ACTIVITY ATLAS ACTIVITY ATLAS

ACTIVITY ATLAS SOUTHERN AFRICA

SOUTHERN AFRICA
SOUTHERN AFRICA
SOUTH AFRICA, LESOTHO, SWAZILAND, NAMIBIA, BOTSWANA, ZIMBABWE, MOZAMBIQUE
ZAMBIA, MALAWI, TANZANIA, KENYA, UGANDA, RWANDA & BURUNDI
ALSO INCLUDES MADAGASCAR & THE INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS

HISTORY • PEOPLE & CULTURE • NATURAL WONDERS • ANIMALS & PLANTS • ADVENTURE REGIONS
ADVENTURES BY REGION • CONTACT DETAILS
POPULAR ROUTES • SUGGESTED SITES & ACTIVITIES ROUTE MAPS • REGIONAL MAPS • SITE MAPS
CITY & TOWN MAPS • REGIONAL PHOTOGRAPHS
NATIONAL PARKS & RESERVES • PEOPLE & PLACES • DISTANCE CHART • DETAILED RESOURCE SECTION

2nd Edition REVISED & UPDATED

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CONTENTS SPREAD NO

SOUTHERN AFRICA
OVERVIEW:
HISTORY 
CITIES & PEOPLE 
NATURAL WONDERS 
Lake
Turkana ANIMALS & PLANTS
ADVENTURE REGIONS
UGANDA KENYA
Murchison Falls SOUTH AFRICA 
Marsabit NR
Lake Albert Aberdare Losai NR (INCLUDES LESOTHO & SWAZILAND)
Queen Elizabeth NP KAMPALA NP
Masai Buffalo Springs NR
Lake Edward Lake Mara NP Mt Kenya NP
Victoria NAMIBIA 
RWANDA NAIROBI
Virunga NP KIGALI Serengeti Nairobi NP
Lake Kivu NP Tsavo NP Lamu BOTSWANA 

Nyungwe Amboseli NP
Forest Reserve Ngorongoro Malindi
BUJUMBURA Crater Mombasa ZIMBABWE 
BURUNDI
Tarangire NP KilimanjaroPemba Island
Lake Tanganyika Arusha NP
Zanzibar MOZAMBIQUE 
DODOMA
TANZANIA DAR ES SALAAM
Mafia Island ZAMBIA 
Lake Mweru Selous GR SEYCHELLES
Praslin Island MALAWI 
Nyika NP COMOROS
Shiwa Ngandu Lake Malawi Mahé Island
Aldabra Islands TANZANIA 
Kasungu NP
Luangwa NP LILONGWE Montagne d’Ambre NP
ZAMBIA Ankarana SR KENYA
Monkey Bay
ue NP Cahora Liwonde NP
LUSAKA Bassa Mozambique Island
Lake MALAWI THE GREAT LAKES 
Kariba Mana Pools NP Z (INCLUDES RWANDA BURUNDI
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Livingstone Kariba MOZAMBIQUE Analamazaotra

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MAURITIUS
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HARARE (Périnet SR) & UGANDA)

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Victoria Falls
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Mutare Gorongosa NP ANTANANARIVO

Hwange Rodrigues Island INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS
ZIMBABWE Beira
n Bulawayo
o Makgadikgadi Great Zimbabwe MADAGASCAR CITY MAPS 
Bazaruto Archipelago
RÉUNION
Pans CAPE TOWN
(FRANCE)
WANA Kruger NP DURBAN
SWAZILAND Inhambane JOHANNESBURG
RONE Pilgrim’s Rest MASERU & MBABANE
PRETORIA Mpumalanga MAPUTO
WINDHOEK
umankind Nelspruit
MBABANE GABORONE
HluhluweiMfolozi GR Zululand
HARARE
Dundee St Lucia COUNTRIES COVERED BY THIS ATLAS
OTHO Ladysmith CITIES TOWNS REGIONS & SITES
MAPUTO
Battlefields LUSAKA
MASERU Durban
rica BLANTYRE
NP Sani Pass Port Edward DAR ES SALAAM
fort Wild Coast NAIROBI
st East London
a KIGALI BUJUMBURA &
Addo Elephant NP KAMPALA
n
Port Elizabeth ANTANANARIVO
PORT LOUIS & VICTORIA

CONTACT DETAILS 
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North East  Etosha to Caprivi

