fun things to do with kids in Namibia - family travel    
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    Namibia
Namib Desert
Namibia, the "living desert," is a unique landscape, with the highest sand dunes and driest deserts, but inland you’ll find verdant game parks with a boggling array of elephants, giraffes, ostriches, lions, cheetahs, leopards, wildebeests, and rare endangered black and white rhinos. Wherever you travel in Namibia, it’s sure to be an adventure for kids and parents.
Kids will have fun learning about African animals, especially footprints and other tracking signs. Also, since Namibia is in the southern hemisphere, summer (their winter) is a great time to visit.
Tip: Don't miss our top picks for children's books on Namibia, recommended by the staff of Travel for Kids.
    North Etosha National Park
   
    Namib-Naukluft Park
   

Fun food

     

Try kudu stroganoff, zebra steaks, or ostrich egg omelettes (breakfast or dinner time at home won't be the same when your kids get back home).

   

Shopping

     

Shop for necklaces and bracelets galore (made out of all sorts of stuff such as mussel and ostrich shells), or pillows embroidered with traditional designs and animal motifs, and small carved wooden elephants or giraffes.

kids books namibia
     
Caring for Cheetahs - kids books Namibia  
Caring for Cheetahs
Rosanna Hansen

Meet Chewbaaka, a cheetah in a nature reserve, run by the Cheetah Conservation Fund in Namibia. Find out about work to rescue injured or orphaned cheetahs, plus fun facts about these big cats. Super photographs of cheetahs running, playing, eating, relaxing. (Picture book)

 

     

Action-packed adventures of young Akimbo who knows the African animals and their ways – tracking down elephant poachers, taking care of a lion cub until it returns to the wild, paddling in a river full of crocodiles, studying baboons in the wild. (Chapter books)

 

 
Akimbo and the Elephants - kids books Namibia
     
The Elephant Scientist  
The Elephant Scientist
Caitlin O'Connell, Donna M. Jackson

Caitlin O'Connell is a scientist who studies elephants in Namibia's Etosha National Park. Learn about these amazing animals and her fascinating research, showing that elephants can listen and respond to sounds through their feet! Good for older kids. (Picture book)

 

     
Tree of Life
Barbara Bash

Experience the rhythms of life centered on the ancient baobab tree – colorful birds make their nests, caterpillars and grasshoppers eat the leaves, fruit bats lap up flower nectar, elephants munch the bark. Beautifully illustrated. (Picture book)

 

 
Tree of Life - kdis books Namibia
     
 

Not a kid's book per se, this is a super guide to the animals, birds, and reptiles you'll see in Namibia, plus how to spot tracks and signs. Detailed descriptions of each animal are accompanied by excellent photographs. (Guidebook)