Courtesy of Gondwana Collection Desert Whisper, a villa near Namibia’s Sossusvlei salt pan. Space. Miles and miles of space. Locals seem to revel in the sheer emptiness of Namibia, and they're quick ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Laurie Werner is a New York-based writer covering travel and food. It’s a startling juxtaposition. Outdoors in Namibia’s NamibRand ...

Think of African elephants and you might picture them wandering among open grasslands or making their homes in forests. But in northwest Namibia, amidst an arid landscape of rocky mountains, sand, and ...

In late winter 2025, botanists and field researchers documented an extraordinary bloom of the Desert Rose (Adenium obesum) in Namibia’s Namib Desert. This succulent plant, usually known for its ...

BLUFFTON — Growing up at the dawn of the space age, when Gemini and Apollo rocket launches held the world in rapt attention, Bluffton resident Bill Gwynne fell for the stars when he was a young boy. A ...

Namibian environmental groups are furious with the makers of the new Mad Max film, claiming they they've seriously damaged the fragile ecosystem of the Namib Desert -- a region that is undergoing ...

Guests at Desert Rhino Camp are able to have such unique experiences thanks to a project it runs with Save The Rhino Trust Namibia (SRT). For over 21 years, they’ve worked with the three communities ...

It’s still debated exactly how the Namibian desert became home to a herd of wild horses. One theory is that diamond prospectors brought horses more than a century ago to since-abandoned mining fields.