Damaraland Camp is a remote camp on a rocky hill, nestling amongst the red-purple mountain scenery typical of the Etendeka lava flows. The camp is about 20 to 30 minutes drive from the, mostly dry, Huab river. Most of the wildlife is to be found along the river bed.
The Camp at Dawn
An Oasis near to the Camp,
belonging to an Irrigated Smallholding
Sundowner near to Camp, showing
bleak landscape in the background
Twyfelfontein valley, another part of the Huab river, has been inhabited by stone-age hunter-gatherers of the Wilton stone age culture since approximately 6,000 years ago. They made most of the engravings and probably all the paintings. 2,000 to 2,500 years ago the Khoikhoi, an ethnic group related to the San (Bushmen).
Engravings on their flat surfaces
This strange plant, the national plant of Namibia, is endemic to Damaraland and neighbouring southern Angola where there is very little rainfall.
