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Regions in Namibia: Caprivi, Erongo, Hardap, Karas, Khomas, Kunene, Ohangwena, Okavango, Omaheke, Omusati, Oshana, Oshikoto, Otjozondjupa

Fish River Canyon, Hardap Dam, Luderitz, Namib Naukluft Park, Skeleton Coast, Swakopmund [ Coastal resort ]

Namibia is located at the Atlantic Ocean, bordering Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana and Swaziland.

Capital City of Namibia: Windhoek


car hire, hotels, travel agencies, travel guides, transportation / traveling to namibia

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Car Rental Namibia

 Europcar - Walvis Bay and Windhoek
Only new rental cars [ average age only 6 months ], All inclusive prices, 24 hours roadside assistance, 24/7 service most airports.

 Avis
 Hertz

Hotels in Namibia

 Namibia_accommodation 
 Aricaguide.com

National Parks

 Etosha National Park - Etosha Game Reserve in Namibia
Etosha is one of Africa's finest National Parks. It is also one of the largest game reserves in the world, a fact of which Namibia is very proud. There are three rest camps in Etosha: Namutoni, Halali and Okaukuejo. All three of Etosha National Parks rest camps have spot lit water holes for night game viewing. Etosha has a wide range of wildlife including everything from lions and elephant to thousands of bird species.
 Namib Naukluft Park

Travel Agents / Tour Operators / Namibia Specialists



 Albatros Travel & Safaris [ Windhoek ]
Albatros Travel is a member of various nature conservation groups like WWF and is an accepted pioneer of ecological tourism. Albatros Travel works closely with local groups to conserve local nature and culture and indeed has been awarded many prizes in recognition of its activities in conservation as well as ecological, responsible and alternative tourism.
 Toko Lodge & Safaris, Kamanjab
 Tour & Safari Association Namibia [ TASA ]
Members of TASA are generally tour operators and safari specialists, but their are also a number of travel agents, car hire companies and some accommodation establishments.

Travel Guides Namibia / Related Books

Namibia - Footprint Handbook - Lizzie Williams
Contains practical information to get around and explore Namibia, a wild and uninhabited area of southern Africa. It has been written by a team of Africa enthusiasts who have lived, worked and studied in Namibia for several years. The coverage of the guide is broadly based, encompassing the widely spread, established sights such as the Etosha game reserve in the north and the Fish River Canyon in the south, and the many less well-known areas of interest. It includes: full details about transport including timetables and costs; details on how to get around the Etosha game reserve; background information on culture, history and the German colonial legacy on the Atlantic coast; information on how to hike the six-day Fish River Canyon trial; what to take and what to leave behind; and how to explore and understand the Namib-Naukluft desert - an area of grandeur and fascination. A 16-page colour wildlife section is included.
Paperback: 400 pages; Publisher: Footprint Handbooks; 4 edition (April 25, 2006); Language: English; ISBN-10: 1904777546; ISBN-13: 978-1904777540
Lonely Planet Botswana & Namibia
by Paula Hardy (Author), Matthew Firestone (Author) 
Make peace with your creator and jump out of a plane over the dune fields at Swakopmund - Brace yourself against the wind and fog on the Skeleton Coast - Reconnect with your food by diving finger first into a steaming-hot plate of stew and pap - Get a face-first view of the Namib Desert as you slide down a dune on a greased-up masonite board - Scope some serious bling at Jwaneng, which produces 10 million carats of diamonds annually - Two dedicated authors, 146 days of in-country research, 84 maps, 41 Windhoek Lagers Victoria Falls special chapter, colour wildlife section. Incorporating 412 traveller tips and suggestions.
Paperback: 424 pages; Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications (February 6, 2007); Language: English; ISBN-10: 1741047609; ISBN-13: 978-1741047608
The Healing Land: The Bushmen and the Kalahari Desert - Rupert Isaacson
Brought up on family stories about the Bushmen of the Kalahari, Rupert Isaacson journeys to this vast, dry grassland--which stretches across South Africa, Botswana and Namibia--to find out the truth behind these childhood myths. Deep in the arid heartland Isaacson discovers the last groups of Bushmen still living in the traditional way, caught between their ancient culture and the growing need to protect and reclaim their dwindling hunting grounds. Little by little he is drawn into the fascinating web of ritual and prophecy that make up the Bushman reality, until at last he is sent in search of Besa, a powerful healer and shape-shifter. What follows is an adventure of an intensity he could never have predicted.
Part travel writing, part history of the Bushmen, part personal quest, The Healing Land records what Isaacson finds in these silent, empty spaces, the trance dances he attends, the wildlife he hunts, the wild plants he helps gather, the characters, corruption, kindness and confusion of a people who have wrenched themselves from the Stone Age into the new millennium.
Paperback: 304 pages; Publisher: Grove Press; Reprint edition (February 24, 2004); Language: English; ISBN-10: 0802140513; ISBN-13: 978-0802140517

