Located near Otjiwarongo, CCF's International Research and Education Centre invites guests to play a hands-on role in cheetah care, habitat restoration, and research projects. Professionals from various fields, including zookeeping, veterinary care, ecology, and animal behaviour, can apply their expertise directly to animal care. Meanwhile, those with skills in marketing,...
How Tourism Transforms Lives and Landscapes at GocheGanas
The reserve’s conservation efforts extend beyond its borders. Offspring from GocheGanas are translocated to other areas in Namibia to stabilise wildlife populations and create attractive destinations for eco-tourism. Forces protect the rhinos around the clock, while strict policies ensure sustainable management practices. Collaboration with neighbouring reserves has fostered a united...
Wilderness Namibia’s Responsibility Towards Community Wellbeing during the Drought
Between November 2024 and January 2025, Wilderness Namibia came forth to assist communities facing the harshest drought in decades. With compassion and care, they initiated a Drought-relief Nutrition Programme, which has seen the delivery of over 1,200 food parcels, specifically to eight of the most affected communities. Directly, this action...
The True Value of Investing in People and Why Tourism Matters
The Gondwana Academy Value Tour is one example of Namibia's efforts to show its dedication to investing in its team. The tour, which was introduced in 2015, is intended to help Gondwana employees better understand the company's values, improve their product expertise, and experience Namibia as a guest would. Gondwana...
Why Tourism Matters?
HAN's "𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘛𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴?" demonstration aims to clearly show the scope and character of the contributions that tourism-related businesses make to Namibians, including contributions to social investment initiatives, education, and environmental conservation. Our goal is for tourism to be acknowledged as the diverse and significant force that it is, and...
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.