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Namibia's Etosha National Park remains probably the best place in Africa to see the critically endangered black rhino.Head for Namibia's Caprivi Strip & Chobe River for classic riverside game viewing, especially in the June to October dry season.Small communities of Kalahari San Bushmen still live in Namibia - a handful of lodges offer an insight into their lives.Permanent waterholes ensure excellent dry-season game viewing at Etosha, especially as many function as ambush points for predators too!Several of Namibia's safari lodges rank among the best accommodations in the country - this is Mokuti, set just outside Etosha.Head for an Etosha waterhole - either at camp or on a game drive - to sit & wait; in such a dry country you'll always be rewarded.Photographers will love the crisp clean lines of the Sossusvlei dunes, best viewed in the soft early morning light.What better way to appreciate the scale & grandeur of the Namib Desert than from 1 000 feet? Several lodges offer balloon safaris.An unusual combination of paintings & engravings, the Khoisan rock art at Twyfelfontein ranks among the best in Southern Africa.Etosha's waterholes have an international reputation for delivering some of the easiest, most diverse game viewing in Africa.Huge baobabs are found across Northern Namibia - this one is in the Waterberg National Park.Lions are found throughout Namibia but no more so than in Etosha National Park where they are commonly seen.Summer rains bring a splash of green to Namibia's Sossusvlei - vital grazing for the area's herds of gemsbok antelope.Leave your footprints on one of Sossusvlei's majesterial sand dunes - there'll be no trace of them the next day.
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