By Marita van Rooyen This year our beloved motherland Namibia experienced an unusually dry and nerve-racking rainy season, leaving the entire nation down in the dumps if not in a depression! So, in an attempt to raise our spirits, we hit …
Text by Abigail Amos After the gritty heat of Chobe and Kasane, taking the boat to Impalila Island is a joy. The island forms the north-eastern tip of Namibia at the meeting place of two major African rivers, the Chobe and …
Marita van Rooyen selects some treats in Swakopmund ... SKUBBE BAR for Eisbein and anglers’ gossip You’ve had a long day’s fishing? Your car is stained with salt? You’re feeling hungry? Thirsty? But you have to clean all that fish first? The …
The following text was compiled by Mark Paxton, the owner of Shamvura Camp in northern Namibia. All photos courtesy of Mark. The Okavango River is home to over 90 species of fish, of which only a select number are considered significant …
by Andreas Vogt Travellers passing through the extreme north east of Namibia can look forward to an exquisite lodge with luxurious accommodation and a camping site near Rundu some 700 kilometres from Windhoek - at Kaisosi river lodge. Kaisosi River Lodge is …
Angling in Namibia offers one of the best experiences of it's sort in the world. Who would imagine that a desert country, promoted with striking images of sand dunes and rugged mountains, dry river beds and exquisite desert plants would be …
by Ginger Mauney Mepps and rapalas, bream and barbels – to the uninitiated these words are alien, but to keen fishermen they hold poetry and promise. Tackle and bait, taking on the patient challenge of luring in a big catch or …
by Andreas Vogt The Namibian coast – a narrow extension between two deserts, one of water, the Atlantic Ocean, and the other of sand and rock, the inhospitable Namib Desert – is probably one of Namibia’s most fascinating phenomena. One afternoon, while …
by Nicolette Jacobi Anglers are always trying their luck – predicting what the waters will give them today and finding the best place to catch the big one. The Namibian fishing waters has something to do with luck, but on the …
