The History of Swakopmund The town’s history dates back to 1487, when Portuguese navigator Bartholomew Diaz made landfall at Cape Cross in Namibia and built a stone cross. Two Dutch seamen were about to anchor near the entrance of the Swakop River much later, in 1793. At the mouth of the Swakop River in 1862, … Continue reading Namibia’s Swakopmund The Greatest Genuine Custom Safaris in Africa