Desert Elephant Tracking
A morning drive along the dry riverbeds with a guide and a community tracker. You read footprints and dung until you find a herd, then watch quietly from the vehicle.
Twyfelfontein & Damaraland
1 stay4 activities
About Damaraland
Damaraland is a wide land of flat-topped red mountains, dry riverbeds and pale grass. At Twyfelfontein, thousands of engravings of giraffe, rhino and footprints are cut into the sandstone, some of them several thousand years old. In the valleys of the Huab and Aba-Huab rivers live elephants adapted to the desert, who walk long distances between water.
Ochre Ridge stands on a ridge 35 km from Twyfelfontein, with 16 suites looking over the valley. Stay at least two nights: one day for the rock art, one for tracking elephants. The Brandberg, Namibia's highest mountain, is within a day's drive.
The dry months from May to October are best for elephants, as they keep close to the riverbeds. Summer rain is short and brings fresh grass and dramatic skies.
Things to do
Twyfelfontein Rock Art
A guided walk among the engravings at Twyfelfontein, with time to see the Lion Plate and the dancing kudu. Combined with the Organ Pipes and Burnt Mountain.
Ridge Sundowner Walk
A short guided walk up behind the lodge to a flat rock over the valley, with drinks as the mountains turn orange.
Brandberg Day Trip
A long day to the Brandberg and a walk to the White Lady painting in the Tsisab ravine. Picnic lunch, early start.
