Etosha.

Game viewing here works differently from most of Africa: in the dry season animals come to a limited number of waterholes and the visitor waits rather than searches. Several camps have floodlit waterholes, which makes for game viewing after dark without a night drive.

It is excellent for black rhino, elephant and large plains-game concentrations, and the contrast with the desert to the south is the reason the two are almost always combined.

What is here

• Etosha National Park
• Etosha Pan
• Okaukuejo waterhole
• Halali
• Onguma and the private reserves

Elsewhere in Namibia

• Sossusvlei and the NamibSossusvlei's red dunes are the image of Namibia, and Deadvlei's dead camel-thorn trees on a white clay pan are the most photographed thing in the country.
• The Skeleton Coast and DamaralandThe Skeleton Coast is where the desert meets a cold Atlantic, and Damaraland inland holds desert-adapted elephant and ancient rock art.
• Swakopmund and the coastSwakopmund is a German colonial seaside town between the desert and the Atlantic, and the base for the country's adventure activities.
• The Caprivi and the Zambezi RegionThe narrow strip in the far north-east is green, riverine and completely unlike the rest of the country.