The Owambo – people of the North

The people referred to collectively as the Aawambo live in central northern Namibia and southern Angola. In about 1550, migrations of these people, who have a common origin and culture, moved southwards from the Great Lakes in East Africa and settled between the Kunene and Okavango rivers.

DRC Tourism Game Park blessed with more local wildlife

A family of six elephants comprising of two adults and four calves were loaded at the Port of Walvis Bay on the El Nino vessel destined for a tourism Game Park in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on 23 May. Namport in a statement said this is the first...

…Namibia is like nowhere else on earth.

Where else can you see such vast distances with no movement?” asks Dave van Smeerdijk, co-founder of Natural Selection, a collection of owner-operated safari camps and lodges. We’re sitting at Hoanib Valley Camp in northern Namibia’s Kaokoveld Desert under the blinking stars that form the Southern Cross.

Tourism accommodation continued downward trend

For calendar year 2018, the 120 accommodation establishments that contribute to the Hospitality Association of Namibia’s (HAN) annual industry statistics, registered a decline of 116,676 bednights sold, compared to 2017.