Win! A Trip To Namibia And A Nikon Camera

Experience epic dunes, wildlife and cultures, and capture them perfectly with Nikon, Imagine Africa and South African Airways

With its rippling dunes, wildlife-rich parks and ancient tribal lands, Namibia is Africa’s adventure capital. It’s a country where sandy mountains seamlessly blend into endless wilds and leopards stalk prey through lush bushlands. You can explore the country’s highlights and hidden corners yourself, as you and a friend have a chance to win an 11-night Namibia experience from award-winning specialist tour operator Imagine Africa. The winner will also get to take full advantage of the scenery with a top-of-the-range Nikon D3400 camera.

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Namibia is awash with wild corners, but the capital, Windhoek, is a fitting starting point. Its breezy location – nestled nearly 1,700m above sea level – and laid-back vibe makes it a pleasant spot to explore, and very different to the other, more bustling, African capitals. Its tree-lined boulevards a nod to the German colonists who founded it in 1890, and their façades still sprinkle the city centre.

The rugged Auas Mountains to the south and sloping Khomas Hochland Plateau to the west are just tasters of the wilds that lie beyond, with the shifting sands of Sossusvlei only a five-hour drive away. The latter’s cracked white salt pans dissolve into a sea of amber where 300m-high dunes rise up like huge waves rippling through the Namib Desert. Walking, quad biking and horse riding are all fine ways to absorb the scenery, but arguably floating high above in a hot-air balloon is the best means of getting a true sense of its grand scale, especially as the sands turn a deep red at sunset – an eminently snappable image if there ever was one.