N/a’an ku sê Wildlife Sanctuary
NAD$ 420.00 to NAD$ 1 850.00 per person
Tour Option Dependent
A short twenty-minute drive from the Windhoek International Airport, N/a’an ku sê is a registered charity in Namibia that helps wildlife conservation and the local San community. The tours options available range from carnivore feeding, cheetah experience and a baboon walk. This tour is highly recommended.
Horse Riding
From NAD$ 540.00 per person
1 - 6 hours
A short drive from Windhoek awaits an experience specially designed for loves with a love for horses and horse riding. Suitable for beginners, children and experienced riders alike, explore long-established, well-trodden routes with plenty of time to take in the beautiful local scenery. One of the more popular tours for those interested in nature.
Windhoek City And Township
From NAD$ 320.00 per person
09h00-12h00 or 14h00-17h00
The perfect tour option for when one has free time in Namibia's Capital city of Windhoek, either pre or post one's safari. The tour visit, amongst others, Old Railway Station, House of Parliament, National Assembly, Christuskirche, Rider’s Memorial, Alte Feste and the Katutura Township.
Daan Viljoen Nature Reserve
From NAD$ 650.00 per person
Full Day
Daan Viljoen Nature Reserve is located just 15 kilometres outside of Windhoek, the reserve offers guided hikes, good birding and wildlife such as mountain zebra, wildebeest, hartebeest, kudu, sable and giraffe. This is the perfect tour for those wanting to escape to a more nature-based location not far from the city itself.
The Road To Sossusvlei
Once one navigates the main Sesriem entrance gates and enters the national park a pleasant surprise awaits, a tarred road (yes, a tarred road) that extends all the way through to the main parking area near Sossusvlei.
Cape Town To The Kunene River
In November and December of last year (2019), we loaded our Jeep and headed north out of Cape Town, destination Namibia and the Kunene River, her border with Angola.
A couple of thousand kilometres later, we returned, this time, more in love with country than ever.
Windhoek Oktoberfest 2021
On the 25th and 26th of October, the Sports Klub Windhoek will host the 55th edition of the Oktoberfest. Over 5000 people are expected to attend (compared to 1000 in 2010).
Adding a certain local flavour will be the Namibian band Famaz Attak, and there will be long-established activities and games like archery and tree trunk sawing.
Top 5 restaurants in Windhoek
Continuing our series of dining in Africa, we look at Windhoek. More and more visitors are becoming aware of the unique attractions that this country as a safari destination has to offer.
Nowhere is too far to travel in this small (and clean) city of 330,000 but be warned when you go out to eat, vegetarianism is not common!
Best Places To Go In Namibia
The Uyaphi team has compiled a list of the "Best Places to go" which most safari itineraries would include. A different destination from most African safari destinations.
Instead of lush green forests or open savannas, the primary attraction being vast, open deserts interspersed with canyons, mountain ranges, and oasis.
Living With The Himba
In May 2012, we arranged for Uyaphi.Com client Ken Vine from Devon in England to stay with the traditional Himba people in two remote villages in the middle of Kaokoland.
He lived, slept, ate, conversed and photographed these Himba villagers.