Za Sioma Ngwezi
Oshikango ANGOLA mb
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Mucusso National Park i
Ruacana C46 B1 Cuangar Katima
Ohangwena Kongola
Mulilo Kazungula
Rundu
Oshakati Ondangwa Mucusso Ngoma
Caprivi
C41 Kavango Nyangana
B8
Game Park Mudumu
Chobe
NP
Omusati Oshikoto Forest
C35 Oshivelo

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Etosha National Park Pan B1 Game Park Chobe NP
Okatjiura
C38 Khorab Tsumeb Kanovlei Okavango
War Delta
Moringa Okaukuejo Moremi Game
Forest Memorial Hoba Meteorite
C44 Reserve Nxai Pan
C38 Grootfontein National Park
Kamanjab Otavi Tsumkwe Nokaneng Baines’
Maun Baobabs
Petrified Outjo Coblenz Otjozondjupa Gweta
Forest C39 Waterberg A3
C39 Plateau
Khorixas Otjiwarongo Game Park NAMIBIA Toteng Makgadikgadi
Pans GR
Okakarara
KM 100 BOTSWANA Makgadikgadi
C35 C33 B1 Central Pans
C22 Kalahari
MI 60 GR

ETOSHA NP
C35 NEHALE LYA B1
MPINGANA GATE
Andoni
Natukanaoka Toilet Oshivelo
Pan Ovambo
State Forest
Etosha
Okatjiura Groot Okevi
Aoba Lodge
Etosha National Park Etosha Pan Fort Namutoni
Toilet VON LINDEQUIST GATE
Ozonjuitjim Namutoni
Duineveld Nomab C38
Tobieroen Sonderkop ’Bari Toilet
Chudob Mokuti
Dolomietpunt
Halali Lodge
Teespoed Toilet Kalkheuwel
Kowares Duiwelsvuur Toilet Toilet
Okawao
C35 Charl Marais Lake
Jakkalswater Pan Okaukuejo Guinas
Aasvoëlbad Moringa A
Forest Aus Guinas
Otjovasandu Tsumeb
Gagarus Ongava ANDERSSON GATE
Karos Lodge Ombika
Conservation Mon
Hobatere Area B1
Desir
Lodge Biermanskool Khorab War
Weissbrünn Toshari
Rock Inn Memorial
Engravings C39
Kamanjab C40 C38 Otavi B8

