Damaraland, Namibia
Damaraland is an older regional name for the dry country inland of the Namib Desert, in what is now the Kunene Region. Communal conservancies share it with desert-adapted elephants and free-roaming black rhino, monitored by Save the Rhino Trust since 1982. The anchor for most visits is Twyfelfontein, or ǀUi-ǁAis, where at least 2,500 rock engravings became Namibia's first UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007. Viewing is guided now that unsupervised walking is barred, and the site lies 20 km south of the C39 between Sesfontein and Khorixas.
Trip ideas that stop in Damaraland
Namibia culture and wildlife from Windhoek to the coast in 8 days (7 nights)
8 days · Namibia
Starts with a night in Windhoek and a short introduction to the capital. The drive north reaches Etosha for two nights and the first game…
Namibia desert and Etosha safari in 8 days (7 nights)
8 days · Namibia
An eight-day loop out of Windhoek that moves from dune country to the Atlantic coast and then north into game country. Two nights at…
Namibia's Etosha, Damaraland rock art and colonial Swakopmund in 8 days (7 nights)
8 days · Namibia
A northern Namibia loop that mixes wildlife with history. The first day is a long drive from Windhoek to Etosha, where three nights move…
Windhoek, Damaraland and Etosha in 8 days (7 nights)
8 days · Namibia
A first night in Windhoek after the flight, then north by road to Damaraland for two nights. The time there goes on guided drives looking…
Namibia culture and landscapes, Etosha first, in 10 days (9 nights)
10 days · Namibia
A loop that mixes heritage with wildlife. Windhoek has churches, museums and the markets of Katutura. Two nights in a reserve at Etosha…
Namibia heritage and dunes, desert first, in 10 days (9 nights)
10 days · Namibia
The same main regions in the opposite order, with a heritage angle at each stop. The trip opens with an afternoon in Windhoek. Two nights…
Namibia self-drive loop in 11 days (10 nights)
11 days · Namibia
The standard Namibian circuit driven clockwise in a hired vehicle, with one settling night in Windhoek before heading south-west. Two…
Desert & Skeleton Coast
11 days · Namibia
Fly between dunes, desert-adapted elephant and the wild Atlantic coast in a light aircraft.
Namibia and Victoria Falls in 15 days (14 nights)
15 days · Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe
A one-way drive north from Windhoek: dunes at Sossusvlei, the coast at Swakopmund, rock art in Damaraland, waterholes in Etosha, then the…