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    Kolmanskop 

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    Published on 29th January 2008 11:28 AM

    Kolmannskuppe (also Kolmanskuppe with just one n; Afrikaans: Kolmanskop) is a ghost town in southern Namibia, a few kilometres inland from the port of Lüderitz. It was a small mining village ...

    Namib desert 

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    Published on 27th January 2008 04:20 PM

    The Namib Desert is a desert in Namibia and southwest Angola which forms part of the Namib-Naukluft National Park one of Africa's largest. The name "Namib" is of Nama origin. The desert occupies an area of around 50 000 km², stretching about 1000 ...

    NAMIBIA: Bogenfels 

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    Published on 27th January 2008 04:59 PM

    Bogenfels is a location in the coastal Namib Desert of Namibia, noted for its natural rock formations (hence the name, which means "Elbow rock"). The main formation ...

    NAMIBIA: Cape Cross 

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    Published on 27th January 2008 01:36 PM

    Cape Cross (Afrikaans: Kaap Kruis; German: Das Kreuzkap) is a cape in the South Atlantic on the coast of Namibia, on the C34 highway some 70 kilometres north of Hentiesbaai, ...

    NAMIBIA: Caprivi Region 

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    Published on 31st January 2008 02:50 PM

    Caprivi is one of the 13 regions of Namibia and takes its name from the Caprivi Strip. The Caprivi is a heavily tropical area, with high temperatures and much rainfall during the December-to-March rainy season, making it the wettest region of Namibia. The terrain is mostly made ...

    NAMIBIA: Hardap Dam 

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    Published on 3rd April 2009 07:52 AM

    Hardap Dam is a dam close to Mariental, Hardap Region, Namibia. Created in 1962 while Namibia was under South African occupation, Hardap Dam is the largest Dam in ...

    NAMIBIA: Hoba Meteorite 

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    Published on 29th January 2008 10:37 AM

    Estimated at over 60 tons, the Hoba meteorite (also known as Hoba West meteorite) is the largest known meteorite and the most massive naturally-occurring piece of iron known at the Earth's surface. It was named after the place where it was found, ...

    NAMIBIA: Hosea Kutako International Airport 

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    Published on 27th January 2008 04:24 PM

    Hosea Kutako International Airport, located in (or close to) Windhoek has 2 runways, of which the longest is 15010 feet (4575 metres) long. The geographic coordinates of this ...

    NAMIBIA: Tyfelfontein 

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    Published on 20th August 2010 09:48 PM
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    Twyfelfontein (Afrikaans: uncertain spring), officially known as ǀUi-ǁAis (Damara/Nama: jumping waterhole), is a site of ancient rock engravings in the Kunene Region of north-western Namibia. It consists of a spring in a valley flanked by the slopes of a sandstone table mountain that receives very little rainfall and has a wide range of diurnal temperature.

    The site has been inhabited for 6,000 years, first by hunter-gatherers and later by Khoikhoi herders. Both ethnic groups used it as a place of ...

    NAMIBIA:New State House 

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    Published on 1st April 2009 09:02 PM

    The State House of the Republic of Namibia is the administrative capital of Namibia, as well the official residence of the President of Namibia. Located in the Auasblick ...

    Naukluft Mountains 

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    Published on 28th January 2008 01:58 PM

    The Naukluft Mountains are a massif in central Namibia, forming the easternmost part of the Namib-Naukluft National Park. They are known for their wildlife, including mountain zebras and leopards. ...

    Okavango Delta 

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    Published on 27th January 2008 07:03 PM

    The Okavango Delta (or Okavango Swamp), in Botswana, is the world's largest inland delta. "Where all this water goes is a mystery", according to Aurel Schultz, 1897.

    The area was once part of Lake Makgadikgadi, an ancient lake that dried up some 10,000 years ago. Today, the Okavango River has no outlet ...
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