 16 Fish River Canyon Back- Kalizo Lodge 119 116, 118 Cheetah Conservation packing Trail 45, 50 Kaokoland 5, 77, 89 Mandate 12, 13 Fund 95 Fish River Canyon Kapuuo, Clemens 40 Mandume, Chief 14 chestnut-banded plover 66 Conservation Area 52 karakul sheep 48 Marienfluss 89 Chobe National Park 109, fishing 7, 21, 78, 88, 117 Katima Mulilo 109, 118 Mariental 37 118, 119 Franke Tower 94 Katutura 14, 31 Martin Luther 62 Chobe River 119 Kavango 109, 111 Mata Mata 37 Christuskirche 32 game-viewing 34, 38, 40, Kavango River 7, 113–115 Mbanguru Woodcarvers’ Clay Castles 87 85, 95, 96, 111, 115, 117 Kavango woodcarvers 40 Co-operative 112, 116 clock tower 31 and safety 99, 114 Keetmanshoop 45, 48 Mile Four 78

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mining 8, 98, 56 Ongwediva 105 rock lobster 21, 54 Topnaars 25 Molkte-Blick 6 Onkoshi 100 Rössing Mine 64 Torra Bay 87 Moon Landscape 68 Ontouka Reptile Park 104 Ruacana Falls 8, 89, 90 Trans-Caprivi Highway 20 moringa tree 103 Oorlam Nama 12 Rundu 112, 116 Transitional Government Mount Etjo Declaration 18 OPO 14 of National Unity 12, 16 Mount Etjo Safari Lodge 95 Opuwo 90 salt works 64, 65 Trans-Kalahari Highway 20 mountain zebra 71 Orange River 7, 45, 51 San 12, 23, 24, 109, 110, transport 19 Möwe Bay 20 Oranjemund 8, 53, 56 115 Trilateral Agreement 17, 18 117 Organ Pipes 84 sand dunes 72 Tsauchab River 72 Mukurob 46 Oshakati 105 Sanderburg 33 Tsumasa Hill 103 Multi-Party Conference 16 Oshana 105 sandroses 55 Tsumeb 93, 97 Oshikoto 105 5, 7, Tsumeb Museum 98 Namaland 46 Otavi Mountains 93 61, 67 Tsumkwe 110 Namib-I 62 Otjihaenamaperero Farm Schmelen House 49 Turnhalle Conference 16 Namib Desert 5, 45, 61 95 Schutzenhaus 49 Twyfelfontein 77, 83 animals of 71, 73 Otjihipa mountain 89 Schwerinsburg 33 conservation of 67, 79 Otjikoto tilapia 98 Second Director’s House UN Council for South Namib Dune Sea 71 Otjiwarongo 96 97 West Africa 15 Namib-Naukluft Park 10, Owambo 93, 105 Second World War 14 UNTAG 17, 18 61, 66 Owambo people 24 Sesfontein 86 urbanization 19 Namibia Crafts Centre 33 Owela Museum Display Sesriem Canyon 5, 61, 72 Us Pass 35 Namibian Islands’ Marine Centre 32 Shark Island 54 Protected Area 58 Sheltering Desert 69 vegetation 9 NamibRand Nature padrão 12, 79 shipwrecks 87, 88 Victoria Falls 7, 109, 118, Reserve 73 Pager, Harald 82 shopping 119 Namushasha Lodge 116 Palm Beach 63 Caprivi 116 Von François Fort 35 Namutoni 100, 103 Lodge 85 Lüderitz 53 Von Trotha extermination !nara 9, 26 per capita income 19 Swakopmund 63 order 12, 13 National Art Gallery of Petrified Forest 82 Windhoek 33 Namibia 33 Phillip’s Cave 94 sitatunga 112 walking trails 34, 47, 50, National Botanic Garden plateau, the 6 Skeleton Coast 77 66, 70, 81, 82, 83, 88, 30 Playhouse Theatre 43 Skeleton Coast Park 5, 87 96, 104 National Theatre of Popa Falls 7, 109, social services 22 Walvis Bay 7, 8, 12, 18, Namibia 33 113, 114 Sossusvlei 5, 8, 61, 72 20, 61, 65 Naukluft Mountains 5, 61, population density 23 Southern Tourist Forum 49 Walvis Bay Wetlands 65 70 Post Street Mall 31 Sperrgebiet 52, 56 Warmquelle 86 Ndonga people 13 Protea Hotel Zambezi Sperrgebiet National Park Waterberg Plateau Park Ngepi Camp 120 River 119 58 93, 96 Noordoewer 51 puku 112 Spitzkoppe 80 waterbuck 112 Nyae Nyae 109, 110 Purros 89 sport 26 Weissrand plateau 46 Spreetshoogte pass 36 welwitschia 9, 68, 82, 83 Odendaal Plan 14 quiver tree 9, 47 St Barbara’s Catholic Welwitschia Drive 68 Okahandja 29, 40, 41 Quiver Tree Forests 47 Church 97 White Elephant frieze 94 Okaukuejo 100, 103 Stampriet 37 White Lady Procession 81 Old Post Office 49 recreation 26 State House 62 wild horses 52 old school building 32 red lechwe 112 State Museum 32 wildlife 10 Old Station Building Reho Spa 36 stone plants 9 Windhoek 5, 29, 30 (Lüderitz) 54 Rehoboth 29, 36 Susuwe Island Lodge 115 Windhoek Information Oanob Dam 36 Rehoboth Museum 37 Swakopmund 5, 8, 61, 62 and Publicity (WIP) 31 Ohangwena 105 religion 23 Swakopmund Museum 63 Witbooi, Hendrik 13 Omaruru 93, 94 Resolution 435, 12, 16–18 Swakopmund railway Wlotkas Baken 78 Omeg Minenburö 97 Resolution 2145, 12 station 62 Woermannhaus 62, 63 Omusati 105 Rhenish Mission Church SWANU 14 Ondangwa 105 Bethanie 49 SWAPO 15 Zambezi River 7, 118, 119 Ondorusu rapids 89 Omaruru 95 Zambezi Waterfront Ongongo Falls 86 Rhenish Mission House 95 Terrace Bay 87 Tourism Park 119 Onguma Game Reserve roaring dunes 87 Tintenpalast 32 Zebra mountains 89 103 rock art 12, 77, 80, 83, 93 Tjokwe 110 Zoo Park 30, 31

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