Tsaobis Nature Park Restcamp

Venturing up to this site is best done in a good sturdy vehicle… and that way you can get out onto the four-wheel drive trails that run through the surrounds, taking in stunning rock formations and landscapes enroute (including a most unusual marble ‘amphitheatre’). If you don’t fancy tackling the thick sand and mud along the tracks, get your boots on instead for hikes on marked trails – the site has details of six routes, ranging from a couple of kilometres to a 15-kilometre one for the truly intrepid types. For more of this natural gorgeousness, get in the car for the trip to the huge dunes of the Namib-Naukluft National Park (an hour and a half away) or the rocky peaks of Grosse Spitzkuppe Nature Reserve (two hours and 15 minutes). Or, if all the hiking and bumping around on trails has left you a little tender around the edges, perhaps it’s time for a spa treatment and a soak in the thermal waters at Gross Barmen hot springs (two hours and 15 minutes).