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Letter from Ghana (02.09.2010)
Natural shower in the tropics
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Letter from Caprivi (03.08.2010)
The storm called Caprivian Taboos
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Messages from Wlotskasbaken (03.08.2010)
To well-heeled SUV warriors travelling along a sandy windswept coastal road between Swakopmund and Henties Bay, Wlotskasbaken might seem abandoned and a trifle austere or primeval.
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 Letter from Ghana (01.07.2010)
Natural shower in the tropics
Welcome to the business and leisure hub of West Africa—Ghana! Explore and enjoy a country with a huge variety of natural, cultural and man-made attractions. Modern, historic and traditional Ghana will enchant you, whether you’re in the big cities of Accra and Kumasi, or in wilderness corners of the country. Your visit will be a unique and personal experience, just like mine.
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 Getting there (01.06.2010)
If an artist were to sit in front of a big blank canvas with only the outline of Namibia etched on it and was asked to paint the areas under conservation management in brown, he might think all it required was a quick and easy sweep of the brush. He might not realise that he would actually need quite a bit of paint, in fact thirty-eight per cent of the canvas would need to be covered, and he would also need a variety of brushes, big, broad as well as very fine.
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 Letter from Ghana (01.06.2010)
Tuesdays are off in Elmina
Welcome to the business and leisure hub of West Africa – Ghana! Explore and enjoy a country with a huge variety of natural, cultural and man-made attractions. Modern, historic and traditional Ghana will enchant you, whether you’re in the big cities of Accra and Kumasi, or in wilderness corners of the country. Your visit will be a unique and personal experience, just like mine.
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 Conservation by the people for the people (26.05.2010)
Namibia’s rural communities are establishing a new balance between people and the environment. The national CBNRM Programme under the Ministry of Environment and Tourism is internationally recognised for its successes.
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 Turn conservation on its head – and reap the rewards (01.05.2010)
Old-school conservation was aimed at ‘keeping the people out and the wildlife in’, creating fortified and fragmented islands of ‘protected areas’ surrounded by a sea of often dissatisfied rural people alienated from the natural resources in their area. Over the last two decades, Namibia has turned this notion on its head, striving instead to achieve a new kind of balance between people and the environment.
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 Journey to Angola (01.05.2010)
If you want adventure, it’s yours
When Angola is mentioned, what comes to mind? Amputees on crutches, landmines and war? Well, the world is full of surprises and Angola is certainly one of them. Angola was once like this, but not any more.
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 Cape Cross (01.05.2010)
Intrepid explorers,guano and seals
Gripped by a fever of exploration, Portuguese explorers sailed the oceans in small fleets of caravels in search of new worlds. With only rudimentary equipment, the small wooden boats were at the mercy of great oceans, treacherous coastlines, storms and strange new people. Shipwrecks and scurvy were not uncommon and many sailors, once having embarked on a journey of discovery, would never see their home port again. Those who did return home after years at sea charting unknown territories, told of the lands they had visited and the people they had encountered.
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 Sharing community conservation experiences with the world (01.04.2010)
Community-based natural resource management, or CBNRM, is practised in many parts of the world – yet nowhere else on Earth are the successes of CBNRM quite as impressive as in Namibia.
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 Namibia’s quirky beach town (01.03.2010)
Swakopmund, one of Namibia’s must-see coastal towns, has a personality all its own. One of the first German settlements founded in the late 1800s, the silhouette of the town is defined by gabled Bavarian architecture painted in a rainbow of colours. These historical buildings house contemporary galleries, bakeries, African-themed gift shops, boutiques, high-end jewellers and apartments. The wide streets of the city centre lead directly to the Atlantic, towered over by a candy-striped lighthouse and the fringe of palm trees.
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 Photo etiquette (01.09.2009)
Everyone wants a picture-perfect holiday. Capturing the perfect picture, though, can be tough.
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 Discover Namibia’s national parks (01.08.2009)
Namibia’s Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) is custodian to some of the biggest, oldest and most spectacular parks on our planet. The national protected area network of the MET covers 140 394 km2, 17 per cent of the country. While the Etosha National and Namib-Naukluft parks make up the cornerstone of the Namibian tourism experience, gems like Khaudum, Bwabwata and Namibia’s newest national park, the Sperrgebiet, are less well known but no less worth exploring. All the country’s protected areas, each with something unique to offer, are now being celebrated in the first official series of park brochures and fact sheets.
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 Where Europe meets Africa (01.08.2009)
Tucked between two powerful natural expanses – the Namib Desert and the Atlantic Ocean – the town of Swakopmund emanates incongruities, idiosyncrasies and many surprises.
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 Images of an ancient wonderland (01.07.2009)
The Skeleton Coast of Namibia is truly a region of contrasting, beautiful landscapes. Having the opportunity to leave a footprint where there has been no human life for hundreds of years and learn about the history of centuries-old rock formations, galaxies far-far away and desert-adapted animals is an opportunity not many experience in their lifetimes. British journalist, Gill Charlton, went on a Skeleton Coast Fly-in Safari and shared her magnificent experience with Marita van Rooyen.
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 Levitating giants, ghostly crocodiles and demon elephants (01.07.2009)
Hi! Annabel here. Just celebrated my 6th birthday but I think it’s still safe to say I’m Africa’s youngest travel correspondent. It’s my job to offer advice to you parents vis a vis where to take your young ones. Just don’t sue me if it all goes horribly wrong!
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 A meeting of cultures (01.07.2009)
After the gritty heat of Chobe and Kasane, taking the boat to Impalila Island is a joy. The island forms the north-eastern tip of Namibia at the meeting place of two major African rivers, the Chobe and Zambezi, and four countries, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana.
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 nakambale museum and restcamp (01.06.2009)
A nineteenth-century Finnish mission in rural Africa
Text and photos by Ron Swilling
An old church surrounded by mahangu (millet) fields and a mission house constructed in African style come into view as you near Nakambale. The high tin roof of the house, supported by rough wooden poles, creates a narrow shaded veranda. Inside, the air is cooled by a century of history and the thick walls hold the memories and energy of the family who lived here.
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 Roaring around the capital (01.06.2009)
Hi, it’s Annabel again! I’m five years old – I started this column when I was six months old – and I believe it’s still safe to say that I’m Africa’s youngest travel correspondent.
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