Category: Namibia

Best things to do at Etosha National Park, Namibia

23/4/2025

By Roxanne Reid
Etosha National Park in northern Namibia is one of my favourite places for a wildlife safari. The huge white salt flats of Etosha Pan and the wide open spaces make it very different to the bushveld of many other national parks in southern Africa. Fairly easy to spot game too. Here’s my pick of the best things to do at Etosha.

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Why everyone should visit Okaukuejo, Etosha

8/1/2025

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Okaukuejo waterhole, Etosha National Park, Namibia

By Roxanne Reid
Namibia Wildlife Resorts upped its prices by monstrous amounts in 2007, and they’ve gone up every year since then. For a long time after the huge upgrade, we avoided Etosha National Park’s Okaukuejo camp. But we made a comeback to the campsite a few years later, which reminded us of how fabulous that floodlit waterhole at camp really is.

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Why to visit Canyon Roadhouse, Fish River Canyon, Namibia

19/6/2024

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By Roxanne Reid
Fun, funky even wacky, these are words you might use to describe the Canyon Roadhouse not far from the Fish River Canyon in southern Namibia. Staid, dull and prim are definitely not. In fact, if you don’t have a sense of humour or a fondness for grinning like a basketful of baboons, don’t bother to visit; the place will be wasted on you.

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Game drive at Desert Rhino Camp in Damaraland, Namibia

30/5/2024

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Gemsbok at sunset on game drive at Desert Rhino Camp, Damaraland, Namibia

By Roxanne Reid
Safari guides are cool people, their brains ripe with knowledge they’re happy to share. The best ones are charismatic and make your days so much fun you never want them to end. But it’s not often you see one of them yoyo with excitement at something he’s just seen for the first time. Yet that’s what happened on a game drive at Desert Rhino Camp in Damaraland, Namibia.

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Places to visit and things to do in Namibia: the north

10/4/2024

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Places to visit in Namibia: Etosha National Park

By Roxanne Reid
Deserts, rivers, wildlife, amazing landscapes. I’ve written elsewhere about the best places and things to do in south and central Namibia. In this companion piece about a country I’ve visited more than 30 times and has crept into my heart, I’m sharing my pick of places to visit and things to do in Namibia: the north. You’ll also find some tips to know before you go.

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Places to visit and things to do in Namibia : south and central

7/2/2024

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Places to visit in Namibia: south and central

By Roxanne Reid
I’ve been to Namibia more than 30 times and I still want to go again. It’s so diverse, with deserts, rivers and floodplains, wildlife big and small, spectacular landscapes, a place that touches your soul. People often ask for my tips on Namibia, so here’s my pick of places to visit and things to do in Namibia: south and central. I’ve written up the north elsewhere.

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Why Moringa is my favourite Etosha waterhole

9/8/2023

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Moringa waterhole, Halali, Etosha National Park, Namibia

By Roxanne Reid
Not many people know about Halali. It’s the poor relation of Okaukuejo and Namutoni camps in Namibia’s Etosha National Park. But its Moringa waterhole is definitely my favourite. Here’s why.

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Glamping Namibia: why you’ll love luxury Kalahari camping

31/8/2022

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Glamping Namibia - luxury Kalahari camping

By Roxanne Reid
Kalahari. It’s a word loaded with nostalgia for this dry thirstland, its red sand dunes, long-horned gemsbok, camel thorn trees and endless blue skies. If you’ve felt the Kalahari’s essence before, such words will bring memories that tug at your core. So imagine my joy to be glamping in Namibia – luxury Kalahari camping – in this matchless environment near Mariental.

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Etosha King Nehale: feel like royalty at Etosha National Park

27/7/2022

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By Roxanne Reid
Etosha King Nehale is a glorious lodge just outside the northern Nehale Lya Mpingana Gate of Etosha National Park, one of my favourite wild spaces. Apart from treating you like royalty, the lodge opens opportunities to explore Etosha’s Andoni Plains and a private waterhole not open to the ordinary visitor.

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Palmwag Lodge: gateway to rugged north-west Namibia

14/7/2022

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By Roxanne Reid
Palmwag Lodge & Camp in Damaraland, part of Namibia’s rough-and-tumble Kunene region, is a peaceful green oasis in a landscape of basalt rocks. If you love intense 4x4 routes, Himba settlements and stark desert landscapes, this is your gateway to remote places like Sesfontein, Opuwo, the Marienfluss, Van Zyl’s Pass and Epupa Falls.

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