Sandwich Harbour Sandwich Harbour lies 64km south of Walvis Bay along a rough-hewn track which can only be accessed with a 4×4 vehicle. It is best to go on a guided Sandwich Harbour Tour, or on a Guided self-drive tour. Sandwich Harbour was attractive to seafarers, as a destination for fresh water, meat, whaling and fishing. Now it is best-known…
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Walvis Bay Saltworks Walvis Bay Salt Holdings (Pty) Ltd, through its various subsidiaries, is the largest producer of solar evaporated sea salt in sub-Saharan Africa and a well-respected player in the Namibian mining and manufacturing sectors. The company producers over 1,000 000 tonnes of sea salt, on an area of 6000ha, and exports various grades of Salt…
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How Did Sandwich Harbour get its Name? Sandwich Harbour in Namibia, also called Sandfisch Hafen (German), Sandvishawe (Afrikaans), or Anichab (Nama) where the Kuiseb River formerly flowed into the ocean. The Nama name is Anichab, translated is ‘the place where many birds are’. Even today one can see up to 50,000 seabirds, such as Flamingos, Pelicans, Terns, and Plovers at this beautiful…
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