Desert-adapted elephants and ancient, UNESCO-listed rock engravings feature in these rugged red landscapes.
A World Heritage site in a red sandstone valley with thousands of rock engravings of animals, footprints and figures made by hunter-gatherers over many centuries. Local guides lead visitors along short paths to the main panels.
Namibia's highest massif, a vast granite mountain rising above the Damaraland plains. It is known for thousands of rock paintings, including the White Lady, which can be visited on guided walks.
A tall, narrow pillar of rock rising above the Ugab valley near Khorixas, left standing as the softer land around it wore away. A short walk leads up to views over the flat-topped hills.
It is about 267 km in a straight line from Damaraland and Twyfelfontein.
Taxi and scam advice for this country is on the Namibia page
Each month shows its average temperature in °C and its mm of rain per month.
Driest months: Jun, Jul, Aug. Wettest months: Jan, Feb, Mar.
Prices here are about 41% of US prices (World Bank, 2025). This compares a country's overall prices, not the cost of a trip.
Police 10111. 112 from a mobile phone. Ask your hotel or operator for the nearest ambulance number.
local government
Helps with: Namibia's national tourism board. Contact its Windhoek head office for visitor information. It also lists offices in Swakopmund, Rundu, Ongwediva and Luderitz.
Who qualifies: Anyone travelling in Namibia or planning a trip there.
Phone: +264 61 290 6000
Email: info@namibiatourism.com.na
Address: C/O Haddy and Sam Nujoma Drive, Windhoek, Namibia
un agency
Helps with: The UN migration agency, in Namibia since 2011. It works on anti-trafficking referral, labour migration, migration health and resettlement or voluntary return for remaining refugees.
Who qualifies: Migrants, trafficking victims and refugees. It is not a help service for ordinary tourists.
Phone: +264 61 231 639
Address: 38-44 Stein Street, Klein Windhoek, UN House, Ground Floor, Windhoek, Namibia
local government
Helps with: Reaches the police. UK government travel advice lists 10111, 999 and 112 together for ambulance, fire and police; the Canadian government page also gives 10111 for police.
Who qualifies: Anyone in the country, including visitors.
Phone: 10111
local government
Helps with: Reaches medical assistance (ambulance). This number comes from Government of Canada travel advice for Namibia.
Who qualifies: Anyone in the country, including visitors.
Phone: 10177