by Sven-Eric Kanzler The news is spreading like wildfire: shots have been fired in Okahandja. The strangers have taken up arms against us. We must stand […]
Ephemeral…elusive… edible… by Amy Schoeman Two highly sought-after forms of edible fungi found in Namibia are omajowa (singular ejowa), the Herero name for the large fleshy […]
by Sven-Eric Kanzler Click, whirr, click, whirr, click, whirr… several lenses capture the supple movements of a spotted body closing in and racing past. It is […]
by Amy Schoeman The thing about Italians is that whatever they do, they do with style and panache, whether it’s fashion, cooking, opera or architecture, or […]
by Sven-Eric Kanzler Looking around attentively, we follow a dusty trail through dry bush. Suddenly one of our guides drops to his knees and starts jabbing […]
Lilacbreasted roller Coracias caudate Roberts No 447 by Pompie Burger This is one of Namibia’s most common roadside birds, and it is definitely one of the […]
by Sven-Eric Kanzler Soft, slightly reddish sand trickles onto the brown, sun-baked earth and piles up into a little cone. “This is where two generations of […]
by Michaela Kanzler Since October 2004 the river plains in Namibia’s far north east have been open to exploration by way of a comfortable cruise on […]
Rüppell’s Parrot Poicephalus rueppellii Roberts No 365 by Pompie Burger South African writer Chris Barnard once wrote a story about a boy who tried to keep […]
by Karen Watkins The eight-day, 120-kilometre (74.5-mile) Naukluft hiking trail is regarded as one of Africa’s toughest. I went along to find out why. Our first […]
Bare-cheeked Babbler Turdoides gymnogenys Roberts No 564 by Pompie Burger The babblers are definitely one of my favourite groups of birds. They are extremely vocal, so […]