DAMARALAND

Damaraland with the rugged beauty of its landscape is a region of rolling plains and distant mountain ranges. Unusual geological features such as, rock paintings, engravings, populations of desert-adapted elephant and black rhino, combine to form the unique attraction of Damaraland.
Of interest to tourists in this region is the Petrified Forest which is situated beyond Khorixas. These fossilised giant tree trunks can be found here - some up to 30 m long. The age of these fossil trunks is estimated to be 200 million years. A short drive south-west of the Petrified Forest is Twyfelfontein which is unequalled for its abundance of rock engravings set in a U-shaped valley of unusual reddish sandstone formations and terraces. South-west of Twyfelfontein is the Doros Crater, a site of interesting fossil remains. South of Twyfelfontein is the desolate landscape of the Burnt Mountain, its shale and basalt vividly coloured as if burnt in an inferno. Another geological curiosity nearby, are the perpendicular slabs of basalt known as the Organ Pipes.