 Damaraland
- Twyfelfontein, Organ Pipes, Burnt Mountain...
Khorixas is the capital of
Damaraland.
From here you can only use gravel roads in Northerly, Easterly and
Westerly directions. Towards the East you get to the
Skeleton Coast
and to the Twyfelfontein
area, further North you’ll reach
Kaokoveld.
accommodation, activities...
The rock engravings of Twyfelfontein
 Further
East you will reach the mountains of Twyfelfontein, some 100 km from Khorixas. The biggest concentration of San paintings and engravings in
Southern Africa can be experienced here. They are supposed to be
approximately 6000 years old (the oldest paintings are an estimated
25.000 – 28.000 years old!).
The Organ Pipes
Close to Twyfelfontein
another picturesque highlight is waiting for you: the valley of the
organ pipes. These basalt pipes are the remnants of a volcanic
eruption.
The Burnt Mountain
Another
basalt formation in the area of Twyfelfontein, a stone through away
from the organ pipes, is the so called "burnt mountain". At dawn this
mountain seems to burn. |
Tourism offers
map 9 all offers
 |
deutsch
