Daan Viljoen Nature Reserve

Quick Africa wildlife experience before flying out

My colleague and I had a couple of hours to spare and decided to visit this nature reserve that’s less than 30 minutes from Windhoek. We ended up driving one of the trails and saw various wildlife l...

Nice park - bad management

Very nice park, with spectacular views and close enchanting encounters with giraffes and wildebeest. However, unquantified staff, not really interested in giving advice. We wanted to do the 9 km wa...

A 9 km Hike in the Untamed Wilderness without Encountering a Soul

Daan Viljoen Nature Reserve is an expansive natural haven with wild (though not dangerous) animals, making it a safe destination for hiking. We embarked on the 9 km long, well-marked Rooibos Trail, w...

Daan Viljoen private camping experience

The mountain views are lovely! We saw a large herd of red hartebees on our way in. The refurbishment of the park has been very successful. The only problem are the baboons. You have to be very alert a...

Self directed game drive

Reserve is not open to day visitors but with a 4x4 you can do a self directed game drive which costed us N$.190 for vehicle and 2 adults