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Highlights in the Damaraland

This page provides an overview of activities, highlights and sights of the Damaraland, a unique and harsh landscape. The traveller finds Namibia's highest mountain (Brandberg), centuries old rock engravings in Twyfelfontein, a petrified forest, a huge rock finger and a Living Museum, presenting the traditional culture of the Damara.

Brandberg

Brandberg

The Brandberg Mountain Range– or just the Brandberg – is situated in the Erongo region in the west of Namibia about 90 km from the Atlantic Ocean and covers an area 760 km². The mountain range has a mean height of 2500 metres and impressively surmounts its surrounding by some 2000 meters.

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Damara Living Museum

Damara Living Museum

The Living Museum of the Damara is situated about 10 km north of the famous Twyfelfontein rock engravings site directly at the D2612. Opened in February 2010 it is the first tradititional Damara project in Namibia. The possibility to experience the traditional Damara culture in this form exists nowhere else in Namibia or in the world.

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Etendeka Walking Trail

Etendeka Walking Trail

A fantastic activity in the rugged north-western Namibia is the 3 day / 2 nights guided Etendeka Walking Trail. Get to know the pristine nature and fauna of the Etendeka Concession at the foot of the Grootberg Mountains and spend your nights under the fascinationg Namibian sky.

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Palmwag Konzession

Palmwag Concession

The Palmwag Concession is a 550,000 hectare protected area located in the northwestern part of Namibia. This part of Namibia is special in many ways and is therefore also used as a tourism concession.

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Petrified Forest

Petrified Forest

The Petrified Forest is a national monument, proclaimed on 1st March 1950, after being discovered by two farmers in the 1940s. The Petrified Forest is situated about 50 km west of Khorixas.

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Twyfelfontein

Twyfelfontein

UNESCO World Heritage Site and unique rock engravings: Twyfelfontein, which means as much as „doubtful fountain“ or „Fountain of Doubt“ is the name of a valley in the Damara highland about 70 km west of Khorixas.

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Vingerklip

Vingerklip

Situated halfway be-tween Outjo and Khorixas, the Vingerklip is one of Namibia’s most famous and remarkable rock formations attracting substantial numbers of tourists.

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