People come for the garden and the atmosphere and of course the amazing food! By Jana-Mari Smith Kameldorn Garden and Restaurant is enclosed in a lush, green and […]
By Sabrine Kaene In Namibia’s mix of old and new, tourists are especially entranced by the Himba people, but rarely gain a glimpse into the private […]
By Ron Swilling While driving from Windhoek to Swakopmund, the chances are that just after Usakos you’ll notice a strange-looking group of granite mountains towering over […]
by Pompie Burger Somehow, every time we go to the Namib Desert, I think of Antoine de Saint-Exupèry’s Little Prince saying, “My secret is simple. It […]
More than one million tourists crossed Namibia’s borders in 2011. This is up from just under a million tourists visiting the country in 2010. The 2011 […]
By Peter Bridgeford In October, two Namibian pilots assisted with a vulture conservation project in the Namib-Naukluft Park. Since 1991, Lappet-faced vulture chicks have been ringed […]
By Pompie Burger Black Heron, Egretta ardesiaca Roberts No 69 After 20-odd years of bird watching and photography, I still consider myself a novice in both departments, […]
By Pompie Burger Meyer’s Parrot, Poicephalus meyeri Roberts No 364 The Meyer’s parrot is one of three parrots occurring in Namibia and is probably the most common […]
By Pompie Burger Water Thick-knee, Burhinus vermiculatus Roberts No 330 The water thick-knee is one of my favourite birds to photograph because of its huge eyes, and, […]
By Pompie Burger Black-faced Babbler – Turdoides melanops Roberts No 131 These birds are one of Roy’s Camp’s claims to fame. There are quite a few others, […]
By Pompie Burger Rüppell’s Korhaan, Eupodotis rueppellii Roberts No 236 Rüppell’s Korhaan is one of Namibia’s 13 endemic birds found in the so-called endemic zone in western […]
By Pompie Burger Redbilled quelea, Quelea quelea Roberts’ 821 Impressive, not only in numbers, but also in many other ways, is the Redbilled quelea, so much so […]