Gobabis

Understand

thumb|right|Typical Cattle Farm near Gobabis Gobabis continues to grow as a town due to goods being transported from the mines of landlocked Botswana to the Namibian port of Walvis Bay, and furthermore from consumer goods being imported into Namibia from Gauteng in South Africa. The transport route is known as the Trans-Kalahari Corridor. Gobabis is connected to the Namibian railway system.

The town hosts a state hospital, a state clinic and a private hospital, banking and shopping facilities. Legare Stadium is located in the town.

Epako is a community about 2 km east of the city centre on the Trans-Kalahari Corridor, separated from it by an unpopulated area of ​​bush. Epako was created before Namibia's independence as a home for black workers. About half of the residents of Gobabis live in Epako. The urban landscape of Epakos ranges from one-storey stone houses with a front garden and fence to corrugated iron houses - the so-called shacks - to the smallest temporary accommodation made of plastic and natural materials. The informal settlement area in the north of Epakos makes up a third of Epako (as of 2013).

See

Cattle Country Statue at the southern town entrance, directly on the B6 Churches: Gobabis is the 'Town of the Churches' in Namibia. 14 historic churches are in town, all major denominations are represented.

Sleep

There are numerous lodges and campsites in and around Gobabis.

Goba Lodge is on the outskirts of town and overlooks a dam. Nossob Safaris [http://nossobsafaris.com provides bunk-style and backpackers' accommodation about 12 km out of town on Route C30.

Go next

Witvlei is the next destination on the way to Windhoek.

If you are on your way to Botswana, the next stop is the borderpost at Buitepos.