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Places worth the detour in Namibia

Detourmap lists 42 places in Namibia, across 2 kinds of detour; nature & landscapes are the largest group (28). Best known: Etosha National Park. 26 rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.

Nature28 Archaeological14 Macabre sites8
Places
42
Oldest here
Kombat 1900
Little known
26 of 42
Most from
20th century

Nature & landscapes in Namibia 28

All 28 nature & landscapes in Namibia →

Archaeological & historic sites in Namibia 14

All 14 archaeological & historic sites in Namibia →

Questions about this page

What is the best known place worth the detour in Namibia?

Etosha National Park, 20th century. National park of Namibia. It leads because more Wikipedia language editions cover it than any other place here.

How many places worth the detour are there in Namibia?

42: 28 nature & landscapes and 14 archaeological & historic sites. 26 of them are little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages.

What is the oldest place on this map in Namibia?

Kombat, dated to 1900. 8 of the 42 places here carry a founding date at all.

Where does this information come from?

Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.