Namibia: Sleeper hit from a travel-packed year Arriving in Windhoek, we wondered if we’d got it wrong. After a Botswana safari and the adrenaline rush of Victoria Falls, Windhoek was oddly tame in a western way. The city’s highways and paved suburbs seemed super-imposed onto an African soul, and almost obliterated it. We were in search of the primal heart of Africa, and Windhoek, although pleasant enough, did not fit the bill. That said, it's good to see another African count