Serra Cafema Camp
Rates from NAD$ 13 027.00 per person
Serra Cafema Camp, one of the remotest destinations in all of Africa, is perched on the banks of the Kunene River in northern Namibia
The Damaraland region is shared with the beautiful and colourful Himba people, some of the last true nomadic people of Africa.
Wolwedans Dunes Lodge
Rates from NAD$ 4 750.00 per person
The Dunes Lodge is perched on a dune plateau overlooking panoramic vistas in all directions, capturing the desert in a most memorable way.
Each of the 9 chalets offers desert views from a private veranda over vast stretches of sand. A truly stunning desert safari lodge awaits.
Little Kulala
Rates from NAD$ 11 388.00 per person
Little Kulala the flagship of Namibia's extraordinary Sossusvlei area, has for several years been attracting informed travellers, who enjoy the first-rate facilities, charming hospitality and nearby proximity to the towering dunes.
Wolwedans Private Camp
Rates from NAD$ 12 600.00 per person
Wolwedans Private Camp offers two spacious en-suite bedrooms, a 'Sala' where one can laze away siestas, various decks, and the central lounge, combining a study, living room, a dining area, and a fully equipped kitchen.
Wolwedans Boulders Camp
Rates from NAD$ 12 600.00 per person
Wolwedans Boulders Camp is best for a 2-night stay and is ideally booked in combination with 1 or 2 nights at any of the other camps in the dunes, which makes for the ultimate dessert experience, sleeping a maximum of 8 guests in 4 spacious tents.
Boulders Camp is located within the private and spectacular NamibRand Nature Reserve.
Wolwedans Dune Camp
Rates from NAD$ 9 450.00 per person
While Wolwedans Dune Camp aims to accommodate those guests in need of relaxed comfort and space, the camp is a more down-to-earth and close-to-nature experience. The camp sleeps a maximum of 12 guests in a perfect setting.
The spectacular NamibRand Nature Reserve awaits with game drives and scenic wonders in every direction.
Skeleton Coast Shipwreck Lodge
Rates from NAD$ 17 400.00 per person
Skeleton Coast Shipwreck Lodge inside the famed "Skeleton Coast National Park" offers up sand dunes, rugged coastlines, icy cold Atlantic Ocean, wind-swept plains and not forgetting the desert wildlife that surrounds including desert lion, elephant and rhino to mention but a few.
Hoanib Valley Camp
Rates from NAD$ 14 595.00 per person
Hoanib Valley Camp, situated in Kaokoland / Damaraland, is surrounded by a multitude of desert-adapted wildlife surrounds the camp including free-roaming desert lion, elephant, rhino, giraffe, and hyena, oryx and mountain zebra.
Hoanib River Valley in Namibia's Damaraland is utterly spectacular, with mountains surrounding the valley floor all with desert wildlife.
Hoanib Skeleton Coast Camp
Rates from NAD$ 15 690.00 per person
The Hoanib River Camp is located in Damaraland within a few metres of the iconic Hoanib Riverbed that offers up exceptional sightings of desert wildlife and birdlife.
The Hoanib River and Palmwag concession offer up some of the most amazing scenery to be found in Namibia, a truly wild and remote stretch of land waits.
Doro Nawas Camp
Rates from NAD$ 5 703.00 per person
Doro Nawas Camp is situated in the beautiful Damaraland on a small, rocky outcrop within the floodplain of a small tributary of the Huab River; guests are housed in 16 natural walled units that blend in with the surrounding scenery.
Desert Rhino Camp
Rates from NAD$ 9 245.00 per person
Desert Rhino Camp is situated in the 1-million-acre private Palmwag Reserve in northwest Namibia, between Etosha and the Skeleton Coast.
There are very few places on the planet that can offer this level of privacy and wilderness experiences; Damaraland is truly special.
Damaraland Camp
Rates from NAD$ 8 100.00 per person
Damaraland Camp is a camp situated in the Huab River Valley in one of the best wilderness areas in Namibia; as such, it offers endless vistas across stark plains, ancient valleys and soaring peaks of the Brandberg Mountains.
Damaraland Camp offers up game drives and walking safaris all by professional guides and trackers.
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.