July 27, 2012
Verreaux’s Eagle Aquila verreauxii Roberts No 131 by Pompie Burger Watching these beautiful raptors gliding past along the escarpment of the Waterberg Plateau on various occasions […]
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July 27, 2012
Namibia offers a wide variety of walks, overnight hiking trails and guided wilderness trails for those wanting to explore the countryside on foot. From Henties Bay […]
July 27, 2012
by Marita van Rooyen Otjikoto, which translates loosely from Herero as ‘the place too deep for cattle to drink’, hosts weaponry dumped there by German troops […]
July 27, 2012
Dune riding is both fun and environmentally friendly! The Namibian Coast Conservation and Management (NACOMA) project, in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET), […]
July 27, 2012
Text Marita van Rooyen “There is nothing like walking to get the feel of a country. A fine landscape is like a piece of music; it […]
July 27, 2012
A wonderfully varied haven for hikers by Luise Hoffmann Situated on the south-eastern slopes of the Waterberg Plateau is Waterberg Wilderness, one of Namibia’s most diverse […]
July 31, 2012
Text Bill Torbitt Add character to your passport For most people a border crossing point has a ring of excitement, anticipation and drama. For tourists it […]
August 1, 2012
Text Bill Torbitt Necessary and most welcome Whenever a public holiday comes around, there’s nearly always commentary in one of the local papers bewailing the periodic […]
August 1, 2012
Text Amy Schoeman Namibia is a country that asks if not demands to be photographed, as was borne out by the record number of entries […]
August 1, 2012
Text Ed Jenkins Photographs Courtesy Sam Cohen Library, Swakopmund, Ed Jenkins The causes of the First World War were complex, and probably incomprehensible to […]
August 1, 2012
This is the eighth in a series on the Namib Desert by Joh Henschel of EnviroMEND. The Namib’s wonders have many forms, some of which are […]
August 1, 2012
Text and photographs Ron Swilling A kilometre of road runs through the centre of the small town of Maltahöhe that lies on the edge of the Swartrand […]
August 1, 2012
Carola Lorck It’s a steamy morning in January and Carola is completely at home posing with her pots in the dunes outside Swakopmund. Carola grew up […]
August 1, 2012
Text Marita van Rooyen It started with the butterflies: all 365 of them stuck on the entrance walls of the Goethe Centre. This is what […]
August 1, 2012
Text Ethne Mudge There are many ways to explore the wonders of Namibia – on foot through the Fish River Canyon, by scenic flight over the […]
August 1, 2012
Text Gabi Schneider Photographs Namibian Institute of Mining and Technology Mining is the backbone of the Namibian economy, and the country has several world-class mining […]
August 1, 2012
Text and photographs Ed Jenkins Regular visitors and residents agree that The Tug Restaurant holds a special place in their hearts, evoking memories of the good […]
August 1, 2012
Think big – 70 % of the earth is covered by water, an elephant’s trunk is made up of more than 50 000 muscles, and there […]
August 2, 2012
While the Dorob National Park was proclaimed to protect sensitive environmental areas, for the first time in the history of Namibia a park was made available […]
August 2, 2012
The proclamation of the Dorob National Park set the conservation- wheels in motion for having Namibia’s entire coastline proclaimed as one national park – the Namib-Skeleton […]