- Namibia has the largest population of free-roaming cheetahs and rhinos in the world
- It is home to one of Africa’s largest concentrations of rock petroglyphs
- You can expect to see some of the largest sand dunes in the world. Around the Sossusvlei salt pan, dunes reach heights of over 656ft
- It is the second least densely populated country on earth
- The Namib, which fringes the country’s coastline, is one of the oldest deserts in the world and is believed to be around 80 million years old
- The word ‘Namib’ means ‘vast place’, which feels very apt for a desert that is 31,250 square miles long
- Namibia’s coastline is called the Skeleton Coast, earning its name from the ghostly shipwrecks that lay scattered along it
- Namibia was the first country to include environment protection into its constitution
- Namibia was a German colony until 1915 and under South African control until 1968 (when it was called South West Africa). It wasn’t until 1990 that the country gained independence
- Namibia is one of only two countries in the world to have desert elephants
