April 4, 2013

Rhino trackers à la Sherlock Holmes

Text and photographs by Jana-Mari Smith As tough as a rhino hide, the Namibian trackers of the Save the Rhino Trust (SRT) are the often-overlooked heroes of […]
April 30, 2013

Black Rhino – did you know?

Compiled by Jana-Mari Smith In March, a team from Travel News Namibia walked in the footsteps of the Namibian black rhino in the Kunene region, an […]
May 6, 2013

Rhino security in Namibia

The most valuable renewable natural resource in Africa Text and photographs Helge Denker The moniker ‘rhino security’ immediately indicates that there is an imminent, serious threat. […]
July 8, 2013

Namibia Wildlife Trust no more

The Namibia Wildlife Trust (NWT), established in the early eighties by Blythe Loutit and Ina Britz in response to the horrific poaching of black rhino and […]
September 17, 2013

World Rhino Day 2013

World Rhino Day 2013 – on Sunday September 22nd – is the fourth international World Rhino Day.  It is, first and foremost, about raising public awareness […]
November 15, 2013

Desert Rhino Camp lauded for authenticity

Wilderness Safaris was awarded the Authentic Travel Experience Award at the inaugural Amadeus and WTM Travel Experience Awards, announced at the World Travel Market in London […]
July 17, 2018

Joining Forces and Uniting Conservationists

Conservationists and biologists are usually, through the nature of their work, people who work in isolation – especially those that are field based. Communications between individuals or even organisations may be limited to formal information exchanged via publications, workshops or social media. Events that unite multiple people, structures and organisations in a personal and interactive manner, a sort of one-on-one interaction in the desert, swamp, ocean, savannah or wherever they might be working, are rare.