Palmwag - Kunene Waterfalls

The drive today will take a fairly long time depending on the number of stops for wildlife and scenic areas like a group of strange-looking Baobab trees together a very long way away from areas where they are known to occur. However, the long drive will be well worth it; this is an incredibly beautiful and dramatic area of the country.
Kunene is one of the fourteen official regions of Namibia and is located in the far northwestern corner of the country. It is roughly 115,000 square kilometres (45,000 square miles) big, with a population density of only 0.75 people per square kilometre (2 per square mile)! Kunene's western edge is the shores of the Atlantic ocean, and in the north it borders Angola's Namibe Province. Compared to the rest of Namibia, it is relatively underdeveloped. This is due to the mountainous inaccessible geography and the dryness that significantly hinders agriculture. It is, however, home to an abundance of wildlife. This includes a wealth of desert adapted wildlife, including the largest population of free-ranging Black Rhinoceros in the world, African Elephant, Lion, Cheetah, Leopard, Spotted Hyaena, Hartmann's Mountain Zebra, Springbok and Gemsbok.
The region gets its name from the 1,050 kilometre (650 miles) long perennial Kunene river, which forms the northern border with Angola. There are all sorts of exciting activities to be enjoyed on and long the river, from boat cruises and canoeing to white-water rafting and fishing. It is also a birdwatching hotspot, with many localised and highly prized species occurring here.
We will cross the Hoanib river valley before driving via the Frans Joubert pass. We will stop at Opuwo, the capital of Kaokoland, for fuel and lunch before driving the last 130km to our lodge on the banks of the Kunene River.