Why Namibia?
Namibia is one of the most spectacular travel countries in Africa — and at the same time one of the easiest to travel. On an area of 824,292 km² (more than twice the size of Germany), only 2.6 million people live. This makes Namibia one of the least densely populated countries in the world — and a place where you experience vastness and silence like nowhere else.
- The Namib — the oldest desert on Earth — 80 million years old, with the highest sand dunes in the world (over 300 meters). The orange-red dunes of Sossusvlei and the surreal Deadvlei are Namibia's landmarks
- Etosha National Park — a vast white salt pan around which thousands of animals gather. Here you can watch lions, elephants, rhinos, giraffes, and zebras from your own rental car — self-drive safari at its finest
- Fish River Canyon — the second-largest canyon in the world after the Grand Canyon, 160 km long and up to 550 meters deep
- German colonial history — Namibia was the colony of German South West Africa from 1884 to 1915. The traces are omnipresent: German street names, bakeries with black bread, breweries, and a German-speaking minority of around 20,000 people
- Skeleton Coast — one of the most inhospitable coasts on Earth, where the cold Benguela Current meets the desert. Shipwrecks, seal colonies, and endless fog
- Dark Sky Reserve — with almost zero light pollution, Namibia offers one of the best starry skies in the world. The NamibRand Nature Reserve is a certified Dark-Sky Reserve
- Desert-adapted elephants — in Damaraland, elephants live that have adapted to desert life over millennia. Unique in the world
What makes Namibia special is the freedom of self-driving: A well-developed road network, clear signage, little traffic, and spectacular landscapes on every track. You rent a 4×4 with a rooftop tent, drive from Windhoek to Sossusvlei, via Swakopmund to Etosha — and experience one of the greatest road trip adventures in the world.
Additionally, Namibia is safe, stable, and excellently developed for tourism: good lodges and campsites, functioning infrastructure, low crime, and a population that warmly welcomes tourists — often even in German.
