Car Rental Namibia

Namibia is about twice as large as Germany and is located in southern of Africa. The former German colony of South-West Africa consists primarily of two deserts. The Namib, which gave its name to the country and reaches to the Atlantic Ocean in the West, as well as the Kalahari desert in the East. In between is an an average of 1700 meters high inland Highlands, where there is also the capital of Windhoek.

With the car a tour of one of the eternal Sandmeere Namibia worth definitely times. The largest star dunes in the world in the area of Sossusvlei in the Namib is an absolute natural. Here is not only the size of 300 M impressive, but above all the play of colours, that comes from Sun and moisture content. The Namib is regarded as the oldest desert in the world.

Nearly 200 km north of the coastal town of Swakopmund, the highest point of the country is the'Königstein' 2600 metres in the Brandberg massif. Here are the associated since 2007 World Heritage rock drawings of Twyfelfontein. The age of the stone engraving is estimated at approximately 1800 to 2300 years. You can marvel at the bizarre rock formations of the fish River Canyon in the South of Namibia. With a 570 km and a width of 27 kilometers, he reached a depth of more than 550 metres, making it the largest Canyon in Africa.

In addition to the capital Windhoek (Khomas), especially Rundu (Kavango), Swakopmund and the Walvis Bay (Erongo) are interesting targets in Namibia. in 1990 the country became after more than hundred years of foreign rule, including English and German, the independence.