By Marita van Rooyen South Africa has Table Mountain, Botswana has vast numbers of wildlife, Zimbabwe has Vic Falls, Angola has diamonds and Zambia has the […]
I’m finding it difficult to write a campsite journal this month. Not because we’ve already explored all of Namibia’s campsites, but because it’s impossible to be […]
by Marita van Rooyen “There’s a lavender perfume in the air,” says one of the guests at Cornerstone Guesthouse in Swakopmund. Lavender happens to be the […]
A getaway for sun worshippers and sand lovers By Ed Jenkins The aptly-named and affordably-priced Sophia Dale Base Camp is an easy ten-minute drive away from […]
A market and out-of-town brunch venue by Ron Swilling Twelve kilometres outside Swakopmund on the B2 road to Windhoek, the D1901 gravel road snakes off towards […]
by Amy Schoeman The thing about Italians is that whatever they do, they do with style and panache, whether it’s fashion, cooking, opera or architecture, or […]
Swakopmund always has something new to discover. by Elisabeth Braun At one time there was sand and a protected harbour. Two hundred years later there is […]
By Natasha Martin What does Swakopmund, Namibia’s coastal jewel, have in common with cities like Lucerne in Switzerland, Chiapas in Mexico and Charlevoix in Canada? If […]
Text and photographs by Ron Swilling who experienced a genuine Namibian adventure It was all laid-back-surfer rhythm as I gave cool-cat Bambo “It’s Rambo with an B” […]
Text and photos by Ron Swilling Tucked between two powerful natural expanses – the Namib Desert and the Atlantic Ocean – the town of Swakopmund exists […]
Desert Dreaming My ten-day safari around Namibia had reached the northern regions and we now veered west to the drier parts of the country. Days of […]
Recently opened in Swakopmund by mother-and-daughter team, Heidi Müller and Bronwin Ockhuys, is the Organic Square Guesthouse. Situated at 29 Rhode Allee Street, the guesthouse has […]