Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Okavango Delta
One of the world's largest inland river deltas, the waters come and go,
sustaining vast quantities of wildlife (
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Makgadikgadi Pans National Park
The largest network of salt pans in the world, Nxai
Pans has a reputation for cheetah sightings (
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Landscapes
One of the best things about driving yourself is the incredible array of landscapes you en-
counter: from swirling desert sands and slabs of ancient granite mountains, to rock-strewn
moonscapes, bush and grass savannahs and life-giving water playgrounds with well-ve-
getated islands.
Southern Namibia
In the desolate southern Namib are pastel-coloured mountains 'float-
ing' in swirling mists of sand and dust like a mirage
Etosha Pan
Stand out on the pan and survey an empty saline nothingness that bursts into
life after the rains; and just behind is an artist's palette of African savannah (
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Okavango Delta
As desert turns into fertile land the ebb and flow of Mother Nature on
the landscape is more apparent here, one of the world's largest inland river deltas, than
anywhere in the region (
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Northwestern Namibia
Some of the region's most incredible landscapes imaginable in-
clude the Skeleton Coast and the Kaokoveld with its wide-open vistas and lonely desert
roads (
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Deserts
Deserts here are smothered in superlatives such as 'oldest desert in the world' and 'the
largest volume of sand of any desert on earth' but it's the colours, the naked space and the
rhythm of hot and cold that most visitors will remember.
