National West Coast Tourist Recreational Area
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Lake Oanob Resort
Gaub Pass
Leonardville
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Dassie Trails
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Spreetshoogte Pass
Kuiseb
Remhoogte Pass
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Salt Flats
Kalkrand
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Olive Trail Waterkloof Trail
Naukluft Hiking Trail
Hollandsbird Island
Sossusvlei
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Maltahöhe
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Duwisib Castle
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Namib Rand Nature Reserve
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Namib-Naukluft Park
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Zarishoogte Pass
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Cemetery at Nomtsas
Stampriet
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Fish Kub Memorial Hardap Recreation Resort
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Spencer Bay Mercury Island
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The Quiver Tree Forest can be viewed on Farm Gariganus, some 14 km north-east of Keetmanshoop.
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Gamsberg Pass
Conception Bay
Take a guided tour of the Rehoboth Museum to learn interesting facts and figures on Baster history.
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Kuiseb Pass
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Brukkaros 1586m
Simaedjo Point
Salt Flats
Koichab Pan
C13 Wild Horses of the Namib Prisoner of War Camp Memorial
Lüderitz Bucht
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Schmelen House
Diaz Cross Große Bucht
Bethanie
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Keetmanshoop Old German Fort
Site of Veneration
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Fish River C37 Canyon Conservation Area Hot Springs
Fish River Canyon Hiking Trail
Rosh Pinah
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Bogenfels (Rock Arch)
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Karas
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Black Point
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Richtersveld National Park
Edward Cook Memorial & Historical Gateways
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SOUTH The centre also gives you the Alexander Bay AFRIDay CA 5: Velloorsdrif Vioolsdrif opportunity to stretch your legs The unique blend of history embodied and indulge in a good cup of coffee. in the coastal harbour town of Twenty kilometres or so in a westerly Lüderitz reveals itself as you wander direction, the wild horses of the through the streets and the elaborate Namib Desert can be spotted from and distinctively quaint German the Garub viewpoint, a short drive architecture stemming from the from the main road. These legendary diamond rush sparked in 1908. animals provide a brief glimpse into myth, mystery and a wild, free life. The residual energy of the era There are also Prisoner of War camp is tangible at the intriguing old ruins, and First World War bunkers in mining town of Kolmanskop on the vicinity to view. Overnight in the the outskirts of Lüderitz. Here the coastal town of Lüderitz. desert is in the process of burying Oranjemund
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Take the road to Seeheim on the B4 and continue westwards until you reach the settlement of Aus. As you near Aus, the scenery transforms into streaks of burnished sand interspersed with grass in ‘forever’ vistas that offer rest to the eyes, and relief and splendour to the soul.
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that you take a break from your itinerary and go to Noordoewer on our southernmost border to spend time in a canoe on the Orange River before heading back up into the dry landscapes of southern Namibia.
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Plumpudding Is. Bakers Bay Sinclair's Is.
Eroded over many millennia, the Fish River Canyon is the second-largest natural canyon in the world.
Musical Stone
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Spitzkoppe Fossil Trail
Naute Recreation Area
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Ghost Mining Town Elizabeth Bay Ghost Mining Elizabeth Bay Town
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The enigmatic little coastal town of Lüderitz is rich in German heritage and a great southern attraction.
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Koës
Berseba
Mooifontein Military Cemetery
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An intriguing feature of the Sperrgebiet is the legendary desert horses that can be seen from the Garub viewpoint.
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1530m
Gobabis
Arnhem Cave
Auasberge
Kupferberg Pass
Khomas
Zebra Pan
Black Cliff
Prayer mounds
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Kuiseb Canyon
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Witvlei
Fort
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HOSEA KUTAKO (International Airport)
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Namib-Naukluft Park
Sandwich Harbour
Tinkas Nature Trail
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Walvis Bay Boundary Post, Nature ReserveKuiseb River
Von François Fort
PERMIT
Namib Desert Park
Dune 7
Sandwich Harbour
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Sweet Thorn Hiking Trail Daan Viljoen Game Park
Usib
Old Rhenish WalvisMission Bay Church & Hope Locomotive
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Tsaobis Leopard Nature Park
Welwitschia Plains
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Wit-Nossob
Powder Tower
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Arandis
Goanikontes
Moon Landscape
Von Bach Recreation Resort
Hot Springs n ha
Rietfont
Omaheke
Okahandja
Moordkoppie
D1992
Erongo
Regimental Badges
Swakopmund
Karibib
Usakos
Rock Bay
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Ombo Ostrich Farm
Philips Cave
1728m Gross Spitzkoppe
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Henties Bay
Okaharui War Memorial
Rock Arch
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Cape Cross Diego Cão Cross Cape Cross Seal Reserve
Ovikokorero War Memorial
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Kain a
Horing Bay
Fish
Bocock’s Bay
Noordoewer
Orange (Garie p) Velloorsdrif
Onseepkans
Wreck Point
the remaining artefacts of opulence,
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