• The Kuiseb River is an ephemeral river in western-central Namibia. Its source is in the Khomas Highland west of Windhoek.
  • In the northern half the larger streams reach the sea, but between the Kuiseb and the Orange rivers every stream terminates in a vlei (salt pan or mud flat)...
  • However, perhaps the most impressive views of the Kuiseb River and Canyon is by way of the scenic flights which provide breathtaking views from above.
  • Today’s visitor to the Kuiseb River in the Namib-Naukluft Park would see more or less the same array of features observed by the two travellers more than 150 years...
  • Kuiseb River flooding in 2018 and 2021, with increase of the Kuiseb aquifer level, and local rainfall event in march 2018.
  • A flood in 1963 caused major damage to Walvis Bay, and the subsequent construction of an embankment has blocked the Kuiseb River channel and caused the...
  • The Kuiseb River is an ephemeral river in western-central Namibia.
  • Irregularly shaped dark patches indicate standing water on the desert surface where water has apparently pooled at the end of the Kuiseb River.
  • With permission granted by the Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Namibia, the Kuiseb River, situated in the Namib Naukluft Park, was hiked and explored by...