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Three Weeks
Essential Namibia
This enormous itinerary meanders more than 2500km, from dusty bushveld to dramatic
canyons. It combines a good dose of culture with death-defying activities, and all of it is
accessible with a 2WD vehicle. There are also decent, if slow, public-transport links.
Before striking off into the desert, spend a couple of days getting your bearings in the
lovely capital of
Windhoek
, which still bears architectural traces of its German colonial
history. Ideally with a rental car loaded with plenty of supplies and a few friends, make a
beeline north for
Etosha National Park
, one of the finest safari parks on the continent. It
is possible to actually drive out onto the pan with its white saline floor stretching as far as
you can see into the horizon.
Although you're going to have to backtrack, you can quickly bypass Windhoek en route
to seaside
Swakopmund
, where you can take your holiday up a notch in a flurry of excit-
ing activities, including dune boarding and quad biking. Back on the main road south,
keep the heart beating during a scramble up the massive barchan dune fields of
Sossusvlei
