My first glimpse of Africa came from a nature program I watched as a child called “Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom.” Seeing elephants and giraffes lumber across a dry African landscape — even on TV — ...

Ten days in the desert may sound more like a punishment than a luxury holiday, but a trip to Namibia will transform your preconceptions of the world’s arid places. Astonishingly beautiful, the dunes ...

Namibia isn’t most travelers’ first African vacation; it tends to be the destination of choice for a savvy third- or fourth-time visitor. But don’t let that stop you if you’re planning a first visit ...

TORRA CONSERVANCY, Namibia – Before setting out on a game drive across ruggedly beautiful northwest Namibia, we told the safari camp managers we were happy to take sandwiches. We were intent on ...

OUR JEEP’S CB radio was abuzz with static-choked voices frantically shouting directions to the lions’ location. Just as my private guide, Elias, and I crested a ridge in Namibia’s 1,110-acre Palmwag ...

Southern Damaraland is not an environment you would expect humans to live in.Alamy Stepping out of my safari vehicle at De Riet village, in the middle of the desert in Namibia's southern Damaraland, I ...

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Spectacular stars, stunning sand dunes and the haunting Skeleton Coast greet Sarah Siese on an epic wilderness safari Giraffes are just some of the wildlife to spot in Namibia Into the wild: The ...

Combine epic wildlife, luxury lodges and extraordinary experiences for a trip with a difference in Namibia What kind of experience springs to mind when you think of a safari? Borrowed from the Swahili ...

If anywhere in our over-explored world can still be called a wilderness, it’s the Skeleton Coast in northwest Namibia. The gates that mark the end of the public road at its southern boundary don’t ...