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The first of November marks a new beginning for the Gondwana Collection, when all of its 821 employees become shareholders. This milestone in the history of the company is part of the recent restructuring of the Gondwana Group with Gondwana Holding Limited now acting as the group’s holding company.

The Gondwana Collection’s newest lodge, the Zambezi Mubala Lodge in the far east of the Zambezi Region, is excitedly awaiting the arrival of the first guests on 1 November. Guests are ferried to the lodge by boat. The boat trip gives guests an idyllic first impression of the spectacular water world of the Zambezi and the spacious lodge along its banks. Zambezi Mubala Lodge offers eighteen luxurious and spacious double rooms, and two family cabins with en-suite bathrooms and stunning views of the river landscape. 

On the new Gondwana Website you can now go shopping. With the new shopping cart function you can conveniently plan and book your entire trip. You can select and pay for more than one property at once. An integrated map functionality shows the route description. Clients will be able to create a profile and account on the store. Online shopping made easy.

The winners of the Faces of Namibia competition have been announced! The competition was powered by the Gondwana Collection, in partnership with Bank Windhoek, and received over 130 entries. The theme of the competition was ‘what about Namibia inspires you’ and offered a variety of interesting stories.

Afristay has presented four accommodation establishments of the Gondwana Collection with the 2017 Top Valued Establishment Award. They are Namib Desert Lodge, Kalahari Anib Lodge and Kalahari Farmhouse as well as The Delight Swakopmund.  

Gondwana Collection has won the “Namibia Sustainable Development Award 2017” in the category “Best Social Media”. The award acknowledges the lodge group’s efforts to create public awareness of sustainable development via social media. This initiative of the Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia, the Sustainable Development Advisory Council and the Hanns Seidel Foundation is a biannual event.

The new building of the Paukeni Kindergarten close to Hakusembe River Lodge was officially opened on 12 September 2017. Gondwana Collection necessitated the reconstruction of the building through the Hakusembe Community Development Fund. A jungle gym was also constructed for the kids inside the fenced school yard. 

The “Namibian Desert Duo” will be the first Namibian team to participate in the legendary Perskindol Swiss Epic mountain bike event in Switzerland. Gaby Raith (34) and Stephan Harrison (45), together have over 40 years of cycling experience in southern Africa. This will be their first time participating in a European race.

Working in the tourism industry: What are the employment opportunities? What are the requirements? How can I apply? All these questions were answered by the Gondwana Collection personnel at the NMH #Festival and Career Expo at SKW in Windhoek, on 07-09 September 2017.