Angel's Guidebook: Windhoek
Sightseeing
This beautiful wildlife park sits in the Khomas Hochland about 18km west of Windhoek. You can walk to your heart’s content through lovely wildlife-rich desert hills, and spot gemsboks, kudus, mountain zebras, springboks, hartebeests, warthogs and elands. Daan Viljoen is also known for its birdlife and over 200 species have been recorded, including the rare green-backed heron and pin-tailed whydah. Daan Viljoen’s hills are covered with open thorn-scrub vegetation that allows excellent wildlife viewing, and three walking tracks have been laid out. There's also an on-site luxury lodge.
10 คนท้องถิ่นแนะนำ
Daan Viljoen Game Reserv
This beautiful wildlife park sits in the Khomas Hochland about 18km west of Windhoek. You can walk to your heart’s content through lovely wildlife-rich desert hills, and spot gemsboks, kudus, mountain zebras, springboks, hartebeests, warthogs and elands. Daan Viljoen is also known for its birdlife and over 200 species have been recorded, including the rare green-backed heron and pin-tailed whydah. Daan Viljoen’s hills are covered with open thorn-scrub vegetation that allows excellent wildlife viewing, and three walking tracks have been laid out. There's also an on-site luxury lodge.
If Namibia is Africa for beginners, then Windhoek is very much its capital in more than name only. It's the sort of place that divides travellers, with those who love it for the respite it offers from the rigours of life on the African road facing off against those who find it a little too 'Western' for their African tastes. And they're both right: Windhoek is a modern, well-groomed city where office workers lounge around Zoo Park at lunchtime, tourists funnel through Post St Mall admiring African curios and taxis whizz around honking at potential customers. Neobaroque cathedral spires, as well as a few seemingly misplaced German castles, punctuate the skyline, and complement the steel-and-glass high-rises.
8 คนท้องถิ่นแนะนำ
Windhoek
If Namibia is Africa for beginners, then Windhoek is very much its capital in more than name only. It's the sort of place that divides travellers, with those who love it for the respite it offers from the rigours of life on the African road facing off against those who find it a little too 'Western' for their African tastes. And they're both right: Windhoek is a modern, well-groomed city where office workers lounge around Zoo Park at lunchtime, tourists funnel through Post St Mall admiring African curios and taxis whizz around honking at potential customers. Neobaroque cathedral spires, as well as a few seemingly misplaced German castles, punctuate the skyline, and complement the steel-and-glass high-rises.
Sightseeing
If Namibia is Africa for beginners, then Windhoek is very much its capital in more than name only. It's the sort of place that divides travellers, with those who love it for the respite it offers from the rigours of life on the African road facing off against those who find it a little too 'Western' for their African tastes. And they're both right: Windhoek is a modern, well-groomed city where office workers lounge around Zoo Park at lunchtime, tourists funnel through Post St Mall admiring African curios and taxis whizz around honking at potential customers. Neobaroque cathedral spires, as well as a few seemingly misplaced German castles, punctuate the skyline, and complement the steel-and-glass high-rises.
8 คนท้องถิ่นแนะนำ
Windhoek
If Namibia is Africa for beginners, then Windhoek is very much its capital in more than name only. It's the sort of place that divides travellers, with those who love it for the respite it offers from the rigours of life on the African road facing off against those who find it a little too 'Western' for their African tastes. And they're both right: Windhoek is a modern, well-groomed city where office workers lounge around Zoo Park at lunchtime, tourists funnel through Post St Mall admiring African curios and taxis whizz around honking at potential customers. Neobaroque cathedral spires, as well as a few seemingly misplaced German castles, punctuate the skyline, and complement the steel-and-glass high-rises.
The Independence Memorial Museum is a historical museum in Windhoek, Namibia. It focuses on the anti-colonial resistance and the national liberation struggle of Namibia. The museum is located on Robert Mugabe Avenue and was designed and built by Mansudae Overseas Projects, a North Korean firm. The museum was inaugurated on March 21, 2014, the twenty-fourth anniversary of independence of the country, by President Hifikepunye Pohamba. The museum is flanked by two statues: the Sam Nujoma Statue and the Genocide Statue, also built by Mansudae. The Sam Nujoma Statue sits on the site of the German-era Reiterdenkmal equestrian statue.
