Travel News Namibia

From the desert to the mountains

As widely as the Namibian landscapes can differ when comparing the northeast of the country to the southwest, as quickly it can change over short distances. Such changes in scenery will not be as drastic, of course, but can nonetheless give one the feeling of being in a completely different place.

A common misconception is that Namibia is just one big sandy desert. Type “Namibia” into any search engine, and the first 50 images will predominantly be of the Namib sand dunes, Deadvlei and a gemsbok skeleton covered in sand. Yet there is so much more to the

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