This new thoroughly updated edition of Bradt's Namibia remains the essential guide for a
successful visit to this vast country - more than twice the size of Germany but with less than
3% of the population. Written by expert author and long-standing tour specialist Chris McIntyre
this sixth edition incorporates all the most recent changes including unrivalled coverage of
places to stay and eat from small personal guesthouses to classy hotels and upmarket game
lodges and detailed information for self-drivers (including personally researched and checked
GPS coordinates) as well as for fly-in and guided safaris. There's also in-depth coverage of
wildlife and where to see it including a new full-colour wildlife field guide section
covering mammals reptiles and amphibians marine life and birds. Two background chapters
covering everything from history and politics to people ethnic groups and culture are
complemented by two chapters on planning preparation health and safety and two on the
practicalities of getting around and camping and walking in the bush (including canoeing).
Helping you to discover Namibia in detail 13 chapters offer a regional breakdown from the
capital Windhoek to the Southern Kalahari Namib desert Swakopmund Skeleton Coast Etosha
National Park and the Kavango and Zambezi regions in the extreme northeast including
excursions into neighbouring Botswana. With sweeping landscapes and empty roads Namibia has
long captured the imaginations of travellers and photographers. Its immense emptiness offers
majestic sand dunes seemingly endless gravel plains vast tracts of farmland and rugged
mountains hiding galleries of ancient Bushman rock art. Add to this the wildlife and the
unexpected beauty of the rivers that define the country's northern and southern boundaries and
it's easy to see why Namibia attracts lovers of the great outdoors.
