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- Namibia - wheelchair
accessible travel Africa, disabled tours, persons with disabilities
safaris
Namibia, situated in Southern Africa, is approximately the
size of France and Italy combined. Bordering on Namibia
is the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to
the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the
southeast and south. Namibia offers visitors a huge variety
of landscapes consisting of a low-lying coastal belt, a
central plateau and the Kalahari Desert. The coastal belt
consists of the beautiful Namib Desert with high red sand
dunes.
Namibia has one
of the lowest population densities in the world and at only
two people per square kilometre can still boast of many
pristine areas. Namibia also offers diverse game herds,
mainly in the northern parts of the country. The climate
is generally hot and dry with rainfall season in the summer
(November - March). The winter evenings can become very
cold. Endeavour Safaris offers persons with disabilities accessible travel
to Africa for a fantastic adventure safari. We have the
fascilities for the physically disabled to travel on safari.
Namibia is a
large and mostly barren country bordering Angola to the
north, Botswana to the east, South Africa to the south and,
in the Caprivi Strip, a narrow panhandle of Namibian territory
jutting from the northeast corner of the country, with Zambia
and Zimbabwe. To the west is 1280km of some of the most
desolate coastline in the world. Walvis Bay, a port situated
roughly halfway down Namibia's coast, was returned to Namibian
jurisdiction by South Africa in February 1994. The vast
shifting sand dunes of the Namib Desert spread inland for
80-130km along its entire length.
The escarpment
of a northsouth plateau in the interior slopes away to the
east and north into the vast interior sand basin of the
Kalahari. The 66,000 sq km of the Kaokoland mountains in
the far northwest run along the coast, while inland there
is a dried out saline lake called the Etosha Pan, which
is surrounded by grasslands and bush that supports a large
variety of wildlife. The Etosha National Park & Game
Reserve is one of the finest in Africa, and remains for
the most part free of man's influence. The capital Windhoek
(pronounced vint-hook) is surrounded by mountains, and like
other towns, has several examples of German colonial architecture,
including the Christuskirche, the Alte Feste and the Tintenpalast
(Ink Palace), the former colonial administrative building.
Swakopmund, a
picturesque seaside resort, is situated in the middle of
Namibia’s coastline, sandwiched between desert and
sea. Lüderitz, a small port in the southern Namib region,
has loads of charm and atmosphere from the days of diamond
prospecting. Ai-Ais and Gross Barmenare are hot spring resorts,
while the Brandberg/Twyfelfontein area boasts many ancient
rock engravings and paintings of which theWhite Lady of
the Brandberg is the best known. The Petrified Forest and
the Welwitschia mirabilis plant are other attractions well
worth visiting. Namibia has ten splendid national parks,
which are under the control of the Ministry of Environment
and Tourism.
The Etosha National
Park is one of the most famous game reserves in the world
and remains almost entirely free of human influence. It
measures 22,270 sq km (8599 sq miles) and is located around
the Etosha Pan in the north, which is 1065m (3494ft) above
sea level, forming a huge, salty hollow which occasionally
fills with water. Vast stocks of elephants, wildebeest,
lions, jackals, zebras, giraffes, springboks, kudus, gemsboks
or oryxes, hyenas, leopards and cheetahs roam here, and
it is open all year round. Well equipped camps with comfortable
rondavel accommodation and camping facilities will provide
all the comforts of home.
The Waterberg
Plateau Park is Namibia’s only mountain resort, with
its striking red sandstone cliffs, and is home to many rare
and endangered game species. It is a popular rest stop for
visitors on their way to Etosha National Park, and has good
facilities for game viewing, as well as a number of hiking
trails. Lake Otjikoto is also en route to Etosha, is 24km
(15 miles) northeast of the mining town of Tsumeb, and was
once fabled to be bottomless, but is now known to be 55m-deep
(140ft) and contains rare fish. Kaudom Game Reserve is northeast
of it, in Kavango, where two camping areas are available
to view blue wildebeest, elephant, lion, cheetah, leopard
and various species of antelope.
The
Popa Fallsrest camp is further northeast, and is a popular
haven on the banks of the Okavango River, where crocodiles
and hippos bask. The Mahango Game Reserve is about 12km
(7 miles) to the south, and caters only to day visitors,
who will be treated to seeing elephants, buffalo and lechwe.
Still further northeast, bordered by the Kwando, Linyanti,
Chobe and Zambezi Rivers, is East Caprivi. It is a region
of swamps and flood plains which has several safari lodges
offering boat trips, fishing, hiking and game viewing, especially
in the Mudumu and Mamili National Parks. Katima Mulilo,
a town on the banks of the Zambezi River, has an Arts Centre
where visitors may purchase various handicrafts such as
baskets, bracelets, malachite and soapstone carvings.
