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Namibia
For wildlife, southern Africa reigns supreme. Namibia is wonderful for spotting lions, cheetahs, rhinos and leopards, and has the world’s highest dunes and second deepest canyon. It’s a country with huge geographical variety, containing a large part of the Kalahari Desert in the east of the country. In the north is the Etosha Pan, a verdant, game-rich area with a huge range of species. The Namib Desert and Skeleton Coast lie along the western seaboard, while the Caprivi Strip is a dramatic, 450km-long sliver of Namibia between Botswana on the south and Angola and Zambia to the north that provides access to the Zambezi and the habitat of the endangered Wild African Dog.
Fly to Windhoek via Johannesburg with South African Airways from Dhs4,700 return, www.flysaa.com.