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Reviews of Burnt Mountain

• Jasper Paulsen

  1

  Reviewed: 2024-12-29

  Disappointing and Overpriced For 250 NAD per person, you’d expect more than a brief 10-minute stroll past some unremarkable basalt stones. There’s no real information provided, and the site feels neglected. Namibia has so many incredible sights—this isn’t one of them.

• samirkumar lakhtaria

  5

  Reviewed: 2024-07-28

  The Burnt Mountain (Afrikaans: Verbrande Berg) is a hill with a solidified lava flow at the foot of a 12-kilometre-long volcanic ridge in Damaraland in northern Namibia.[1] The 80-million-year-old stream of lava was formed by thermal and compression metamorphism and its red, brown, cream and purple colours creates a striking contrast at dusk with the surrounding 200-million-year-old beige rocks of Karoo slate. Burnt Mountain rises above the surrounding area by about 200 metres and is not far from the Organ Pipes on the D3254 road and about 10 kilometres southeast of Twyfelfontein. Since 15 September 1956, the Burnt Mountain has been a National Monument of Namibia this would be a large mountain that looks like burnt charcoal. It is a fascinating place however to understand how the earth formed millions of years ago. As most people visit the other sites in the area, the Twyfelfontein rock art and the organ pipes, this is on the list since it is just down the road. What is further interesting in this area - if your guide is savvy enough to explain, is that the plant and animal life in the area is unique because of the soils and mountains that are surrounding the Burnt Mountain. If you take a short hike around the area, there are some unique plants and if you are lucky, you might see some of the animals. Again, not for everyone....the kids probably would be bored, but it is a nice site even if you only spent 1/2 hour in the area.

• Charles Geldenhuys

  1

  Reviewed: 2024-06-12

  Not worth the entrance fee. Ripoff.

• Max Egge

  1

  Reviewed: 2024-05-05

  Very far of the Road. Just 30min (includibg little walk) of activity. The fee is 250N$ for each person. Not worth the drive and the entrance fee.

• Bella Le Roux

  2

  Reviewed: 2018-09-22

  Interesting although we could not come close to it. A lot of confusion between the people who we had to pay about the cost of it.