Damaraland

Damaraland is a name given to the north-central part of what later became Namibia, inhabited by the Damaras. It is bounded roughly by Ovamboland in the north, the Namib Desert in the west, the Kalahari Desert in the east, and Windhoek in the south.

It is one of the most scenic areas in Namibia, a huge, untamed, ruggedly beautiful region that offers a more adventurous challenge. There are prehistoric water courses with open plains and grassland, massive granite kopjies and deep gorges. Towards the west, the geography changes dramatically with endless sandy wastes that sustain small, but wide-ranging, populations of desert-adapted elephant, black rhino, giraffe, ostrich and springbok.

Damaraland is a world heritage site due to the region being one of the largest and most important concentrations of rock art in Africa. One of the most prominent collections of rock paintings and engravings in Namibia can be viewed at Twyfelfontein.