More than 700 people form all over the world watched Namibia’s promotional video – 42 % and counting – at the Adventure World Travel Summit (ATWS) in […]
By Jana-Mari Smith The rain is finally here – albeit only in scattered northern, north-eastern patches. The tropical moisture swirling above Namibia’s northern, northeastern and central […]
In Namibia, the arrival of the rainy season is a cause for celebration – as put by an American visitor, Namibians are a funny lot. Whereas […]
GET READY FOR BIGGER THINGS TO COME In Namibia, tourism goes hand in hand with conservation and sustainable use of resources. Up until recently, the fact […]
Nature Notes on Etosha elephants Main photograph – Paul van Schalkwyk. by Amy Schoeman Before the first Europeans came to Namibia, elephants probably occurred in Etosha […]
by Ginger Mauney Beyond the numbers, 1907 – 2007 Like graphs in a textbook, numbers present a single impression. While a litany of statistics relating to […]
by Pompie Burger Somehow, every time we go to the Namib Desert, I think of Antoine de Saint-Exupèry’s Little Prince saying, “My secret is simple. It […]
By Peter Bridgeford In October, two Namibian pilots assisted with a vulture conservation project in the Namib-Naukluft Park. Since 1991, Lappet-faced vulture chicks have been ringed […]
You have decided to visit Namibia – a must on anyone’s bucket list seeing as it is a country that boasts some of the highest dunes […]
OUTLOOK 01 FEBRUARY TO 10 FEBRUARY Extremely high temperatures have wilted hopes of a good rain year Nevertheless, rainfall figures could improve over the northern, north-eastern […]
Drought is in the dry, asthmatic air … In January, fans and air-conditioners worked their butts off. In every nook and cranny across Namibia people gravitated […]
By Bill Torbitt Miscellaneous facts on the Namibian Environment Why Dead Vlei is dead Nearly a thousand years ago, the Tsauchab River, which used to feed the […]
The Namibia Tourism Board (NTB) this week kick started a major 11 day media campaign in north-America. “Namibia provides the North American visitor the opportunity to […]
What exactly is the hype around adventure tourism – a term that has flooded Namibia relentlessly in the past months (unlike the rain) after the announcement that […]
Good news for delegates travelling to Namibia for the Adventure Travel World Summit 2013 (ATWS 2013) in October. For ease of mind and to save time, […]
It may be a jigsaw, but it’s no real puzzle Facts: There was an estimated population of only 1 000 Hartmann’s mountain zebra in 1982. Now […]
Main post image of Springbok by Dirk de Bod. Imagine a pristine landscape, wide and empty as can be, a landscape that dissolves into the blue contours […]
In Namibia I felt… free! Hi, Annabel here! I began my writing career as the youngest travel correspondent in Namibia, in Africa, in the world! Flamingo […]
Text Ginger Mauney Photographs by Paul van Schalkwyk and Ginger Mauney I can think of many things I love about my adopted country Namibia. Wide, open […]
Text Bill Torbitt IN A NUTSHELL Africa probably derives its name from the Afri people, known to the Romans. Interestingly, the Greek word aphrike means ‘without […]