by Bernd Grahl | May 19, 2017 | Namiban Road Trip Impressions, Namibia Travel Tips, Swakopmund, Swakopmund Hotel, The Delight Hotel, Uncategorized, What to do in Namibia
Hidden within the Namib Desert, a short stretch past the point of no return but a few kilometres short of getting lost…you will find the Namibian Dead Sea. Alright, it is not nearly as mythical as that first sentence made it sound and it isn’t a sea, exactly. It is...
by Bernd Grahl | Feb 17, 2017 | Namiban Road Trip Impressions, Namibia Travel Tips, Stories & History, Swakopmund, Swakopmund Hotel, The Delight Hotel, Uncategorized, What to do in Namibia
A rather threatening concept… associating the entire coastline with a skeletal formation. This was not done unknowingly though. The Namibian Bushman are said to have called the coastline ‘the land God made in anger’. Similarly, the Portuguese explorers referred to it...
by Bernd Grahl | Dec 30, 2016 | Swakopmund, Uncategorized
New Years Eve is coming soon and the question, as it is each year, is where to spend the festive evening? In Namibia the big question is probably to stay in Windhoek or go to Swakopmund? Let‘s start with Windhoek. As most Namibians will leave the city and go to the...
by Bernd Grahl | Nov 25, 2016 | Enviromental Conservation, Nature Conservation, Save Water in Namibia, Swakopmund, Swakopmund Hotel, The Delight Hotel, Uncategorized
Technically it is still spring, despite the extreme heat we have already experienced. And with the rain that arrived earlier this week and the promise of more rain coming our way, we thought this would be the ideal time to discuss …wait for it, gardening! So we are...
by Bernd Grahl | Nov 4, 2016 | Canyon Lodge, Canyon Roadhouse, Canyon Village, Damara Mopane Lodge, Etosha Safari Lodge, Gondwana Collection, Gondwana Guidebook, Hakusembe River Lodge, Kalahari Anib Lodge, Kalahari Farmhouse, Namib Desert Lodge, Namib Desert Lodge, Namushasha River Lodge, Swakopmund, Swakopmund Hotel, The Delight Hotel, Uncategorized, What to do in Namibia
In Namibia, clear skies and delicious warm evenings have inspired an important tradition – and celebration of life – sundowners! As part of their 20th anniversary celebrations, the Gondwana Collection held a ‘101 Sunset Competition’, inviting the public to share their...
by Bernd Grahl | Oct 14, 2016 | Canyon Roadhouse, Hakusembe River Lodge, Kalahari Farmhouse, Swakopmund, Swakopmund Hotel, The Delight Hotel, Uncategorized
Taste Namibia! Food is a universal language that has a tendency to bring people together and in Namibia we take this ‘language’ very seriously. When traveling to another country, place, destination… the location’s cuisine becomes part of your local experience. The...
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