Namibia officially came on the radar three years ago, when Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt stayed at a beach resort here while awaiting the birth of their third child. But this southern African country has been quietly coming into its own for more than a decade now. In addition to spectacular landscapes—vast deserts with thousand-foot sand dunes and a coastline strewn with bleached whale bones and ancient shipwrecks—Namibia has some of the biggest yet least known game parks in Africa. It also has one of the continent’s smallest populations, highest literacy rates, and most stable democracies. Tourism here is low-key: the emphasis is on small, well-designed, environmentally sensitive lodges in remote areas of the country. From a tented resort in the desert to a casbah-style fort on a zebra-filled reserve, these seven places are worth the trek.
Read the articleDestinations: Namibia · Sossusvlei · Namibrand Nature Reserve · Ongava Game Reserve · Onguma Reserve
Themes: Hotels + Resorts
Inspired by: Namibia's Top Safari Lodges — by Richard Alleman, Published May. 2009
