Tag: Heritage Search for Near Search {“hide_search_input”:false,”hide_near_input”:false,”input_size”:””,”bar_flex_wrap”:””,”bar_flex_wrap_md”:””,”bar_flex_wrap_lg”:””,”input_border”:””,”input_border_opacity”:””,”input_rounded_size”:””,”btn_bg”:””,”btn_rounded_size”:””,”btn_rounded_size_md”:””,”btn_rounded_size_lg”:””,”bg”:””,”mt”:””,”mr”:””,”mb”:”3″,”ml”:””,”pt”:””,”pr”:””,”pb”:””,”pl”:””,”border”:””,”rounded”:””,”rounded_size”:””,”rounded_size_md”:””,”rounded_size_lg”:””,”shadow”:””,”css_class”:””} View: Grid 1 View: Grid 2 View: Grid 3 View: Grid 4 View: Grid 5 View: List New Activities & Adventures Favorite Diogo Cão Cross — Cape Cross, 1486Cape Cross is where Portuguese navigator Diogo Cão erected a stone padrão (stone cross) in 1486 — one of the New Activities & Adventures Favorite Skeleton Coast Shipwrecks — The Graveyard of ShipsThe Skeleton Coast earned its name from the bones of sailors and whales that once littered the shore — and New Activities & Adventures Favorite Walvis Bay Deep-Water Harbour — Namibia’s Only Natural PortWalvis Bay is the only natural deep-water harbour on the entire Namibian and southern Angolan coast — a geographical fact New Activities & Adventures Favorite Swakopmund Colonial Architecture Walking TrailSwakopmund is the best-preserved German colonial town in the world outside Europe — a walkable open-air museum of Wilhelmine and New Activities & Adventures Favorite Swakopmund Genocide Memorial MuseumFounded in 2015 by Namibian artist and activist Laidlaw Peringanda, this small but powerful museum documents the German colonial genocide New Activities & Adventures Favorite Swakopmund Jetty — 1905 Iron PierSwakopmund’s most iconic landmark: a 300-metre iron pier extending into the South Atlantic, built between 1904–1911 by a team of New Activities & Adventures Favorite Old Rhenish Mission House — OmaruruOne of the oldest mission buildings in Namibia — the Rhenish Mission established its Omaruru station in 1870 under missionary New Activities & Adventures Favorite Henckert Tourist Centre — Karibib Crafts & CultureA well-established tourist and craft centre in Karibib — a reliable stop for traditional Namibian crafts, gemstones, minerals and curios. New Activities & Adventures Favorite Karibib Historical Cemetery — German Colonial EraKaribib’s cemetery contains gravestones from the German colonial period — including soldiers from the 1904–1908 Herero and Nama Genocide campaign New Activities & Adventures Favorite Usakos Historic Railway Station — Steam Era HeritageUsakos was an important junction on the narrow-gauge railway built by the German colonial administration in the early 1900s. The Newer posts12345Older posts
