Namibia

Namibia is not like anywhere else in Africa. It is a country defined by absence as much as presence — vast, silent, geometrically beautiful. It is a photographer’s dream and just plain dreamy in its landscapes, colours, stories and people. Namibia is ancient and extreme: dunes that have been accumulating sand for five million years, a coastline where desert meets ocean in conditions hostile to almost everything, mountain wilderness so remote that the people who live there have maintained an almost unchanged way of life for centuries. This is one of the sparsely populated countries on earth - and it feels like that.

Space is the point. Namibia is a safari as much about landscape and solitude as wildlife, in a country where the human cultures are as extraordinary as the natural ones.

Where to Go

Luxury lodges in Namibia

Damaraland

Damaraland is one of Namibia's most remarkable regions - a vast landscape of dry riverbeds, flat-topped mountains, sandstone escarpments and open valleys stretching towards every horizon. Read more

Wilderness Desert Rhino Camp

From humble beginnings as a field station dedicated to protecting Namibia’s last remaining wild black rhino, Desert Rhino has grown into a thriving community partnership.

Wilderness Doro Nawas

Ancient plains unfold across the rugged landscapes of Damaraland, with sweeping views stretching in every direction.

Skeleton Coast

The Skeleton Coast is one of Africa's most remote and distinctive wilderness areas. Read more

Hoanib Elephant Camp

In the rugged heart of Namibia’s Kaokoland, where towering mountains meet dry riverbeds, desert-adapted elephants roam freely, tracing ancient paths in search of water and food.

Hoanib Valley Camp

In a country filled with vast, spectacularly beautiful landscapes, Kaokoland stands among the most remarkable.

Natural Selection Shipwreck Lodge

Surrounded by enigmatic shipwrecks, Shipwreck Lodge is a unique safari lodge on the remote Skeleton Coast.

Pelican Point Lodge

Pelican Point Lodge sits at the edge of everything — where the cold Atlantic meets the ancient Namib Desert, where a working lighthouse still guides ships through the fog, and where time moves differently.

Wilderness Hoanib Skeleton Coast Camp

Wilderness Hoanib Skeleton Coast Camp is a true desert oasis within an extraordinary landscape where seemingly inhospitable terrain teems with life.

Sossusvlei

Sossusvlei lies deep in the world’s oldest desert - the Namib of Namiba - where the ephemeral Tsauchab River comes to an abrupt halt among some of the tallest sand dunes on Earth. Read more

&Beyond Sossuvlei Desert Lodge

Set within 12,715 hectares (31,419 acres) of protected desert, &Beyond Sossusvlei Private Desert Reserve borders the NamibRand Nature Reserve and the Namib-Naukluft National Park, forming part of the Namib Sand Sea – the world’s oldest desert and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.