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Namibia has it all, whether you like travelling in luxury or economically, with a guide or by yourself, and whether your interest is in wildlife, landscape, people, adventure, geology, photography, culture or cuisine. Namibia’s bountiful sunshine, abundance of wildlife, scenic beauty and rich diversity of geological phenomena make it a tourist destination to which visitors return again and again.
The bedrock of Namibia’s tourism industry is an awesome array of natural assets. There are the hauntingly beautiful landscapes of the Skeleton Coast, Sperrgebiet and Namib-Naukluft Park, the latter including the renowned Sossusvlei with its monumental mountains of sand. There is the equally famous Etosha National Park, where you’ll view rare and endangered species such as black rhino, cheetah and black-faced impala against the unique backdrop of the Etosha Pan. There is the riverine paradise of Caprivi and Kavango in the far water-rich north-east, and in the deep south, vast grassy plains dotted with the iconic quiver tree sandwiched between the colourful sand seas of two deserts – the Kalahari and the Namib.
Additional draw cards are the friendliness and cultural diversity of Namibia’s people, a well-developed infrastructure and an extensive choice of parks, resorts and accommodation establishments, the latter ranging from luxury hotels and upmarket guest lodges to simple and rustic accommodation in the quiet seclusion of the bush.
A relatively new development is conservancies, the pooling of resources by landowners of neighbouring properties, and by inhabitants of communal areas for the purpose of conserving and using wildlife in a sustainable way. Many of these conservancies have small satellite tourism enterprises that generate income for their management.
For sportsmen and adventurers, Namibia offers a veritable cornucopia of activities. These include rock-climbing, soaring, hiking, hot-air ballooning, dune skiing, mountain biking, white-river rafting, abseiling, equestrian sports, hunting and excellent coastal and freshwater angling.
Current government policy places the emphasis on quality tourism as opposed to quantity tourism, so new developments are kept small. High standards are maintained and the carrying capacity of the environment is taken into consideration when planning new or extending existing facilities.
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