September 6, 2012

Namibian Gold

Paralympian Johanna Benson stormed across the finish line at last night’s Women’s T37-200 metre race, earning herself and Namibia the first gold medal in an Olympic […]
September 6, 2012

Biggest Namibian coastal clean-up

The largest national and voluntary cleanup in history will take place along the Namibian coast on International Coastal Cleanup Day on 15 September. On 15 September […]
September 6, 2012

Namibian culture comes alive

By Marita van Rooyen Windhoek’s leading arts and cultural get-together, the annual /Ae//Gams Festival, kicked off yesterday at the Zoo Park in the centre of the […]
September 10, 2012

The Himbas shot their own movie

“We are great dreamers…” The Himbas of Namibia, who have regularly been portrayed in front of the lens by outsiders, have switched places and taken matters […]
September 11, 2012

A tale of the fairies and their circles

By Yvette Naudé, Gretel van Rooyen and Egmont Rohwer Although highly visible in grasslands, fairy circles are not exclusive to vegetated areas of the region, the […]
September 12, 2012

Johanna Benson: A proud nation welcomes its hero

Hundreds of adoring fans, clad in T-shirts hailing their hero’s achievements, swarmed Namibia’s airport yesterday, in anticipation for the arrival of Namibia’s hero, Johanna Benson. Not […]
September 12, 2012

Kunene Campsite Journal

by Andreas Vogt Where the Himba thanked their ancestors Nowadays lovers of the outdoors can treat themselves to the unforgettable experience of camping directly on the […]
September 12, 2012

Mirage against the red sands of Sossusvlei

The Leading Lodges portfolio contains tourism establishments of equal standards all over Namibia. The Van de Vijver family’s next step was to acquire land near Sossusvlei […]
September 13, 2012

Great response to Coastal clean-up day

The response in terms of participation, donations and contributions to International Coastal Clean-up Day, which will take place at various beaches along Namibia’s coast on Saturday […]
September 14, 2012

Golden Oldies – Namibia’s north-west

Here at travelnewsnamibia.com we pride ourselves on our treasure chest of stories about Namibia, it’s beautiful landscapes and wildlife. Since it is weekend, we thought that […]
September 17, 2012

Namibia summer rain countdown 2012

That smell. When the first rain drops hit the dusty, thirsty ground after months of winter and the dry ground soaks up the drops gratefully. And […]
September 19, 2012

Omaruru Artist Trail

OMARURU…the centre of creativity Date: This year the trail will be held from 21 – 23 September By Jane Church The first Omaruru Artist Trail was launched […]
September 24, 2012

Kavango winter wetland water-bird counts

Members of the Kavango Open Africa Route (KOAR), all belonging to Namibia’s tourism industry, conducted a landmark water-bird count in July. For observations click here …. […]
September 24, 2012

2012 Okavango Bird Count

A landmark bird count took place in July along the Okavango River. What made this count so unique, was the fact that it was the first […]