16 คนท้องถิ่นแนะนำ
Independence Museum
The Independence Memorial Museum is a historical museum in Windhoek, Namibia. It focuses on the anti-colonial resistance and the national liberation struggle of Namibia. The museum is located on Robert Mugabe Avenue and was designed and built by Mansudae Overseas Projects, a North Korean firm. The museum was inaugurated on March 21, 2014, the twenty-fourth anniversary of independence of the country, by President Hifikepunye Pohamba. The museum is flanked by two statues: the Sam Nujoma Statue and the Genocide Statue, also built by Mansudae. The Sam Nujoma Statue sits on the site of the German-era Reiterdenkmal equestrian statue.
Craft Market (Independence Ave)
Independence AvenueFood Scene
Windhoek isn't big on street food but it is big on heading to Single Quarters in Katutura the morning after a night out and watching some guy in a floppy hat cook you the best cuts of meat you will ever know. Give this a miss if you're squeamish because there are whole cow carcasses behind this guy and to get to him you have to walk past a couple of coils of cow skin. That aside, yum. Eat your meat right off the grill and dip in spice and salsa for a real cheap thrill. #meat #yum #cheap-eats
When kapana is ready to eat, it's cut into strips and kept warm on the grill. The big, bad ball of batter next to it is vetkoek. Directly translated from Afrikaans that's 'fat cake'. Vetkoek is not gluten-free, healthy or good for you in any reality but it is delicious. Altogether this will set you back about 23 bucks. N$20 for the meat and N$3 for the ball of deep fried heart attack.
7 คนท้องถิ่นแนะนำ
Open Market
Windhoek isn't big on street food but it is big on heading to Single Quarters in Katutura the morning after a night out and watching some guy in a floppy hat cook you the best cuts of meat you will ever know. Give this a miss if you're squeamish because there are whole cow carcasses behind this guy and to get to him you have to walk past a couple of coils of cow skin. That aside, yum. Eat your meat right off the grill and dip in spice and salsa for a real cheap thrill. #meat #yum #cheap-eats
When kapana is ready to eat, it's cut into strips and kept warm on the grill. The big, bad ball of batter next to it is vetkoek. Directly translated from Afrikaans that's 'fat cake'. Vetkoek is not gluten-free, healthy or good for you in any reality but it is delicious. Altogether this will set you back about 23 bucks. N$20 for the meat and N$3 for the ball of deep fried heart attack.
Shopping
2 minutes walk from our place. This is a great place to visit for grocery, clothes, and food shopping. Lots of shops
25 คนท้องถิ่นแนะนำ
Wernhil Park
Ndemufayo Avenue2 minutes walk from our place. This is a great place to visit for grocery, clothes, and food shopping. Lots of shops
More shopping, with more great options. However you will need to take a taxi and pay about 24 Namibian Dollars
47 คนท้องถิ่นแนะนำ
The Grove Mall of Namibia
Chasie StreetMore shopping, with more great options. However you will need to take a taxi and pay about 24 Namibian Dollars
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Christuskirche
Windhoek’s best-recognised landmark, and something of an unofficial symbol of the city, this German Lutheran church stands on a traffic island and lords it over the city centre. An unusual building, it was constructed from local sandstone in 1907 and designed by architect Gottlieb Redecker in conflicting neo-Gothic and art nouveau styles. The resulting design looks strangely edible, and is somewhat reminiscent of a whimsical gingerbread house. The altarpiece, the Resurrection of Lazarus, is a copy of the renowned work by Rubens.
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Dan Viljoen Game Park
This beautiful wildlife park sits in the Khomas Hochland about 18km west of Windhoek. You can walk to your heart’s content through lovely wildlife-rich desert hills, and spot gemsboks, kudus, mountain zebras, springboks, hartebeests, warthogs and elands. Daan Viljoen is also known for its birdlife and over 200 species have been recorded, including the rare green-backed heron and pin-tailed whydah. Daan Viljoen’s hills are covered with open thorn-scrub vegetation that allows excellent wildlife viewing, and three walking tracks have been laid out. There's also an on-site luxury lodge.