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Scheme a big success (20.07.2010)
Nearly N$20 million has been contributed to Meatco’s Ekwatho financing scheme to help farmers raise slaughter oxen.
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Scheme a big success (20.07.2010)
Nearly N$20 million has been contributed to Meatco’s Ekwatho financing scheme to help farmers raise slaughter oxen.
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Cycling for a good cause (15.07.2010)
The Save the Rhino Trust is busy with a new initiative to raise money. A group of 18 people will be traveling 360 km per bicycle.
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Cycling for a good cause (15.07.2010)
The Save the Rhino Trust is busy with a new initiative to raise money. A group of 18 people will be traveling 360 km per bicycle.
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Cycling for a good cause (15.07.2010)
The Save the Rhino Trust is busy with a new initiative to raise money. A group of 18 people will be traveling 360 km per bicycle.
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Bird count (15.07.2010)
Volunteers are urgently needed to help with the wetland bird count.
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Bird count (15.07.2010)
Volunteers are urgently needed to help with the wetland bird count.
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Namibia: It’s Open Season! (03.06.2010)
In order to generate an increase in visitors during the Soccer World Cup period, the Namibian Tourism Board (NTB), in collaboration with Air Namibia, has invited the tourism sector to participate in the initiative Namibia: It’s open season.
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2010 Tourism Expo launched (03.06.2010)
At the official launch of the annual Namibia Tourism Expo, currently in its 11th year, the Minister of Tourism, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, proudly announced: “It is gratifying to see that the Expo has become a national tourism event presenting a platform where both international and domestic tourism is encouraged.”
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Editorial (01.06.2010)
And now the time has come and the floodgates are about to open. The whole world will have its eyes glued on Southern Africa for an entire month, from 11 June to 11 July. Fittingly, the Namibia Tourism Expo in Windhoek ends a few days before the first kick-off in Soweto.
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SA requires transit visas (01.06.2010)
As from 1 June 2010, visitors who travel via South Africa to neighbouring countries must have a transit visa to do so. The only travellers who do not need a transit visa, are people travelling on passports from countries that do not require a normal visitor’s visa.
francis.birkenbach@dha.gov.za
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 Tourism our hidden treasure, says President Pohamba (01.05.2010)
“In many ways, the travel and tourism sector in Namibia can be seen as a hidden treasure that has yet to be discovered. The quest for its discovery is a challenge to policy makers, investors, ser-vice providers and communi-ties that stand to benefit immensely from the exploitation of the sector’s full potential.”
President Hifikepunye Pohamba
• New Cabinet sworn in – Tourism Minister stays
• Tourism concessions awarded
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 Xwama Cultural Village (01.03.2010)
Setting culture alight
In the heart of Katutura – Windhoek’s famous township where the people originally didn’t want to live – is a little cultural jewel that attracts curious locals and tourists alike. Xwama Cultural Village, located on the corner of Independence Avenue and Omongo Street in the Wanaheda area of Katutura, was created by two Namibians, Twapewa Mudjanima and her husband Erastus Kadhikwa, who were both born with a large dose of ambition and a serious love for traditional culture.
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 River Crossing Lodge (01.03.2010)
Magnificent medley between city and bush
The slogan says it all: “Feel the pulse of the city from the heart of the bushveld.”
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 Mowani Mountain Camp (01.03.2010)
A magic granite enclave
Nearing Twyfelfontein, the landscape changes abruptly from mopane grassland to include granite koppies. Entering this magic mountain world, the guest encounters a pocket of energy, an enchanted granite enclave. Mowani Mountain Camp appears snuggled into large granite boulders, its high thatched-roofed beehive domes reminiscent of an African kingdom of old.
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 Onguma Tree Top Camp (01.03.2010)
Part rustic tree house, part luxury camp
“Four tree top rooms; eight privileged guests.” The wording in the Onguma Tree Top Camp brochure couldn’t have put it more succinctly.
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 CITW Celebration Day (01.03.2010)
Education, the fun way
“Children in the Wilderness uses the healing power of nature to inspire its young participants.” (Jacky Heath, Group Financial Manager, Wilderness Safaris)
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 Hospitality Industry Supports Students (22.02.2010)
The Hospitality Association of Namibia (HAN) and Kempinski Hotels Namibia recently handed out a number of bursaries for students to the Polytechnic of Namibia.
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 What the rain brings (01.02.2010)
With an abundant rainy season, comes a fresh, vibrant burst of pink, purple and white in the usual arid landscapes of Maltahöhe.
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 Art colonies and craft centres in Namibia’s small towns (01.01.2010)
How does a sleepy little town, a mere wide spot in the road in the middle of Southern Africa, become an art colony, enticing both artists and visitors from around the world? Namibia’s Omaruru, which in the Herero language literally means ‘this is a place where the grass makes the cows’ milk sour,’ has morphed into a creative centre and a hotspot for both locals and tourists.
