A winning conservation and development recipe Text by Linda Baker & Ed Humphrey / Photographs by Paul van Schalkwyk A patchwork of small parks, conservancies and community forests, surrounded by densely populated villages with an elephant highway through it, is not an …
The Ovahimba, or Himba, Tjimba and other Herero people who inhabit Namibia’s remote north-western Kunene Region are loosely referred to as the Kaokovelders. Herero in terms of origin, language and culture, they are semi-nomadic pastoralists who tend to trek from …
Text and photos by Sharri Whiting De Masi It’s hard to believe that more than five centuries ago Portuguese sailors caught sight of the empty sands of Namibia's coast and sailed away, never to return. Today visiting Europeans, who can’t find …
Interior: Fine and cold in the morning becoming warm during the day, but hot in the north. Wind: Fresh northerly to northwesterly at times over the southern half. Coast: Partly cloudy and mild with morning fog patches, but fine and hot in the south becoming …
Text and photos by Ron Swilling ‘The gods do not deduct from man’s allotted span the hours spent in fishing.’ Mark Twain Boyhood memories of family holidays often involve Dad and fishing. But as you travel back to all the times in your …
Toktok Talkie is a popular series written by Joh Henschel – to connect for more, join Joh’s Toktok Talkie mailing list by emailing him at joh.henschel@mweb.com.na A flurry of tiny sparkling wings laces the air as nuptial dancers are buoyed by the …
Now visitors and fellow Namibians alike can take part in one of the most fun sports there is in one of the most stunning places on this globe - sand-boarding down the Namib dunes at Swakopmund. Khoi San Sand-boarding in Swakopmund …
Interior: Fine and cold in the morning becoming warm during the day, but hot in the north. Wind: Fresh northeasterly at times over the western half. Coast: Partly cloudy and mild with morning fog patches, but fine and hot in the south. Wind: Moderate northwesterly to southwesterly, …
Text by Marita van Rooyen Sophia Dale Basecamp, located next to the Swakop River 12 km east of Swakopmund beyond the dreaded mist belt, is where you will feel completely at home with the Lütz family. After falling in love with the …
Toktok Talkie is a popular series written by Joh Henschel - to connect for more, join Joh's Toktok Talkie mailing list by emailing him at joh.henschel@mweb.com.na First, there were teeming whales until droves of whalers came. Then it went quiet. A century …
