Travel News Namibia

How does one celebrate 30 years of a publication such as this with the honour it deserves? How does one encapsulate 30 years of dedication? 30 years of telling beautiful and life-enriching stories about a country few people knew about when the very f

Rainfall in the Namib Desert is extremely scarce, and every drop is a welcome blessing. Don’t be fooled by this barren and dry landscape, though; this hinterland teems with life. But it does so secretively, only sharing these signs of life with the f

The Hospitality Association of Namibia (HAN) reports positive projections for tourism in Namibia for the year ahead. According to the association’s accommodation numbers for January, the country is on its way to full recovery, and even growth, in the

The first animal you are most likely to encounter if you enter through Von Lindequist or Andersson gates is the blackfaced impala, which is endemic to northwestern Namibia and southwestern Angola. It is a subspecies of the closely related common impa

As local Hambukushu legend has it, the mighty Kangumbe was the original founder of the area today known as Bwabwata National Park. Upon exploring it for a place to settle he came across a big body of water, which indicated life and sustenance for his

Now I want to know, while the catchy Creedence Clearwater Revival song churns through your head after reading this heading, what is a wonderful memory from your childhood, or life, that you associate with a specific smell? Chocolate chip cookies your

Research at the Gobabeb Namib Research Institute aims to increase knowledge about arid ecosystems and their amazing diversity, and this year marks 60 years that Gobabeb has been doing exactly that. As a research station, Gobabeb is renowned for condu

When former journalist Marc Springer first came into contact with a camera a few weeks after starting a lengthy career as reporter for a German daily newspaper, photography was still hard work. Before cell phones and digital cameras transformed the w

Travel News Namibia's Desert Dwelling Playlist Travelling through Namibia, you will without a doubt be spending quite some hours stuck in a motor vehicle, driving from one destination to the next. Good tunes can help the time pass, but having the rig

Although raptors, think African Fish Eagle, are definitely my favourites, I still have so much trouble identifying some of these special bird species. The most challenging part of identifying raptors are immatures and juveniles. The brown raptors - t

You are now in the Khomas Region, close to the Kuiseb Canyon on the C14, a vast landscape managed mainly for wildlife and tourism. On this challenging road - please slow down to 80 km per hour - the speed restriction has merit and you want to get bac

Even those of us who inhabit and love the land of sand and freedom are in need of water sometimes. We occasionally need to feel it, see it and remind ourselves of it. On Thursday we saw a notification that the Sandhof lilies were going to be flowerin

First issued in 2007, green bonds were created to exclusively finance projects, assets or business activities that have positive environmental and/or climate benefits. Standard Bank Namibia has emphasised its commitment to playing a key role in susta

Whenever the words “African carnivores” are mentioned, images of lions and cheetahs immediately spring to mind. Of course, these large and charismatic species are at the top of the must-see list of every safari traveller, but trust me when I tell you

When we started to gather anecdotes and ideas for the compilation of an article that would celebrate 30 years of the Travel News Namibia magazine, we had no idea how truly mammoth a task it would be. With Riéth van Schalkwyk at the helm of the public