Windhoek

Windhoek is the capital city of Namibia

With all the modern conveniences of a city, Windhoek usually marks the start of any trip to Namibia. With its international airport most holidays to Namibia start and end in Windhoek.

• Windhoek is full of historical neo-Gothic and art nouveau buildings
  
• Buy from street-side vendors selling handmade arts and crafts
  
• Spend time at the museums of history, natural sciences, and transport
  
• Take a walk down Windhoek’s Independence Avenue
  
• Theatres, galleries and monuments
  
• Game parks within 30 minutes' from the centre of town.

Windhoek is the only proclaimed city in Namibia, its also the administrative, legislative, and everything else centre of the country, and chances are your visit to Namibia will start and end in Windhoek ! The Namibian capital is in the centre of the country and forms a major crossroads to the four ordinal directions. Its population, a meagre 230,000, comprises an impressive mix of Herero, Owambo, Damara, Kavango, Buster, Nama, San, Afrikaans, and German people all to-ing and fro-ing along streets with African and German named streets lined with some decidedly German architecture.As a destination Windhoek cannot compete with the likes of Etosha or Sossusvlei, but the architecture, history, and quirky Afro-Germanic splicing make exploring one of the world's smallest capitals an enjoyable few hours.

Windhoek combines the modern city architectural style with that of the German Colonial era and is home to approximately two hundred thousand , an extremely small capital by global standards. This number is rapidly growing mostly due to lack of employment in rural areas, Despite the large increase in population over the last few years the city centre is extremely clean and trouble free.

The town itself is compact, the suburbs neatly tucked into valleys and around corners, and your essential services are available under one roof in the the Maerua Shopping Mall. An open-air market closer to town sells local arts and crafts and the atmosphere is more of Africa, less of MacDonalds ! North of the city is that sprawling South African phenomenon: the township. Like South Africa's impoverished shanty towns, Katutura is a paradox of poverty and delight that is well worth an accompanied visit.

Out of town in all directions you'll be in Africa's savannah within a few minutes. Wildlife reserves, with varying standards of accommodation, roll off into the rolling brown yonder and the miles of miles of open road await.

There are a wide variety of Windhoek Hotels that we feature, and since most Tours and Safaris start or end in Windhoek, chances are you will get the opportunity to spend a night or two in Windhoek.