September 5, 2025

A middle-of-nowhere Kind of Getaway

For many of us, it comes as quite the natural urge: the desire to jump in your car and drive until you can drive no more, get out wherever you might find yourself, and experience some wild, unplanned adventure. Surprisingly (or maybe not), that need is even stronger when the everyday involves a tumultuous toddler trampling about your business. Of course, it is not as easy, or advisable, to leave the toddler to his own devices while you try to satisfy your deep desire for freedom, which leaves you with little choice but to let said toddler join you in the temporary escape.
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September 8, 2025

The current of life

There is a certain reward – both mental and physical – that comes with the effort of breaking new ground. Travel experiences reveal what we did not know, and in the process, we become new and find truths we did not know before. Journeys do that. They give birth to new insights. They return us to the simple things, to real beauty – unmanicured, uncurated and often unnoticed. They remind us that the perfect travel experience is not just found in a photograph of an elusive animal, or a sunset over water, or a well-prepared meal. It is found in the quiet, in the people and in the slowness of things.
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September 8, 2025

Book review

Some stories linger long after you’ve turned the last page. They stay not because they shout the loudest, but because they whisper truths that feel both timeless and immediate. Leonard the Land Rover, written by Dr Conrad (Nad) Brain and illustrated by Namibian artist Nicky Marais, is one such book – a revival of a much-loved Namibian tale that blends memoir, allegory, and desert storytelling into something unforgettable.
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September 8, 2025

Erongo Mountains

Boulder crawling is a thing. Especially when you are of the age where life is all about exploring the world with a vigour that requires all your senses, best done by slithering about on hands, knees or, most conveniently, your bum. Of course, it adds even more flavour to the fun if the earth is made of ancient granite formations and the backdrop is that of the Erongo Mountains.
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September 8, 2025

A Living Library

In a world where biodiversity loss continues to threaten ecosystems and communities alike, Ongava’s commitment to conservation has taken on an inspiring new form through the restoration, rehabilitation, and celebration of Namibia’s indigenous plant life. Nestled within the shared campus of Ongava Research Centre (ORC) and Anderssons at Ongava, this effort is quietly transforming the landscape into a living library of Namibia’s botanical heritage.
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September 8, 2025

Khaudum National Park

Living in a predominantly dry country, where most of the landscape is defined in earthy shades ranging from warm, reddish terracotta and ochre hues to subdued khaki, pale beiges, muted yellow and taupe hues spectacularly offset by rich dark browns and a hint of black, one cannot help but marvel at the dramatic changes effected by the rainy season.
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September 8, 2025

Rooted in Rock: the Hoada experience

Clear cobalt skies stretch above white, willowy grasslands. Rocky peaks rise among scattered shrubs. Solitary gravel roads are occasionally interrupted by capacious, sandy riverbeds. Here, the wilderness opens to sweeping plains, filled with mopane woodlands and dotted with hardy shepherd’s trees sculpted by the wind. Along the way, we encounter scenes of daily, rural life: sheep and goat herders, small farming settlements, and roadside stalls selling rough cuts of quartz and semi-precious gemstones. As we venture further into the semiarid terrain of Damaraland, the landscape begins to transform, with both the vegetation and its inhabitants adapting to the region’s rugged geography.
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September 8, 2025

Where the elephants walk below

The sky was gold, deep orange and bright yellow – surreal, as though painted that morning by a hand in the sky with fresh, glistening oil paints. This land I had travelled to is part of my country, and yet it felt like another world entirely. What makes the light seem so different here?
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September 8, 2025

A tribute to the Guardians of the wild

The 2025 RMB & Wilderness Ride for Rangers took us deep into one of Africa’s last true wilderness areas, across stark valleys, dry riverbeds, and golden savannahs that pulse with life and silence in equal measure. Though the wind was relentless, nature offered its own kind of encouragement. Every morning began with a spectacular sunrise, every evening was bathed in the soft glow of a desert sunset, and every moment in between was filled with movement, discovery, and awe.
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