Brandberg Namibia

Home to the White Lady Rock Painting

Information about Brandberg, Damaraland

The Brandberg Mountain Range– or just the Brandberg – is situated in the Erongo region in the west of Namibia about 90 km from the Atlantic Ocean. The mountain range has a mean height of 2500 metres and impressively surmounts its surrounding by some 2000 meters.

Interesting facts about Brandberg, Damaraland

The best known rock painting, the White Lady, was discovered in 1917 by Reinhard Maack, who was the first European to climb up to the Königstein.

The highest elevation within the Brandberg Mountain Range is the Königsstein, which with its 2573m is the highest mountain of Namibia.

The name of the 30 km long and 23 km wide Brandberg derives from the glowing colours that the setting sun paints onto the mountain range as if the mountain was on fire.

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Highlights in Brandberg, Damaraland

Damaraland Nature Drive

Enjoy a nature drive in Damaraland. You might even be so lucky to spot the elusive and rare Desert Adapted Elephants! These elephants are slightly smaller compared to the Elephants you find in National Parks, and can cover extremely large distances. Depending on the rainy season, they can be spotted roaming the Ugab River. Sightings cannot be guaranteed, but if there is one place in Namibia to spot these impressive giants, it is here.

White Lady Painting

The Brandberg is an open-air art gallery with more than 43 000 individual rock paintings. But it is a single painting that made the mountain especially famous. The White Lady Painting painting is located in a cave known as Maack Shelter and portrays several human figures as well as oryxes (a type of antelope) on a rock panel. Interestingly, the White Lady is neither a lady or white. But you will learn more about that when visiting these rock paintings that are estimated to be approximately 1000 to 2000 years old.