January 26, 2017

A short word about tall giraffes…

Resplendent in a reticulated patchwork of sepia, amber and beige, these sinuous goliaths weighing in at as much as 1 360 kilograms (3 000 pounds), tower above Etosha’s thorny acacias, brandishing their super-long willowy necks, staring at you curiously through their gleaming drop-dead-gorgeous eyelashes
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February 2, 2017

Walvis Bay Harbour – A multifaceted port of call

Several hundred years of shipping have seen some weird and wonderful visitors docking in the port of Walvis Bay. One of few as well as one of the earliest ports on the west coast of Africa, Walvis Bay attracted the first Portuguese explorers, and today remains a port of call for many outlandish vessels
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February 8, 2017

Opting for wilderness and wonder

There is something about being on gravel - the slower pace required, the remoteness, the sense of being on a journey - that always makes me want to open my window wide... to let the fresh air blow my hair into a wild halo and the dust to anoint everything, and to give me a sense of freedom not experienced on the tar.
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February 9, 2017

The Marine Big Five of Walvis Bay

The harbour town has a well-established and thriving marine tour industry. Crafts from several companies - ski-boats, catamarans and kayaks - take hundreds of tourists on marine cruises every year. As in land-based tourism, the marine component also has its Big Five. These are whales, dolphins, seals, leather-back turtles and sunfish.
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February 10, 2017

Those yellow flowers

Travel anywhere in the northern half of Namibia these days and you’ll find the roads lined with dense stands of bright golden-yellow flowers spreading far into the bordering farmlands.
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