Ai-Ais, meaning ‘very hot’ or ‘hot water’, is what the Nama people called this place. Water from the springs at Ai-Ais is pumped into the thermal baths at a temperature of 60 d...
The Brukkaros massif is visible long before you arrive. At some 1,590m high it rises by about 600m over the plateau which characterises the surrounding landscape. For decades geol...
In the early 20th century steam engines on the Lüderitz–Keetmanshoop line had to stop at the railway station of Garub, about 20 km west of Aus, to refill with water. It was pumped from a bo...
Apart from quiver trees, Farm Gariganus boasts a remarkable example of the tremendous powers which shaped the earth millions of years ago: blocks of greyish-black dolerite are stacked upon one another...
The main viewing point of Fish River Canyon is at Hobas. Here, the canyon’s rugged cliffs plunge down more than 500 metres. Nearby, a steep path, secured with chains, winds downwards into the go...
Kolmanskuppe, Namibia’s most famous ghost town, sprang up in 1908 after diamonds were found. During the following years the little town was the centre of a veritable diamond rush – which f...
The Orange river is among the most remarkable rivers in Africa. Its source is at an altitude of more than 3,100 metres in Lesotho, far away in the east, from where it crosses South Africa and finally ...
The 'Aloe dichotoma' Quiver Tree is a rare plant occuring only in north-western South Africa and most of all in southern Namibia. It is called quiver tree because in earlier times the San made quivers...
