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Travel News Namibia EDITOR Eizanne McCulloch elzane@venture.com.na. PRODUCTION & CONTENT MANAGER Le Roux van Schalkwyk leroux@venture.com.na PUBLIC RELATIONS Elzanne McCulloch elzanne@venture.com.na LAYOUT & DESIGN Liza de Klerk liza@venture.com.na C

How will you remember 2022? For us it was a year of plenty. Perhaps the plenty came on the coat tails of a decidedly empty two years before. There was plenty of work to do in our Windhoek offices, and there were plenty of adventures across Namibia’s

Namibia has lost one of its great legends and pioneers of the tourism industry to cancer. Dusty Rodgers was lovingly known as Captain Caprivi because of the many years he has been active in the Zambezi Region. Among the lodges he built in the region

Pale Chanting Goshawks are the most common raptors in Etosha National Park and can be seen next to the roads all over Namibia. These chicken size raptors sit on bushes, small trees, large trees, anthills, on the ground and telephone poles scanning th

Windhoek has long been overlooked by visitors and been seen merely as the departure point of a splendid Namibian holiday. Regional flights depart from the city’s airports, the majority of vehicle hire companies are based here, and tour operators deca

Very recently we had the privilege of taking part in the central Namib Bioblitz - an international affair, started in Australia, which reached the Central Namib through Gobabeb. This was a triple treat in terms of things we love - meeting likeminded

Getting to know the trees of the northeast The lush undergrowth with elliptic leaves that welcomes visitors at the entrance to the Nambwa campsite is the fever berry. Although most often a shrub or small tree, the fever berry can grow into a tall tre

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Croton megalobotrys AFRIKAANS: Koorsbessie LOZI: Mutuatua STRIKING FEATURES OF THE FEVER BERRY • A shrub with long lax branches hanging down • Worms love the leaves devouring the green of the entire tree in no time • Apricot like fru