Huab & Aba-Huab River Desert Elephants
Huab River
Wild African elephants adapted to the desert migrate along dry riverbeds. Following a guide in a four-wheel-drive vehicle to find the herds is Damaraland’s top experience.
Desert elephants have long legs and large feet, and they can go several days without drinking. They mainly move along the Aba Huab and Huab riverbeds. Camps around Twyfelfontein all offer half-day tracking tours of about 3 to 4 hours, costing several hundred to over a thousand Namibian dollars per person, and guides look for elephants based on that day’s tracks. To drive into the riverbed, you need a four-wheel-drive vehicle, and you must keep a distance of at least 50 m. Never get out of the vehicle, as it is especially dangerous when there are calves in the herd.
Opening hours
Early morning or afternoon recommended
Nearby sights
- Damara Living Museum
- Twyfelfontein Rock Engravings
- Organ Pipes
- Burnt Mountain
- Doros Crater
- Petrified Forest
- Brandberg Mountain
- Brandberg White Lady