Be ready to experience the stark but mesmerizing beauty in Kaokoland Namibia, home of the nomadic Himba people, the rare desert-dwelling elephant, and the black rhinos. Safaris through Namibia and the remote and beautiful Kaokoland. Find the best packages, lodges and accommodation for your itinerary here. Famous for its rugged purple mountain ranges and the Kunene River, Kaokoland is a harsh bit of Namibian desert with huge boulders dotted around and rare wildlife hiding.
Welcome to one of the wildest and least populated areas in Namibia, where Himba people make up a third of the total population. These descendants of the Herero (who migrated further south in the 18th century) retained much of their traditional, nomadic, and pastoral habits. The mountainous Kaokoland is a 4×4 country, its boundaries are the Hoanib River to the Kunene River on the border with Angola.
Most visitors to Kaokoland seek out the unique desert-adapted elephants, often moving up to 200 km a day to find water. They only drink every three or four days, compared with elephants in Etosha which drink 100 to 200 liters of water a day.
Kaokoland is a remote 40 000 square km region where many private lodges offer rhino-tracking safaris on foot or in a 4×4. It’s romantic too!