Things to do in Namibia
A safari in Etosha is probably the closest you can get to standing in the middle of a David Attenborough documentary![]()
Safari in Etosha National Park
During dry season, animals cluster around the park's numerous small waterholes - with elephant, zebra, jackals, springbok and giraffe jostling for drinking space. By night, floodlights reveal lions, leopards and endangered black and white rhino. Grab your sundowner, sit back, and enjoy the show on a Namibia safari.
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Visiting a Himba village
The semi-nomadic Himba travel with their goats between settlements in the remote, barren expanse of Damaraland.One of the best cultural things to do in Namibia, Himba village tours introduce you to the villagers as go about their daily tasks. Paint your skin with ochre and ash; waft a deodorising smoke made of incense; see goats being milked; and step inside the privacy of a Himba hut for an experience as far removed from your daily life as you can get.
Responsible tour operators work together with the Himba to create these tours. The villagers are usually paid in goods such as sugar and maize meal, which are more valuable in this remote region than money. You can contribute extra by purchasing jewellery and other souvenirs at the end of your tour.
Namibia's most iconic landscape: dawn light and shadow creating abstract shapes along the rippling slopes of rust-red dunes![]()
Climb a colossal dune
The silhouette of a courageous climber on the crest. The skeletal trees of Dead Vlei below. Early risers and dedicated hikers will be rewarded with surreal views for miles across the desert, phenomenal photo opportunities, and the satisfaction at having conquered one of the highest dunes in the world.
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Learn one of the world's most complex languages
The Damara and Nama people speak similar languages of the Khoisan family, and you will hear these unusual languages spoken throughout Namibia. They use four distinct clicks - which are fiendishly hard to pronounce, and even harder to incorporate into words. However, even the Damara and Nama admit to being utterly flummoxed by the language spoken by the San - who use seven clicks. One theory is that the clicks developed as a way of communicating while hunting without disturbing the wildlife, as the clicks would not be recognised by the animals as human speech.
If visiting a San community, or a Nama or Damara household as part of a Namibia tour, ask your guide to teach you how to greet and thank your hosts in their own language. Although you're unlikely to be able to twist your tongue around it, it shows respect for those you are visiting - and it's sure to raise a smile and act as an icebreaker!
Read an account by Responsible Travel's founder Justin Francis of his encounter with the San in the Kalahari Desert.
More about Namibia
The best time to visit Namibia is the dry winter season (June to October), when wildlife clusters around waterholes.
There may well be an awful lot of sand in Namibia - a country characterised by two vast deserts.
We help you make the most of your time in this massive country, whether you're keen to cover as much ground as possible or focus on a few specific areas.
An enormous salt pan visible from space dominates the arid Etosha National Park, Namibia’s biggest conservation area.
Forget potholed, muddy tracks; ribbons of dead-straight, smooth tarmac criss-cross Namibia, linking its most spectacular destinations.
Home to some of the world’s highest sand dunes, Sossusvlei and Deadvlei are unmissable stops on any Namibia vacation, whether a self-drive trip or a tailor made or small group tour.
Travel north in Namibia to find unique and rare desert-adapted elephants roaming dry river beds through some of the country’s most inhospitable yet beautiful landscapes.
A vacation to Namibia shouldn’t just be about desert landscapes and Big Five safaris.
Parents need to consider their options carefully before traveling in Namibia with kids.
We've interviewed a whole range of experts on Namibia - from a Swakopmund sand boarder to an award winning wildlife photographer and visionary ecolodge founder.
As a boy, Responsible Travel founder and Managing Director, Justin Francis, was fascinated by tales of African adventures and how the San bushmen lived so harmoniously with nature.
Responsible tourism in Namibia could be held up as an example for many other destinations to follow.
