Brandberg Mountain

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Brandberg Mountain is located in Damaraland, in the northwestern Namib Desert in Namibia, near the coast, and covers an area of approximately 650 km².
With its highest point, the Königstein (German for 'King's Stone'), standing at 2573m above sea level and located on the flat Namib gravel plains, on a clear day 'The Brandberg' can be seen from a great distance.
There are various routes to the summit, the easiest (also steepest) being up the Ga'aseb river valley, but other routes include the Hungurob and Tsisab river valleys.
The nearest settlement is Uis, roughly 30 km from the mountain.

Brandberg Mountain, Namibia

Brandberg Mountain seen of Road D2359

Brandberg Massif

The Brandberg Massif or Brandberg Intrusion is a granitic intrusion, which forms a dome-shaped plateau.
The geology of the area is typical of Damaraland, which is littered with eroded mountains, hills and koppies (small hills), which are made up of granite boulders.

Brandberg Massif

Brandberg : Namibia's highest mountain

Namibia's highest mountain

White Lady

The Brandberg is a spiritual site of great significance to the San (Bushman) tribes.
The main tourist attraction is The White Lady rock painting, located on a rock face with other art work, under a small rock overhang, in the Tsisab Ravine at the foot of the mountain.
The ravine contains more than 1 000 rock shelters, as well as more than 45 000 rock paintings.

The White Lady rock painting

The Uis village near of Brandberg Massif

Uis is a tiny town located in one of Namibia's most beautiful desert regions, Damaraland.
The village is located in the shadow of the Brandberg Mountain which is home to the world famous White Lady rock painting, said by some to be over 20 000 years old.
Being also situated on the main road between the coast and the Damaraland interior there is s reasonable amount of traffic and Uis manages to eke out an existence based almost entirely on this traffic passing through the area.
There is a small supermarket, guesthouse and a petrol station, together with a few other small shops.

Uis village, Namibia

Brandberg Rest Camp, Uis

The Brandberg Rest Camp is located in the village of Uis, in the heart of Damaraland, an unspoilt rural area in Namibia.
Conveniently situated en-route between Etosha National Park, Henties Bay, and Swakopmund, the gravel roads to Uis are usually in an excellent condition and the rest camp can be reached by any sedan vehicle.
Camping (per Adult) N$80.

Brandberg rest camp

Beautiful scenery in Namibia ( brandberg )

There are various routes to the summit, the easiest (also steepest) being up the Ga'aseb river valley, but other routes include the Hungurob and Tsisab river valleys.
The nearest settlement is Uis, roughly 30 km from the mountain.

Beautiful scenery in Namibia

D2342 on the road towards the Brandberg

Brandberg west mine

The Brandberg-west mine, an old worked-out tin mine is situated in these mountains.
Tin-tungsten mineralisation occurs in white quartz veins in the dark turbiditic rocks, clearly visible in the walls of the large opencast pit.
Remnants of the original buildings such as offices and living quarters can still be seen.

Near Brandberg west mine

Lizard

Lizard on the rock, Brandberg Massif