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Go. Windhoek makes the perfect beginning and end to a journey, but there’s so much more to explore. Etosha ( pictured) is Namibia’s largest national park. Its watering holes are a draw for large herds of plains game and predators, especially in the dry season.

The sculpted sand dunes of Sossusvlei and the blackened remains of long-dead trees at Deadvlei in the Namib-naukluft National Park are among the county’s most iconic sights.

The Kunene region in the north-west is one of Africa’s last great wildernesses, home to epic scenery, the semi-nomadic Himba people and remarkable wildlife. It’s bordered on the west by the wild Skeleton Coast National Park, where fur seals lie amid rusting shipwrecks.

For a taste of Botswana’s Okavango Delta without the price tag, the Caprivi Strip in the north-east is bordered by the Okavango and Zambezi Rivers, with a beautiful landscape and wildlife.