botswana – Travel Namibia

December 10, 2012

The amazing Okavango river

The following text was compiled by Mark Paxton, the owner of Shamvura Camp in northern Namibia. All photos courtesy of Mark. The Okavango River is […]

July 4, 2018

We’ve just returned to South Camp and it’s almost dark. Stretching our stiff limbs, the place is silent tonight since we are the only campers. And then we hear it, a soft swishing sound in the grass. Moving cautiously to the edge of the tree line in the deep twilight, we can just make out a solid mass of elephants mere metres away from us.

April 24, 2019

Once upon a time there was a hippo in Khaudum

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Text Willie Olivier [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] A hippopotamus in Khaudum? “No way. It’s impossible!” I replied when the bar tender at the TUCSIN Tsumkwe Lodge, where I […]

April 30, 2019

The Louvre of the Desert

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Text and Photographs Annabelle Venter [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] We wake early and it’s still dark on the banks of the Okavango River. The young Pel’s Fishing Owl is […]

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 16, 2022

Park of the People: The brilliant and bold Bwabwata

The car is packed, the rooftop tent strapped and you bought more snacks than you should have for the nine or so hour drive to Bwabwata National Park from Windhoek. It’s a long haul north, but now you have hit the sharp right turn, leaving Rundu in your rearview mirror. Each tree is starting to look greener than the one before as you cruise alongside the Okavango River, keeping a keen eye open for the entrance to your accommodation.

December 17, 2024

WILDERNESS NAMIBIA BRINGS RELIEF AMID WORST DROUGHT IN DECADES

December 2024 – Wilderness Namibia is helping its partner communities through the worst of the drought by distributing much-needed food relief, as part of their ongoing Drought Relief Nutrition Programme. Since November 2024, the company has delivered over 600 food parcels to eight communities in some of the worst-affected parts of the country, supporting 1,600 people who are in desperate need of basic nutrition.