Lonely Planet Southern Africa
by Alan Murphy (Author), Kate Armstrong (Author), Matthew Firestone (Author), Mary Fitzpatrick (Author) 
Paperback: 812 pages; Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications; 4th edition (March 2007); Language: English; ISBN-10: 1740597451; ISBN-13: 978-1740597456

Transport / How do I travel to Namibia

 Windhoek Airport Windhoek - Hosea Kutako International airport - 49 km from city of Windhoek

 Air Namibia

  Airline Tickets / Bargain Flights - price comparison possible

 Shongololo Express / Shongologo Dune Express
Experience the magic of Namibia and South Africa in an affordable and fun filled way aboard the Shongololo Dune Express. In seventeen days see the most popular attractions of Namibia and the remote and stunning western part of South Africa.
Shongololo tours traverse seven countries on the southern African continent: South Africa, Namibia, Mozambique, Botswana, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

 Online map of Namibia [ Uni Texas - Perry-Castañeda Library - Map Collection ]
Namibia Travel Map - Globetrotter 
Map; Publisher: New Holland Publishers (UK) Ltd.; Fifth edition edition (December 1, 2006); Language: English; ISBN-10: 1845375858; ISBN-13: 978-1845375850


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 Travel Insurance

 Namibia Tourism Board
The Country, the People, the Weather, Politics, Gallery, Travelling, Tourism.

 Government Namibia

 Windhoek - Capital City of Namibia -  City of Windhoek

 Central Plateau
To the east the Namib changes into barren mountains, which rise towards the central plateau. From here the country, lying at an altitude of some 1 500 m to 1 600 m above sea level, becomes increasingly fertile.
Fish River Canyon
 Hardap Dam
 Hunting in Namibia
Namibia is home to a great variety of huntable game species, but the great attraction is the abundance of thirst -land animals such as the greater kudu, gemsbuck and springbuck. The majestic greater kudu, found in Namibia in an unparalleled density, has an average trophy quality, while gemsbuck and springbuck have an exceptional trophy quality, and more important, can be hunted surrounded by impressive scenery.
 Keetmasnhoop
 Kaokoland
Towards the interior the Namib gives way to the harsh and inhospitable Kaokoland, where today the last remaining population of desert-adapted elephant and black rhino can be found.
 Luderitz
 Makuti Lodge
 Namib
In the language of the Nama people of Namibia, the word "namib" means "the land without people."
 Namib Desert
The world's largest shifting sand dunes are found in the southern parts of the Namib, affording breathtaking panoramas in the soft light of the early morning and later in the afternoon
 Namibia Professional Hunting Association
 PBS - Living Edens - Namib, Africa's Burning Shore
The Namib is a two thousand kilometer strip of land on the southwestern coast of Africa where the cold Atlantic sea and searing Namibian desert join. The arid land is obscured and enriched by a mist created by the cold Benguela current. Jackals and hyenas struggle to survive on this sandy desert stage. With few watering holes, animals must roam the beach and seek nourishment from the bountiful marine life.
 Skeleton Coast
Namibia is Africa's harsh paradise indeed and, moreover, it is a hunter's paradise. Its northern coastline is called the Skeleton Coast, because many an early sailor whose ship fell prey to the unpredictable waters and who had made it to the shore, died there of thirst.
 Swakopmund [ Coastal resort ]
 Tsumeb
 South Namibia
In the south the country never loses its desert character. Here the Namib merges with the semi-desert regions of the great Namaqualand, which to the east give way to the red sand dunes of the southern Kalahari

