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Travel News Namibia is a high-quality Namibian travel and lifestyle magazine tasked with promoting Namibia to the world. With riveting stories, first-hand encounters and magnificent photographs showcasing tourism, travel, nature, adventure and conservation, TNN is the ultimate and most comprehensive guide to exploring Namibia.

Travel News Namibia

Resetting perspective.

BUSH TELEGRAPH • News from the tourism industry

HIKING THE naukluft • I’m not a hiker. Yet, here I find myself lifting my ridiculously heavy backpack onto my back for the first time on the morning before the start of an eight-day-long hike. The weight of the backpack immediately triggers the question: why am I doing this?

KHAUDUM • The Ultimate Wilderness

The value and virtue of vultures

NAMIBIA LAID BARE

A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE • TREAD LIGHTLY AND LISTEN TO NATURE AT ONGAVA GAME RESERVE

Turning travel into impact: Celebrating 10 years of TOSCO

Spring TRIPPING • Rièth van Schalkwyk explores how to find joy in the abundance and discover the magic of looking closer

Living wild in the land of Sand and Freedom: Three become four

RMB RIDE FOR RHINOS • Eight years of cycling for conservation

Quelea quelea • Visiting Etosha National Park in early May this year we encountered what might be a once-in-a-lifetime experience: watching a flock, or rather flocks, of Red-billed Queleas at Goas waterhole one morning coming in for their daily drink. Apparently this usually happens twice a day, but my fellow waterhole visitors in the car got a bit fed up with the once-in-a-lifetime experience after a few hours and I had to leave the birds on their own for the rest of the day, to my utter dismay.

AN ESCAPE TO YOUR OWN PRIVATE WILDERNESS at Etosha Heights with Natural Selection • “Good morning all stations,” our guide, Grevin, greets his fellow guides on his two-way radio before we depart Safarihoek. The crisp morning in July does little to dampen our excitement: we are leaving on a game drive through the Etosha Heights Private Reserve. As we descend the steep hill leading away from the lodge, the sun, not yet visible, starts to change the colours of the surrounding bush. With the change of light the temperature drops and adds a little extra bite to an already sharp winter’s morning. We are thankful for the cosy ponchos handed out by Grevin before departure to shield us against the cold. Muted excitement is in the air. The break of dawn always holds the unlimited potential of the new day and in this case the prospect of amazing sightings.

BLUE WILDEBEEST • FIGHT ENDS IN WATERHOLE

Embracing the wild side of the Erongo • Situated some 10 kilometres west of Omaruru and roughly a two-hour drive from Windhoek, Erongo Wild invites guests to become absorbed by the natural beauty of the Erongo Mountains. It is a place brimming with life, which is evident as soon as you arrive. You are immediately surrounded by the calls of White-browed Sparrow-weavers, African Red-eyed Bulbul and a chorus of Rosy-faced Lovebirds – sounds that will become synonymous with Erongo Wild. Dassies (rock hyrax) perched atop their rock thrones join in the fun with a couple of shrieks, while intermittently the bark of a baboon can be heard from the surrounding granite hills.

Three adventures to embark on in the ZAMBEZI REGION • Whenever explaining travels, destinations, and the roads leading to adventure in Namibia, my right hand comes out. Palm facing down, index finger folded and thumb stretched out, the back of my hand instantly becomes a map. The shape of Namibia can be indicated with a single hand, and the Zambezi region is the thumb. No coincidence then that this corner of the land, often overlooked or left off visitor itineraries for being so far-flung, can be summarised by “an indication...