Natural features
Etosha National Park
Kunene
A vast salt pan surrounded by grassland and waterholes, where elephants, lions, rhinos, giraffes and zebras gather in the dry season.
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Natural features
Sossusvlei and Deadvlei
Hardap
Some of the highest sand dunes in the world, red-orange in the Namib Desert, a UNESCO site.
Historic sites
Damaraland and Twyfelfontein
Kunene
A rugged region with desert-adapted elephants and rhinos, and Twyfelfontein, with over 2,000 rock engravings, a UNESCO site.
Walks and treks
Fish River Canyon
Karas
The largest canyon in Africa, 160 km long and up to 550 m deep.
Historic sites
Kolmanskop ghost town
Lüderitz, Karas
A diamond-mining town abandoned in the 1950s, now being swallowed by sand, with dunes filling grand houses.
Natural features
Skeleton Coast
Erongo
A foggy desert coast with shipwrecks and whale bones on the beaches.
Tours and activities
Swakopmund
Swakopmund, Erongo
A seaside town with German colonial buildings between the desert and the ocean.