​User Reviews – Namib-Naukluft NP

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Rachel Dunsdon Visited: February 2011 Reviewed: Aug 27, 2011

Overall rating
4/5

The desert area was magnificent with ostrich, oryx, jackal, baboons and lots of smaller creatures which you wouldn't normally see - snakes, gecko, skink, chameleons, flamingos and pelicans.

steveb108   –  
United States US
Visited: August 2009 Reviewed: Aug 28, 2011

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Overall rating
4/5

Sand dunes were beautiful, but I come to Africa mainly for wild-life.

Scyv76   –  
Luxembourg LU
Visited: September 2010 Reviewed: Aug 28, 2011

20-35 years of age

Overall rating
4/5

Incredibly beautiful scenery with great sundowns and magnificent colors.

gsskimsing   –  
Australia AU
Visited: August 2009 Reviewed: Nov 27, 2011

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Overall rating
4/5

Wonderful sight of gemsbok amongst the dunes.

Mike Wanliss   –  
South Africa ZA
Visited: December 2006 Reviewed: Jan 30, 2012

Email Mike Wanliss  |  20-35 years of age

Overall rating
4/5

The desert and dunes are simply spectacular

John Carthy   –  
United Kingdom UK
Visited: September 2007 Reviewed: Feb 1, 2012

Email John Carthy  |  20-35 years of age

Overall rating
4/5

Stunning park with great scenary and good wildlife (although not as good for wildlife as other Namibian parks). You would need to be mental to miss this place if you're going to Namibia.

fabuloustravel   –  
Switzerland CH
Visited: April 2015 Reviewed: Jan 27, 2016

Email fabuloustravel  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

Great remote desert views and scenery
Overall rating
4/5

The Namib naukluft national park is a great spot to see and experience a rugged red rock sand and desert landscape. It is however rather poor for wildlife viewing, except a few Orzx Antelopes.

Ian Robertson   –  
United Kingdom UK
Visited: February 2016 Reviewed: Jul 6, 2016

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The breathtaking beauty of the desert left me speechless.
Overall rating
4/5

I had high hopes of the park as a I like deserts. But the colours and shapes of the landscape far exceeded my expectations. I loved the Namib desert. It is surprising how animals can survive in such a harsh environment but they do. The sight of Oryx (in my view the most beautiful of the antelopes) set against the massive, golden dunes will stay with me forever. The lodge we stayed in was the friendliest and prettiest in our whole trip.

VariousCuriousStuff.com   –  
Greece GR
Visited: December 2014 Reviewed: Apr 12, 2017

Email VariousCuriousStuff.com  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

Wilderness in its entire splendor!
Overall rating
4/5

An ideal place to experience quietude and divinity. Barely witnessed any sign of human presence at all throughout my staying in the park. Immense areas of empty desert and desolate mountains where various refined for such harsh conditions creatures live. Climbing a dune through dawn to marvel at the desert sunrise, and hiking for a few hours through the extreme desert heat to Sossusvlei salt/clay pan and its for-ages-immemorial-dead trees were among the highlights of the trip.

Andrew Thompson   –  
United Kingdom UK
Visited: December 2017 Reviewed: Feb 16, 2018

Email Andrew Thompson  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Overall rating
4/5

The Namib desert is bleak and barren and vast, but also can be beautiful and surprisingly varied.
Plus there is some great wildlife here if you have a good local guide who knows where and how to find it.

Average User Rating

  • 4.7/5
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