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 HAN Tourism awareness initiative (01.01.2010)
“Tourism – neither the word nor its meaning ever meant anything to me, but now I see that almost every sector in society is somehow involved in this vast industry!” This was the comment of one of the 20 Windhoek City Junior Councillors at an exciting tourism awareness initiative held during September.
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 Venture wins eco award (03.12.2009)
Venture Publications recently won first prize at the Eco Media Awards Namibia for outstanding reporting on environmental subjects in the category, ‘Publisher’. The handover ceremony, which was a grand event, formed part of the 2009 Hospitality Association of Namibia (HAN) Gala Evening held at Arrebusch Travel Lodge Conference Centre on 27 November.
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Air Namibia update (23.11.2009)
Air Namibia has just announced the new interline agreement for E-ticketing (IET) with US Airways.
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 Latest Italian TNN (01.09.2009)
Tourists who visit Italy for the first time usually see Rome, Florence, Venice and Naples. Then they progress to Umbria, Como, Puglia, Cinque Terre and Sicily. The parallel must-sees for first time visitors to Namibia are Etosha, Sossusvlei, Windhoek, and Swakopmund.
Search for this version under our "Special Editions" Section.
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 Fish River Lodge (01.09.2009)
Views from the edge of the world
The Fish River Canyon is breathtaking. There’s no other way to describe it. The sheer magnitude of this natural wonder is enough to leave your mind in awe and your body gasping for air.
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 Islands in Africa (01.09.2009)
Hidden island retreats
On tiny islands in the storied Zambezi, Chobe and Kwando rivers, we found three luxury hideaways: Islands in Africa’s Susuwe, Impalila and Ntwala, each in its own distinctive setting. It was impossible to choose a favourite, so we’ve decided to revisit them all the next time we’re in Namibia’s Caprivi, a narrow finger of land that borders Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana. They are ideal stops for trips onward to Vic Falls, the Okavango, or Etosha.
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 Kaokoland Clean Up Campaign (01.09.2009)
Removing waste for a cleaner wilderness
The Kaokoveld is one of Namibia’s most pristine and unspoilt natural environments. With its rugged terrain, rocky mountains, grassy plains and desert landscapes, it is an area of remote wilderness that draws local and international travellers alike.
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 Conservation success (01.09.2009)
What a wonderful bird is the pelican!
Not only because “His beak can hold more than his belly can…..”, as the well-known ditty goes, but also because he (or she) can attain a ripe old age. We may well have a world record for geriatric pelicans in Namibia – at least one of our birds has lived to see Namibia change between 1972 and 2009.
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 Okarohombo Campsite (01.09.2009)
Into the Marienfluss wilderness
In the Marienfluss along the Kunene River bordering Angola, in the remote north-western Kunene Region of Namibia, the Okarohombo Campsite is situated under giant ana trees with the mountains of Angola looming across the river bank.
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 Skeleton Coast Park (01.08.2009)
Most sought-after tourism concession up for grabs
The existing concession area measures about 175 000 hectares, stretching from a point just north of Möwe Bay known as Westies, inland to the southern bank of the Hoarusib River, eastwards to the park border, northwards to the Nadas River, west along the river to the road leading north to the old Angra Fria radio station (including the Okau Waterhole), and then west again to Angra Fria, between an old observation shelter and south of the wreck site of the Dunedin Star.
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 Namibia’s Big Five - world-class destinations on our doorstep (27.05.2009)
South Africa has Table Mountain, Botswana has vast numbers of wildlife, Zimbabwe has Vic Falls, Angola has diamonds and Zambia has the Liuwa plains and the Luangwa valley. So what does Namibia have that makes it unique?
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 Gondwana Cañon Park - A paradise for game and hikers (27.05.2009)
Visitors to the Fish River Canyon in southern Namibia reap a double reward these days. On approaching the enormous gorge they can see springbok, gemsbok and ostrich on both sides of the road – and with a little luck even hartebeest, zebra and wildebeest.
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 To the moon and back… in an afternoon (27.05.2009)
3, 2, 1… Lift off! Perhaps too much has changed since that first ‘giant leap for mankind’ and the Voyager space shuttle that hurtled into space carrying a golden audio record with humpback whale songs, a babel of human greetings and directions to Earth.
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 National Parks of Namibia - A diverse suite of alternative breaks for travellers (27.05.2009)
From the icy waters of the Atlantic to the swamps of Caprivi, shimmering white fortresses to extraordinary plants, the sweeping landscapes, magnificent game viewing and spacious surroundings set Namibia’s protected areas apart from those of her rivals.
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