Rhino Camp

"2024 MAJESTY AND MEGAFAUNA IN NAMIBIA Damaraland, in the far north-west corner of Namibia, is one of the more otherworldly landscapes on the African continent. Cracked red earth stippled with colourless grasses rolls for miles, punctuated by sharp peaks scorched black at their summits. It's severe and incredible, and home to the largest population of desert-adapted black rhino in the country. Ten years ago I travelled to Wilderness's Desert Rhino Camp here. The point was the megafauna - which we tracked, thrillingly, on foot - but I recall wishing that things at the camp, which had formerly been a research station, were a bit... fresher. Cut to this summer. and Desert Rhino Camn has Station, were a bit... Iresher. Cut to this summer, and Desert Rhino Camp has been completely redesigned and rebuilt. Beds are huge and white; ditto the chaises longues, for admiring the views. The dining takes place everywhere: in the cool of a canyon, out in the open under the stars. There are just six tents with layered canvas roofs pulled taut overhead; sliding glass doors and diaphanous soft-grey curtains enclose the tents at night, but during the day, there's nothing between you and the 1.4 million acres of wilderness. wildernessdestinations.com, from $5,860pp"