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Namibia Map with Routes and Stories

Posted in Damara Mopane Lodge, Gondwana Kalahari Park, Gondwana's Classic Routes, Hakusembe River Lodge, Kalahari Anib Lodge, Namib Desert Lodge, News, Wild Horses, tagged accommodation establishments, afrikaans, cars, english, Fish River Canyon, free map, free namibia map, german, gondwana collection, gondwana map, Gondwana’s Classic Routes, Gondwana’s lodges, Mushara, namibia, namibia map, Prof. Uwe Jäschke, recommended accommodation, Roads Authority of Namibia, Sossusvlei or the Fish River Canyon, transportation, travel, vacation, Waterberg Mountain, Waterberg Wilderness, windhoek on March 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Here is a hot tip for all Namibia fans: the new road map ‘Gondwana’s Classic Routes’, fresh from the printers. This map features fascinating routes plus recommended accommodation and many exciting stories about interesting places. At the same time it is also an ordinary road map with all the essential information of the official Namibia [...]

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10 Reasons Why We Love Namibia

Posted in Damara Mopane Lodge, gonwana park, Namib Desert Lodge, Nature Conservation, News, Uncategorized, tagged caprivi strip, damaraland, etosha national park, Fish River Canyon, freedom, land of contrast, largest dunes in the world, namibia, namibian desert, sossousvlei, why we love Namibia on March 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Reblogged from Imagine Travel | Luxury Tailor-Made Holidays to Africa, the Indian Ocean and Latin America: 1. Hot air ballooning over Sossusvlei Take to the skies and witness the awe-inspiring views of Sossusvlei (The largest sand dunes in the world). A unique and romantic way to tour the dunes and one that will inevitably leave [...]

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Fossilised Dunes – Ostrich Family Tree embedded in Sandstone

Posted in Namib Desert Lodge, News, Stamps and Stories, tagged africa, animal fossils, desert conditions, desert lodge, Drakensberg Mountains, fossilised dunes of the Namib, fossils, gondwana collection namibia, Gondwana Namib Park, namib, namib desert, namib desert lodge, ostrich, petrified sand dunes, sandstone layers, Solitaire, Tsondab sandstone on February 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

How does one know that the Namib is the oldest desert on earth? And that the ostrich originates in Namibia? The answer to both questions is the same and it is revealed by the fossilised dunes of the Namib, or rather, UNDERNEATH the Namib Desert. Largely covered by the sand sea of the ‘young’ Namib, [...]

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