Iona National Park, AngolaAI generated

Iona National Park

Angola · Namibe · 500 m

Short description of Iona National Park

Iona is the largest national park in the whole country, a long stretch of the Namib running from the cold Atlantic to the Cunene and the Namibian border, and African Parks took over its management in twenty nineteen. Dunes, gravel plains and wide welwitschia fields fill most of it, and the wildlife is sparse and only slowly returning. Himba families still graze their cattle across the whole south of the park. The first tented camp opened only recently, and everything else here is self sufficient overland travel with a convoy and your own fuel and water.

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Recommended length of stay

Minimum2 days
Optimal3 days
Maximum5 days

Travel seasons at a glance

Best time to visit: May – September

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All highlights and sightsBeta

  1. The dune fields running down to the Atlantic
  2. Welwitschia plains on the park tracks
  3. The overland crossing to the Cunene
  4. Himba cattle camps in the south
  5. Oryx and springbok on the gravel plains
  6. The tented camp inside the park
  7. Night skies over the desert
  8. The Curoca river canyon

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