Travel Guide Detailed introduction to several places you must visit when traveling to Namibia

The capital, Windhoek, is located at an altitude of 1,680 meters and is located in the center of Namibia. It has a population of 310,000, a quarter of which are of European descent (statistics in 1992). There are administrative buildings, national museums, secondary schools and the African Augustinian High School in the city. Catura and Komasdar near Windhoek are towns where Africans live. In Windhoek, you can also see various forms of buildings left over from the German colonial era. There is a strong European charm here, with a dazzling array of shops, restaurants, cafes, and bars all over the city; Christian churches with pointed arches, Germanic-style castles, colorful and well-proportioned courtyard villas, and bustling blond people. , causing tourists to mistake this place for a European town.

Edosha National Park can be reached north from Windhoek. The park was built in 1907, covering an area of ??22,270 square kilometers and housing a wide variety of animals. There is also the Idosha Salt Pond in the garden. The characteristic large depression is in the northern industrial area of ??the city. There is a famous "China Town" that specializes in wholesale and retail of Chinese goods, and 90% of the goods are re-exported to Angola from here.

The port city of Walvis Bay, also translated as Walvis Bay, was once an enclave of South Africa. It is located on the west coast of the country and is an important port and tourist city. There is a busy cargo port, beautiful seaside scenery, and fresh seafood. Visitors can not only see the huge salt fields and weir lakes filled with flamingoes, but also take a yacht to swim on the sea, play with dolphins, visit the unforgettable Seal Island, and even take a glider or ride an ATV to enjoy the desert scenery. Experience the magic of nature.

Safari Park Etosha

Etosha Park is located in northern Namibia, covering an area of ??about 23,000 square kilometers. It is the largest and most famous park in sub-Saharan Africa. safari park. As early as 1907, the then German Governor-General declared the park an animal sanctuary. Since then, the park's area has continued to change, reaching nearly 100,000 square kilometers in 1956, once becoming the largest wildlife park in the world. After independence, Namibia attached great importance to the protection of the environment and natural resources, and wrote the sustainable use of wild resources into its constitution. About 15,5% of the country's land is classified as national parks or nature reserves, where various rare and endangered animals are protected. In 1999, the Ministry of Environment and Tourism of Namibia established the "Namibia Wildlife Entertainment Co., Ltd.", which implemented corporate management of all national parks and nature reserves to better develop, utilize and protect wild resources. As one of the most famous tourist attractions in Namibia, Etosha Park, the Namibia government has been implementing professional management of the park, taking various measures to protect the animals and environment in the park, and strictly controlling the number and scale of hotels in the park, thus making it The park still maintains its original appearance. The Namibian government has declared the park a world natural and cultural heritage.

Popa Falls landscape

English name: Popa Falls, because the Kavango River flows through Popa Falls on its way into Botswana and the Okavango Delta. The flow rate is extremely fast, and the water erodes the ground and causes the bottom layer to collapse, forming the Popa Falls, which is only 2-4 meters high but 1.2 kilometers wide. This is where Popa Falls gets its name. However, the name Popa Falls is actually inaccurate, because it is just a series of rapids on the Okavando River, the third longest river in southern Africa. It can't be called a waterfall. But Popa Falls and the surrounding scenery are beautiful.

Popa Falls is also part of the Mahango National Zoo, so you can watch many birds here, such as parrots, swifts, hornbills, black tits, short-toed thrushes, owls, etc. You can also enjoy various wetland plants here, among which amphibians and reptiles mainly include frogs, turtles, lizards, geckos and snakes.