 Alte Feste (1892) - Robert Mugabe Avenue, Windhoek
One of the oldest buildings in Windhoek, with its cornerstone laid in 1890, it served as a military headquarters in 1915 and then as a hostel for the Windhoek High School in 1935. In 1957 it was declared a national monument. It now houses state museum, where the historic independence Collection, reflecting events leading up to the Independence of Namibia can be seen.
 Christuskirche (1910) - cnr Fidel Castro Street & Robert Mugabe Ave.
Built by Tunschel & Wilke to accommodate the Lutheran congregation. G. Drecker laid the original sandstone in 1886. This striking landmark is now a historical monument.
 Kaiserliche Realschule (1909) - Robert Mugabe Avenue, Windhoek
The first German high school in Windhoek, it served as an English-medium school after World War II and is today part of the offices of the Ministry of Education and Culture.
 Radio - Radio Kudu
 University of Namibia
 Paper - Namibian
 Zoo Park - cnr. Independence Avenue & Fidel Castro Street
Situated in the centre of Windhoek, this lush, green park comprises a landscaped garden with a pond, children's playground and open-air theatre. With the Chinese Pavilion that symbolizes the friendship between the people of Shanghai and the people of Windhoek.

Cuisine - Namibian Foods / Recipes

 Namibian Cuisine - see Cookbookwiki.com
Overview of Namibian Cuisine History, Cuisines of Namibia, Namibian Food Glossary, Preparation Methods for Namibian Cooking, Special Equipment for Namibian Cooking, Namibian Food Traditions and Festivals, People in Namibian Food.

The Best of African Cooking - Manjase Banda
Paperback: 144 pages; Publisher: Esanjam; 2 Revised edition (March 14, 2007); Language: English; ISBN-10: 0954682130; ISBN-13: 978-0954682132

 African Recipes

History of Namibia

Independence: 21 March 1990 (from South African mandate)

The dry lands of Namibia, inhabited since the early times by Bushmen, Damara, Namaqua and since about the 14th century A.D. also by immigrating Bantu, who came with the Bantu expansion, were not extensively explored by Europeans until the 19th century, when the land came under German control as South-West Africa, with the exception of Walvis Bay, which was under British control.

 Namibia's History - Wikipedia
 Chronology of Namibian history: From pre-historical times to independent Namibia - Klaus Dierks
Paperback 270 pages (1999); Publisher: Namibia Scientific Society; ISBN: 999164010X
 National Museum of Namibia - museum was first known as the Landesmuseum
The National Museum is the main depository of zoological and historic scientific collections in Namibia. Currently the National Museum does research and curates collections in the fields of natural history (Arachnology and Myriapodology, Entomology, Herpetology, Ichthyology, Mammalogy and Ornithology departments) and social sciences (Archaeology, Anthropology and Modern History departments).
Histories of Namibia: Living Through the Liberation Struggle
by Colin Leys (Editor), Susan Brown (Editor)
This collection of oral histories reveals the struggles of 10 Namibians in surviving 23 years of war and moving forward with their lives in the aftermath. As this book reveals, though most had endured hardship and hunger and witnessed terrible cruelty and suffering, their outlooks were triumphant and optimistic, and their stories are full of enthusiasm, energy, determination, and purpose. These inspiring stories are representative of a whole generation of Namibians who matured in the struggle, becoming skilled, disciplined, cosmopolitan, and tough.
Paperback: 212 pages; Publisher: Merlin Press (August 1, 2004); Language: English; ISBN-10: 085036499X; ISBN-13: 978-0850364996

Music, Art & Culture, Events & Entertainment

The Lost World of the Kalahari - Laurens Van Der Post
Laurens van der Post [ born in Africa in 1906 ] was fascinated and appalled at the fate of the remarkable Bushmen. Ostracised by all the changing face of African cultural life they retreated deep into the Kalahari desert. His fascinating attempt to capture their way of life and the secrets of their ancient heritage provide captivating reading and a unique insight into a forgotten way of life.
Paperback: 288 pages; Publisher: Harvest Books (November 3, 1977); Language: English; ISBN-10: 0156537060; ISBN-13: 978-0156537063

Namibia: Songs of the Ju'hoansi Bushmen - Various Artists - ASIN: B000003IG5

 Africultures.com - cultures africaines
Arts, Cinéma, Danse, Histoire / société, Internet, Littérature, Medias, Musique, Photo, Théâtre
 Africa-Iwalewa`s World Music Magazine - World Music
 Afroton-Instrumente der Welt

Web Portals / Search Engine / Namibia Directory

 Clubnamibia
 Namibia Cityguide and Travel Safari Guide for Namibia - kind of Yellow Pages
 Namibian Connection
The site that gives you the latest on Namibia, its people and what they have to offer.
 Namibia Webring - web sites
 Namibweb.com - Online Guide to Namibia & Travel Shop
 Namibia Travel Online - Namibian Business Directory

 Yahoo Namibia Directories 


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