Kunene River

The Kunene is a river that carries its waters through the Namib Desert and is a natural border between Namibia and its northern neighbor Angola.

Kunene originates on the Bie plateau, flows through picturesque plateaus, deserts, deep gorges between mountain ranges, plains, and then flows into the Atlantic Ocean. During the summer rains, the river is abundant, in the dry winter season it becomes very shallow.

The rich flora and fauna of the river and coastal areas are strictly protected. Kunene is famous for its population of Nile crocodiles, so it is better to refrain from swimming in its waters. But to admire the rarest desert elephants, antelopes, birds and other inhabitants of these places is not forbidden.

In the vicinity of the river is the reserve "Stone Forest", where you can see the fossilized 250-300 million years ago trees. Imagining and rock paintings in Twifilfontein, relating to 4-2 millennia BC. e. You can also explore the quaint settlements of the Himba people. This nomadic tribe is quite isolated from the outside world, thanks to which it managed to preserve its traditional beliefs and rituals, and the appearance of the tribe - their hairstyles, clothes and jewelry - is very unusual.

Not far from Kunene is the famous Skeleton Coast.