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Windhoek and Khomas

Sleep in Windhoek the first night, collect the rental car in the morning, and start the loop; come back for one last night before the flight.

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Key facts · Namibia

Best months
Apr–Oct
Visa
Depends on your passport
Currency
Namibian dollar
Language
English is the only official language
Plugs
M · D · 220–230 V
Time zone
Central Africa Time
Month by month here
Rules in force · 7Nine African countries on this site have no trip line bec…Across the subregion, plan every road leg to arrive befor…
  • Africa ↗When a route touches a yellow-fever country — even a transit of 12 hours or more — keep the original yellow card (ICVP) in your hand luggage; health desks and airlines can refuse boarding or entry without it.
  • Africa ↗Nine African countries on this site have no trip line because governments advise against travel; several others have no-go regions. Read your government's advice for every country on the route before paying deposits.
  • Southern Africa ↗A rental car may leave its home country only with the rental company's cross-border letter, the registration papers and paid road taxes at each post; driving into Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique or Angola without them ends at the border.
  • Southern Africa ↗Across the subregion, plan every road leg to arrive before sunset: livestock, wildlife, pedestrians and unlit trucks make night driving the main cause of serious visitor accidents.
  • Namibia ↗Check visa and entry rules for your passport on official Namibian government sources before booking: since 1 April 2025 citizens of 33 countries, including the US, UK, most of the EU, Canada and Australia, need a visa on arrival or an e-visa.
  • Namibia ↗Taking a rental car into Botswana, South Africa, Zambia or Zimbabwe needs written permission from the rental company and the right papers; ask when you book.
  • Namibia ↗Etosha gates open at sunrise and close at sunset: you must be inside a camp or out of the park by closing time.

Windhoek is the start and end of most Namibian loops, not the destination. One night at each end is enough: the first to recover from the flight and collect the car, the last to repack and reach the airport with margin.

Where to sleep

1 place in this region

Plan the nights

How to split the nights, day-trips and what to do with your bags

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Night sequences

1 nights
Windhoek 1 before the loop
2 nights
Windhoek 1 + 1 at the end of the loop
  • Do not collect a rental car and start a gravel drive on the day you land.

Bags between cities

No luggage forwarding culture: leave excess bags at the Windhoek hotel if the loop returns here.

When to go

Months and weather

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Seasons at a glance

From each city's month table

Pick a month to see where to go.

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Windhoek
Namibia (country-wide)
Go: the good monthsFair: workable, mixedPoor: heat, rain or hazeAvoid: storms, floods, closuresno data yet

Computed from each country’s own data; hover a country name for the source. Advisory countries are left out.

Eat and move on

Regional food and where to go next

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Go next

Other regions of the country

Namib Desert and Sossusvlei

planned

2–3 nights

Sesriem and Sossusvlei dunes; be at the dunes at sunrise

Swakopmund and the Coast

planned

2–3 nights

Swakopmund base; Walvis Bay lagoon, dune and boat trips

Damaraland and Kunene

planned

2–3 nights

Twyfelfontein rock engravings, desert-adapted wildlife, remote lodges

Etosha National Park

planned

2–4 nights

Self-drive game viewing from camps inside or lodges near the gates

Windhoek and Khomas: what we know, and what is coming

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On this page

  1. 1 places with their role: where to sleep, what to do as a day trip
  2. How to split 1 or 2 nights
  3. Seasons month by month, from the cities’ own tables
  4. What to do with the big bag between beds

Coming as the guide grows

  1. Climate strip by zone, with the storm and haze months
  2. Get in: airports and stations with door-to-door times
  3. Regional passes and cards, with a buy / skip verdict
  4. Regional food: what, where and when it works

Meanwhile

Planning aids

Built from this guide's own data

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Region in numbers

Where to sleep
1 base
Nights suggested
1–2 nights

Trips that stop here

From the Namibia guide

  • Desert and coast

    7 days · 2 nights here

    Windhoek → Sossusvlei (Sesriem) → Swakopmund → Windhoek

  • The classic loop

    10 days · 2 nights here

    Windhoek → Sossusvlei (Sesriem) → Swakopmund → Damaraland → Etosha → Windhoek

  • Loop with Spitzkoppe and slow Etosha

    14 days · 2 nights here

    Windhoek → Sossusvlei (Sesriem) → Swakopmund → Spitzkoppe → Damaraland → Etosha → Waterberg Plateau → Windhoek

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Local time

What time it is there now, compared with the clock on your device.

  • Windhoek

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