BY Admin NKASA RUPARA NATIONAL PARK Mamili was officially proclaimed on 1 March 1990, just days before Namibia gained Independence. The name of the park refers to the seven chiefs of that name who, since 1864, have ruled over the Mafwe people living in this eastern section of the Caprivi Region. Some refer to the […]
BY Admin MANGETTI NATIONAL PARK Mangetti is part of a new generation of parks aimed at reducing rural poverty through tourism development, joint management and benefit sharing with local communities. One of Namibia’s latest national parks, it has the potential to become a new tourism highlight in the north, while protecting wildlife and vegetation and […]
BY Admin KHAUDUM NATIONAL PARKS Khaudum National Park was established with conservation in mind, and not for cash generation. This simple guiding characteristic gave birth to the true wilderness feel that embraces one’s soul when visiting the park. It is wild, and we want to keep it like that.” Dries Alberts, Warden Wilderness is indeed […]
BY Admin SKELETON COAST NATIONAL PARK Namibia’s Skeleton Coast in Africa has earned its name by virtue of its famously treacherous rocky outcroppings, almost constant breaking waves, and miles of thick and unforgiving marshland. Portuguese sailors traversing the Atlantic Ocean coasts of Africa christened the region “The Gates of Hell” for if they did make […]
BY Admin Mudumu National Park The Mudumu National Park is over 1,000 square kilometres in size, and is covered with dense savanna, mopane woodlands and has the Kwando River as its western border. The park is home to the rare sitatunga and the shy red lechwe, while spotted-necked otters, hippo and crocodile inhabit the waterways. […]
BY Admin BWABWATA NATIONAL PARK Only recently recognised as a national park, Bwabwata was established to rehabilitate local wildlife populations. Prior to the 2002 Angolan ceasefire, this area saw almost no visitors, and wildlife populations had been virtually wiped out by rampant poaching instigated by ongoing conflict. But the wildlife is making a slow but […]
BY Admin DOROB NATIONAL PARK Dorob National Park, which incorporates core conservation areas and multiple use areas for adventure tourism, is a park of great imagination. Running from just south of Walvis Bay to the Ugab River in the north, it is a key piece of the puzzle along Namibia’s coast that allows for the […]
BY Admin ETOSHA NATIONAL PARK The Etosha Pan is a vast, bare, open expanse of shimmering green and white that covers around 4,800km², almost a quarter of the beautiful Etosha National Park. At 130 km’s long and up to 50km’s wide in places, it is comfortably the largest salt pan in Africa and is the park’s most distinctive […]
BY Admin NAMIBIA The history of this land can be found carved into rock paintings found to the south and in Twyfelfontein, some dating back to 26,000 B.C. A long lineage of various groups including San Bushmen, Bantu herdsmen and finally the Himba, Herero and Nama tribes among others have been making this rugged land […]
BY Admin ZAMBEZI NATIONAL PARK National Park stretching 50 kms upstream and inland from Victoria Falls, along the Zambezi River towards Kazungula. The Zambezi National Park is located upstream from Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, stretching for some 50 kilometres along the Zambezi river. This beautiful gem of a National Park is little known, despite its proximity […]
