August 28, 2012
Rocks, fossils and quiver-tree forests by Ron Swilling It was here that giants of old placed boulders one on top of the other in artistic displays […]
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August 28, 2012
A serendipitous find by Ron Swilling Midway between Sossusvlei and Windhoek lies an unassuming farm, NamibGrens. It belongs to the Rabie family, members of whom have […]
August 28, 2012
A camel-thorn oasis amid towering red sands by Marita van Rooyen With the majestic Naukluft Mountains in the east, the towering red dunes of Sossusvlei in […]
August 28, 2012
A stone’s throw from Solitaire by Ron Swilling I was pleasantly surprised to discover the attractive Soft Adventure Camp set between two granite hills above the […]
August 28, 2012
A jewel yet to be discovered by Marita van Rooyen Situated just outside Rietoog and accessed from the MR47 road 400 metres from the C14 T-junction, […]
August 28, 2012
by Ron Swilling Namibia’s gravel roads stretch like sandy tributaries from the main tar arteries that bisect the country. There is something about being on gravel, […]
August 28, 2012
Pearlspotted owl Glaucidium perlatum Roberts’ No 398 by Pompie Burger Being one of the smallest owls in Namibia as well as in Southern Africa does not […]
August 28, 2012
by Christine Hugo Anyone who has ever organised and packed for a 4×4 safari will appreciate the amount of planning and effort that goes into such […]
August 28, 2012
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 […]
August 28, 2012
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 […]
August 28, 2012
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 […]
August 28, 2012
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 […]
August 28, 2012
by Amy Schoeman In Namibia, as in other countries, the tradition of adorning the body goes back thousands of years. Evidence of this is found not […]
August 28, 2012
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 […]
August 28, 2012
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 […]
August 28, 2012
by Ginger Mauney Rushing to meet planes, to meet deadlines and to arrive at meeting after endless meeting on time is often the life of a […]
August 28, 2012
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 […]
August 28, 2012
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 […]
August 28, 2012
by Amy Schoeman The Namib’s life-giving coastal fog On most days a dense belt of sea fog hangs over the ocean along Namibia’s coast. Generated by […]
August 31, 2012
by Jean Fischer A visit to Ai Aiba is a pleasurable one. I am standing in an open-air ‘art studio’ surrounded by vast slabs of sun-baked […]