One of the largest private reserves in Africa, the NamibRand is a world away from any world you know. It is vast and empty, courtesy the strict concession rules that strive to preserve the pristine nature of the place. You will not come across any other car during a game drive. Magnifying the vastness and the barrenness of the reserve is a dense cloak of silence that shrouds the landscape, intermittently broken by the bark of a gecko.
At night, millions of stars light up the sky and cast a warm, magical glow on the landscape. The Orion’s Belt, Mars, and Saturn seem to swim into your vision as you gaze up intently, and if you look long enough, you will see shooting stars streak across this brilliantly-lit canvas. The NamibRand has been designated Africa’s first International Dark Sky Reserve. It is one of the only few places on earth where the night sky is not tainted by artificial lights. A trip to the NamibRand on a holiday to Southern Namibia provides you with the chance to witness a rare celestial spectacle. What you see here is how the sky looked millions of years ago.