Damaraland and Kaokaland
Dominated by rugged mountain ranges and steep escarpments, ancient highlands and barren valleys scorched by a relentless sun and inhabited almost exclusively by the semi-nomadic Himba tribe, Kaokoland is probably the least visited and accessible area but it is certainly a very fascinating part of Namibia. The Southern section is known as Damaraland.
Wildlife is abundant and varied offering encounters with the famous desert elephant that roam the riverbeds and adjacent mopane woodlands or numerous herds of Mountain zebra, springbok and Oryx. This area also contains some of the few black rhinos surviving outside the national parks.
Forests of Makalani palms skirt the course of the Kunene river which forms the border with Angola which includes along its course the beautiful Popa and Ruacana waterfalls.
Damaraland and Kaokaland are usually combined in a safari circuit visiting the red dunes at Sossusvlei, Etosha National Park and the Skeleton Coast National Park giving a very scenic and varied safari holiday.