by Bernd Grahl | Aug 11, 2017 | African Stories, History Books, Namib Desert Lodge, Namib Desert Lodge, Namibia Story, Stories & History, Uncategorized
The title may seem slightly odd. The harsh, hot, dry desert… and we want to call it nurturing? It may seem crazy, but we have not lost our minds. Some may have read the book “Wennes Krieg gibt, gehenwir in die Wüste” or seen the film adaptation, The Sheltering Desert....
by Bernd Grahl | Aug 4, 2017 | Guest Blogger, Namiban Road Trip Impressions, Namibia Story, Namibia Travel Tips, Uncategorized, What to do in Namibia
Half a year as an intern at the Gondwana Collection. Where should I start… The moment the Air Namibia plane touched the Namibian ground? I still had many, many unanswered questions in my head. I didn’t really know what to expect because there was no real job...
by Bernd Grahl | Jan 27, 2017 | Enviromental Conservation, Miscellaneous, Namibia Story, Nature Conservation, Stories & History, Uncategorized
The Gondwana Collection is celebrating its 21st birthday this year. To the public we are known as a lodge group that strives for service excellence and to conduct business in a way that is environmentally conscious. One of our major aims as a company is to preserve...
by Bernd Grahl | Sep 2, 2016 | African Stories, Namibia Story, Stories & History, Uncategorized
Most of us have remained unaware of this interesting topic, but there is a question that has plagued the world of psychology for some time now, “What came first, thought or language?” Now obviously it shouldn’t come as a shock that there is no concrete answer to this...
by Bernd Grahl | Aug 5, 2016 | Gondwana Guidebook, Namiban Road Trip Impressions, Namibia Story, Namibia Travel Tips, Swakopmund, Uncategorized, What to do in Namibia
Planning a trip to Namibia and you’re not a 100% sure of what you need? Say no more! We have got your back, we can call it the hitchhiker’s guide to Namibia, but without the hitchhiking. Let’s begin by saying that you can’t go wrong planning a trip to Namibia, it is...
by Bernd Grahl | May 13, 2016 | Miscellaneous, Mummy, Namibia Story, News, Swakopmund, Walvisbay
With the start of a new production, an unnamed ‘Mummy’ reboot, making its way to Namibia, we began to wonder about all the other films that have featured our desert sands. To our surprise we found out that more than 30 movies have been filmed in Namibia, so far and...
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