Uis is a small settlement on the C36 below the Brandberg, Namibia’s highest massif, in the dry inland country between the Erongo and Damaraland. It grew around a tin mine that closed in the 1990s, and the tailings dumps still stand at the edge of town — an unusual industrial footnote in an otherwise empty landscape.
Etoko Farm Camp is a simple farm-based camp near Uis, booked room-only, and sits at the budget end of the Brandberg accommodation range without being a bare campsite. For self-sufficient travellers who want a little more shelter than a tent pitch but nothing elaborate, it fills a useful gap.
Nothing is bundled into the rate, so carry your own food or eat in Uis before coming out. The settlement’s supermarket is small but adequate for basics.
The Brandberg is the reason most travellers stop. The White Lady rock painting sits in the Tsisab Ravine about half an hour north-west of town, reached on a guided walk of roughly two hours each way, and the massif rises to Königstein at 2,573 metres. Guides are arranged at the ravine entrance and are compulsory.
Uis has fuel, a small supermarket and basic services, and is the last of those before the Damaraland roads north. It is hot: this is one of the warmer inhabited parts of the country, and shade and water matter more here than the distances suggest.
As a price guide, the camp unit for two adults on a room-only, self-catering basis sits at around N$870 per night including taxes, unchanged across both dated checks. Use the link below for live availability and today’s price on Booking.com.
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Uis is also the pivot between two regions: Twyfelfontein and the Damaraland roads run north, Omaruru and the Erongo lie east, and the coast at Henties Bay is roughly two hours south-west.
Note that several Brandberg-area properties north and west of Uis are listed on this site under Damaraland rather than Erongo Inland, reflecting how they market themselves rather than the administrative line.
