Visiting the Namib Desert is an absolute must - those dunes have to be seen and touched to be believed.  In my opinion, you need to move shift your focus away from the traditional safari and look to the landscape and some of the more unusual animals and plants.

We went to the Skeleton Coast camp - it’s expensive but absolutely fabulous - unlike anything else. We saw desert elephants, giraffes and huge colonies of seals - and just the wildness of that coast line strewn with ship wrecks and whale bones.  Alternative cheaper accommodation is Cape Cross Lodge.

Its worth going to Damaraland - good chance of also seeing Desert Elephants. And rhino have been re-introduced. Mowani Mountain Lodge is a great base in Damaraland.

The South of the country is often woefully neglected and full of wondrous sights - feral horse, Fish river canyon, ghost mining towns and the Quiver tree forest. If you have already been to Namibia and like me, need to return to see more, then consider self-drive in this region.�

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