Damaraland

Damaraland is a vast and dramatically beautiful region of northwestern Namibia characterised by ancient volcanic formations, petrified forests, and some of the oldest rock art in Africa at Twyfelfontein — a UNESCO World Heritage Site. While not a formally proclaimed national park Damaraland functions as an important conservation area through a network of communal conservancies that protect some of Namibia’s most iconic wildlife. Desert-adapted elephants traverse the dry riverbeds of the Huab and Aba-Huab tracking underground water while the area supports one of the largest free-roaming populations of black rhino in Africa protected by community-based monitoring programmes. Safari in Damaraland is about landscapes as much as wildlife — the Brandberg massif, Organ Pipes rock formation, and Burnt Mountain create a geological wonderland. Tracking desert-adapted elephants on foot through the riverbeds is one of Namibia’s most memorable wildlife experiences.