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Donkey carts: The 4x4s of rural Namibia

Posted in Donkey Carts, Tourism Expo, tagged affordable non-motorised transportation, African wild ass, afrikaner farmers, donkey, donkey cart, donkey carts, German settlers, gondwana, gondwana collection namibia, karakul market, mid 1600s, Namibian forms of transport, Namibian interior, rural Africa, rural Namibia, transportation, travel, vast country, western namibia on May 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Although you may think that mini-bus taxis, buses and bakkies are the modern means of transport in an ever-expanding Africa, on the dusty roads of the Namibian interior, far from crowded cities and the hustle and bustle of the 21st century, it is also the donkey cart that is one of the quintessential Namibian forms [...]

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Twyfelfontein: The Fountain of Doubt

Posted in History, tagged Aba-Huab River, david levin, Dobbelsberg, gondwana, gondwana collection namibia, gondwana history, huab river, kaokoveld, karahul pelts, moth to a flame, namib desert, north-western Namibia, Nuichas, the fountain of doubt, travel, twyfelfontein, Uiais spring, vacation, western namibia on March 27, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Long before the Twyfelfontein engravings became a popular tourist destination and received recognition as a world heritage site, the land was visited sporadically by Damara people watering their animals at the trickling spring (or ‘fontein’ as it’s called in Afrikaans). It was named Twyfelfontein (‘doubtful spring’) by the farmer, David Levin, who settled on the [...]

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Namibia’s Flag hoisted in the Andes

Posted in News, Trans Andes Challange, tagged Aus Mountains, downhill stretches, Frank Snyman and Piet Swiegers, gondwana collection namibia, Klein-Aus Vista lodge, mountain bike trails, mountain bikers, Namibian mountain bikers, Panguipulli, patagonian andes, Patagonian Andes in Chile, Toshiba Namibia, trans andes challenge, vista lodge, western namibia on February 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

The two Namibian mountain bikers Frank Snyman and Piet Swiegers both achieved excellent results at the Trans Andes Challenge from 23 to 28 January. Swiegers, the manager of the Klein-Aus Vista lodge business (Gondwana Collection Namibia), crossed the finish line after just 28 hours 51 minutes, coming in 22nd out of 40 participants in his [...]

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