ETOSHA NATIONAL PARK
Etosha (‘great white place’ in Herero,
due to the bright sun) is one of the finest
game reserves to be found in Southern
Africa and is a vital game reserve for the
entire region. The park is home to 114
species of mammal, 340 bird species, 110
different reptiles, 16 species of amphib-
ian and yet just one fish species … and
all of this is found in the 22,000km2
(13,670 sq. miles) that make up the park
named after the massive pan that covers
a vast 5,000km2 (3,107 sq. miles), stretch-
ing roughly 120km (74.5 miles) from east
AN IDEAL BASE CAMP
Katima Mulilo boasts really good
facilities for travellers and is an excel-
lent base to explore and embark on
adventure activities, as it’s located on
the banks of the mighty Zambezi
River, and it is an easy base to hop
into Zambia, Zimbabwe or Botswana.
to west and some 70km (43.5 miles)
across at its widest point. The pan sel-
dom boasts much water (if any) as it is
fed by the rains rather than reliable
rivers, and even when the rains fall
hard, few areas fill up or flood due to
the incredibly high rate of evaporation.
Etosha is best explored in your own car
without a guide. The roads are good and
the open landscape allows for excellent
wildlife spotting, although there are also
sections that are thick, bushy and wood-
ed. Oryx (or gemsbok) tend to congre-
gate around Etosha’s waterholes. The
rainy season signals the arrival of sum-
mer migrants in the form of mammals
and birds. In good years the pan will be
alive with thousands of flamingoes. The
western reaches of Etosha feature some
unique areas, including the fascinating
Moringa Forest or Haunted Forest,
dubbed Sprokieswoud in Afrikaans. The
Haunted Forest is littered with weirdly
contorted moringa trees which were,
quite possibly, shaped by browsing
herds of elephant and giraffe. Etosha has
three main rest camps (Namutoni, Halali
and Okaukuejo) with perimeter fencing
and superb floodlit waterholes which
can be visited 24 hours a day. The park
walked tall as the world’s largest game
reserve until the 1960s, when its surface
area was (over time) reduced by nearly
80%. Nonetheless, Etosha remains one of
Africa’s largest and greatest parks.
KHAUDUM GAME PARK
Khaudum is wild, four-wheel-drive
country and while its remoteness might
add to its charm, it also demands travel-
ling in a group with adequate supplies.
The lack of fencing around Khaudum
(with the exception of the boundary
with Botswana) allows animals to leave
the park in search of fresh grazing and
water during the rainy season, thus
ensuring a proliferation of wildlife to
watch, particularly wild dogs and roan
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antelope. Artificial waterholes provide
some of the best wildlife spotting.
Winter is best for game viewing, but
you’ll need patience: free-roaming ani-
mals don’t take kindly to noise, particu-
larly from humans and loud vehicles!
The heavier summer rain thickens the
dry woodland savanna (which is located
on settled parts of the Kalahari’s sand
dunes), which encourages a vibrant
birdlife for ‘twitchers’ to focus on.
THE WATERBERG PLATEAU
The Waterberg Plateau Game Park dom-
inates the surrounding landscape, its
steep cliffs rise hundreds of metres
above the surrounding plains, making
the plateau something of a refuge for
wildlife. Many of Namibia’s endangered
species have been rehomed here to safe-
guard them from poachers and preda-
tors, and this animal paradise towers
1,800m-plus (1,1118ft) above sea level.
Due to its conservation success it sup-
plies rare species of game and wildlife to
many of Namibia’s other parks. Its
amazing biodiversity also allows this
small park to support a wide array of
animals. You can drive around the park
on one of the organised game drives but
NOT on your own: the animals prefer it
KHAUDUM GAME PARK
Cwiba
NAMIBIA
Khaudum
Kavango
Tamsu
Burkea
that way! Walking in the park provides
incredible scenery and game viewing,
with 200 bird species (black eagles and
Cape vultures), age-old dinosaur tracks
and San rock art.
TSUMEB
Attractive and laid back, Tsumeb’s name
can be translated to mean “to dig a hole
in loose ground”, appropriate for one of
Namibia’s key mining towns which has
attained a worldwide reputation in the
mining community. The Tsumeb
Museum offers visitors a window into
the past while the Tsumeb Cultural
Village is an open air museum that
allows a first-hand look at what tribal
life is all about in Namibia.
GROOTFONTEIN
Meaning ‘large fountain’ for its natural
springs, Grootfontein’s fascinating Old
Fort Museum has interesting historic
photographs, gems, rocks and a display
on the old art of wagon and cart manu-
facture. The 60-ton Hoba meteorite (the
largest recorded on earth) can be found
50km (31miles) outside town. Almost
3m2 (9.8ft2) and between 75–122cm
(30–48in) thick, it may have celebrated
in the region of 200 to 400 million birth-
days. Hoba found its home here around
80,000 years ago.
amasere
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Khaudum
Khaudum
Waterhole
BOTSWANA

Waterhole Doringstraat
Waterhole
Khaudum
Game Leeupan
Tsau Waterhole
Park Waterhole
Elands Drink Dussi
Waterhole Waterhole
Tari Kora
Waterhole
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Omuramba ho
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Waterhole Nhoma
Soncana
Sikereti Waterhole

Baikiaea
Waterhole
Top to bottom: a pensive zebra; a pair of oryx;
Sikereti
Pan the enduring welwitschia plant.
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ACTIVITY ATLAS SOUTHERN AFRICA

SOUTHERN AFRICA
SOUTHERN AFRICA
SOUTH AFRICA, LESOTHO, SWAZILAND, NAMIBIA, BOTSWANA, ZIMBABWE, MOZAMBIQUE
ZAMBIA, MALAWI, TANZANIA, KENYA, UGANDA, RWANDA & BURUNDI
ALSO INCLUDES MADAGASCAR & THE INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS

HISTORY • PEOPLE & CULTURE • NATURAL WONDERS • ANIMALS & PLANTS • ADVENTURE REGIONS
ADVENTURES BY REGION • CONTACT DETAILS
POPULAR ROUTES • SUGGESTED SITES & ACTIVITIES ROUTE MAPS • REGIONAL MAPS • SITE MAPS
CITY & TOWN MAPS • REGIONAL PHOTOGRAPHS
NATIONAL PARKS & RESERVES • PEOPLE & PLACES • DISTANCE CHART • DETAILED RESOURCE SECTION

2nd Edition REVISED & UPDATED

TRAVEL © Map Studio 2008. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored
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magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission in
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