10 Things You Didn’t Know About Namibia

NAMIBIA 10 THINGS YOU DIDN'TKNOW NICKNAMED 'THE GEM OF AFRICA', NAMIBIA REMAINS A LARGELY UNTAPPED, DAZZINGLY BEAUTIFUL HUB OF ADVENTURE. HERE, WE HAVE UNEARTHED SOME OF THE RARER FACTS IT HAS TO OFFER, SO HOP ON A BIG RUGGED JEEP AND JOIN US FOR THE RIDE. NAMIBIA IS HOME TO THE LARGEST SINGLE PIECE OF METEOR ON EARTH IT WEIGHS 66 TONNES NAMIBIA'S LAND MASS IS THE EQUIVALENT TO THAT OF SPAIN AND GERMANY COMBINED 823,290 KM IT HAS A POPULATION OF AROUND 2 MILLION, THE SAME AS PARIS LAKE OTIJKOTO, THE WORLD'S LARGEST UNDERGROUND LAKE, IS LOCATED IN NAMIBIA'S MYSTERIOUS DRAGON'S BREATH CAVE IT IS HOME TO THE OLDEST DESERT IN THE WORLD 43 MILLION YEARS OLD TODAY! IT HAS THE SECOND LOWEST POPULATION DENSITY IN THE WORLD ST ND RD 2" 3 MONGOLIA NAMIBIA SURINAME KENYA (500-1,000) SOUTH AFRICA (750-1,000) BOTSWANA (1,200-1,800) IRAN (70-100) NAMIBIA (2,000-3,000) IT HAS THE LARGEST NUMBER OF CHEETAHS IN THE WORLD ITIS HOME TO THE HIGHESTSAND DUNE INTHE WORLD THE LARGEST NAMIBIAN TRIBE IS THE OVAMBO TRIBE, WHICH CONTAINS AROUND 1,500,000 PEOPLE = 300,000 80% OF THE ENTIRE COUNTRY IS MADE UP OF DESERT destination Locally informed, globally inspired For more information about the unforgettable land of Namibia, visit www.mydestination.com/namibia Sources www.cheetah.org www.mydestination.com/namibia www.namibiatourism.com www.about.com www.travel.nationalgeographic.co.uk www.namibian.org www.rhinoafrica.com 000'000'7 980 FEET NAMIBIA 10 THINGS YOU DIDN'TKNOW NICKNAMED 'THE GEM OF AFRICA', NAMIBIA REMAINS A LARGELY UNTAPPED, DAZZINGLY BEAUTIFUL HUB OF ADVENTURE. HERE, WE HAVE UNEARTHED SOME OF THE RARER FACTS IT HAS TO OFFER, SO HOP ON A BIG RUGGED JEEP AND JOIN US FOR THE RIDE. NAMIBIA IS HOME TO THE LARGEST SINGLE PIECE OF METEOR ON EARTH IT WEIGHS 66 TONNES NAMIBIA'S LAND MASS IS THE EQUIVALENT TO THAT OF SPAIN AND GERMANY COMBINED 823,290 KM IT HAS A POPULATION OF AROUND 2 MILLION, THE SAME AS PARIS LAKE OTIJKOTO, THE WORLD'S LARGEST UNDERGROUND LAKE, IS LOCATED IN NAMIBIA'S MYSTERIOUS DRAGON'S BREATH CAVE IT IS HOME TO THE OLDEST DESERT IN THE WORLD 43 MILLION YEARS OLD TODAY! IT HAS THE SECOND LOWEST POPULATION DENSITY IN THE WORLD ST ND RD 2" 3 MONGOLIA NAMIBIA SURINAME KENYA (500-1,000) SOUTH AFRICA (750-1,000) BOTSWANA (1,200-1,800) IRAN (70-100) NAMIBIA (2,000-3,000) IT HAS THE LARGEST NUMBER OF CHEETAHS IN THE WORLD ITIS HOME TO THE HIGHESTSAND DUNE INTHE WORLD THE LARGEST NAMIBIAN TRIBE IS THE OVAMBO TRIBE, WHICH CONTAINS AROUND 1,500,000 PEOPLE = 300,000 80% OF THE ENTIRE COUNTRY IS MADE UP OF DESERT destination Locally informed, globally inspired For more information about the unforgettable land of Namibia, visit www.mydestination.com/namibia Sources www.cheetah.org www.mydestination.com/namibia www.namibiatourism.com www.about.com www.travel.nationalgeographic.co.uk www.namibian.org www.rhinoafrica.com 000'000'7 980 FEET