Explore – Page 126 – Travel Namibia

March 10, 2020

#Khoadi // Hoas Conservancy wins Best of Africa in the 2020 Sustainable Destination Awards

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The #Khoadi //Hoas Conservancy in cooperation with Grootberg Lodge and Journeys Namibia crowned Best of Africa in the Sustainable Top 100 Destination Awards. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Story contributed by […]

March 12, 2020

Lake Oanob Resort Celebrates 25 Years

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The popular Lake Oanob Resort on the banks of the Oanob Dam recently celebrated its 25th year of operation. An impressive milestone for a business […]

March 16, 2020

Uis the Gateway to Damaraland

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Text and Photographs Le Roux van Schalkwyk [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Host to an annual sports flying weekend and a Land Rover festival, Uis is a small town […]

March 26, 2020

Stillhouse Gin Capturing the Spirit of Namibia

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] A cliché, but very true: Namibia is a country of contrasts. From its people to the environment, the diversity found in this country is quite […]

March 26, 2020

African Monarch Lodges and The Sijwa Project

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Text Elzanne McCulloch Photographs Le Roux van Schalkwyk [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] We meander through the wet and green wonderland that is Bwabwata National Park. Our guide Eustace […]

March 26, 2020

Photography Feature: Le Roux van Schalkwyk

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Growing up, I loved spending hours going through the stacks of our family photo albums. It eventually led to me trying my own hand at […]

March 27, 2020

21 Days of Joy with love from Namibia

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Namibia will commence 21 days of partial lockdown as of midnight on 27 March. During this tumultuous time we have realised the importance of sticking […]

March 30, 2020

At home among the rocks

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text] Ondili’s new Twyfelfontein Adventure Camp Text Elzanne McCulloch Photographs Le Roux van Schalkwyk [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text] Ondili Meumbo is an Oshiwambo expression […]

March 30, 2020

TOSCO: Plant trees, teach kids, light up, share skills

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text] TOSCO (Tourism Supporting Conservation) is an initiative started by Felix Vállat in 2012. We have a responsibility to ensure that Namibia’s wilderness areas […]

April 2, 2020

Snake Eagles of Namibia

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Text and Photographs Pompie Burger I don’t like snakes, and I am scared of snakes. The fact that I know Dr Christo Buys, the snake […]

April 5, 2020

Sew Good One Stitch at a Time

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The ‘Sew Good’ Community Project Text Mel Kelly A group of Nama women, who live in the Windhoek suburb of Otjomuise, came together in mid-2019 […]

April 5, 2020

Living Wild In the land of sand and freedom

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Text Lee Tindall ‘’How does one end up here?” asks the cyclist parked under the tree outside our house. ‘Here’ is our house in the […]

April 5, 2020

The first German surrender of World War I was signed under a tree in Namibia

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text] Text Le Roux van Schalkwyk [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] About 3 km north of Otavi, close to the railway line, is a rather unimpressive gravestone-like structure, […]

May 19, 2020

The Last Defenders – Venture Media and Kirsty Watermeyer launch new conservation show

Venture Media with Kirsty Watermeyer launch The Last Defenders, a conservation docu-series that follows the work and highlights the successes of individuals and organisations dedicated to the preservation of the world’s endangered and at risk species and landscapes.

June 11, 2020

Safety in (Small) Numbers

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Why Namibia is the ideal post-COVID travel destination. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]By Le Roux van Schalkwyk Gone are the days of masses of tourists rubbing shoulders to […]

June 26, 2020

Little Kulala – A Wilderness Restored

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Press Release received from Wilderness Safaris – June 2020 The current rebuild of Little Kulala, Wilderness Safaris’ acclaimed desert retreat in Namibia’s Sossusvlei area, celebrates […]

July 6, 2020

Black rhino in northwestern Namibia © Le Roux van Schalkwyk

Critical crisis support to rhino conservation efforts in northwest Namibia

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]PRESS RELEASE – 6 July 2020 B2Gold Rhino Gold Bar initiative provides critical crisis support to community-backed rhino conservation efforts in northwest Namibia The global […]

October 15, 2020

21 Days along the Skeleton Coast with Namibia Wildlife Resorts

[vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text] NWR’s Tour Planning division MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Events) recently guided a client on a 21-day Skeleton Coast/Kunene Tour. Tour leader and guide […]

October 29, 2020

NCCS to challenge for Nedbank Desert Dash top spot

Press Release from Nedbank Namibia – 27 October 2020 The Nedbank Desert Dash is the principle for every cyclist, and this year, the Namibia Cleaning Chemical […]

November 9, 2020

Nasilowski to tackle 2020 Nedbank Desert Dash on his Amphibianmobiel

Press Release from Nedbank Namibia – 9 November 2020 Former Paralympic Swimmer Gideon Nasilowski believes that his disability should not prevent him from reaching new goals, […]