Namibia a vast mainly desert country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Namibias has many attractions for the visitor including beautiful open landscapes, two deserts the Namib Desert and Kalahari Desert both wonderful vistas of nature complete with wildlife, flora, fauna and local tribes, Swakopmund the action centre of Namibia offering sky diving, sand boarding, pleasure flights and more, Etosha Park the amazing national park with night lit waterholes and great flat plains populated with large numbers of African animals and birds, Koakoveld and Damaraland remote and barely habited, Brandberg and Spitzkoppe Namibias mountains and there is even Delta in the Okavango reigion in the north of Namibia. All this and more awaits you.

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Namibian History and Culture
Namibia's inhabitants range from hunter-gatherers, herders and farmers to an urban population of semi skilled, skilled and highly skilled people, including traders, industrialists, civil servants and professionals.

When you travel to Namibia you will immediately see there is a diverse amount of culture in the country. Most of the culture in the country is as a result of its history and the various communities from which they came from. Some 1.8 million people live in Namibia. They form a fairly diverse population, spare in much of the country, with only 2.1 people per square kilometre. Over 70% of the Namibians belong to dark skinned, Bantu speaking peoples such as the Ovambo and Herero.The population of Khoisan, consisting primarily of San ( Bushman ) although small in comparison is the largest in Africa. Other cultural minorities include the Damara, the Whites ( mainly Afrikaners and ethnic Germans ), and people of mixed blood known as Coloured and Basters.

»Notable examples of Namibia’s diverse cultural groups are the Herero woman in distinctive Victorian dresses
»Listen to the Nama or the Damara who speak with intriguing clicking sounds
»Meet Himba women with their intricate hairstyles and ornamental copper necklaces and anklets
»San people are the last representatives of the hunter gatherer tradition
Namibian Cultural Background