Bradt Namibia (Travel Guide)

This new, thoroughly updated seventh edition of Bradt's Namibia remains the longest and most detailed guidebook to this vast African country - more than twice the size of Germany but with less than 3% of the population.With sweeping landscapes, empty roads and wildlife reserves, Namibia has long captured the imagination of photographers, independent travellers and nature enthusiasts. Namibia's immense emptiness offers majestic sand dunes along the Skeleton Coast, seemingly endless gravel plains, vast tracts of farmland and rugged mountains hiding galleries of ancient Bushman rock art.Throw in exhilarating wildlife encounters and the unexpected beauty of the rivers that define the country's northern and southern boundaries, and it's easy to see why Namibia attracts lovers of the great outdoors.Moreover, the country is extraordinarily diverse in human terms.Alongside the increasingly cosmopolitan feel of its capital, Windhoek, and the coastal town of Swakopmund, Namibia is home to many d