Mysterious death in the Dead Vlei

The French tourist, who died four days ago in Dead Vlei south of Sossusvlei, was seriously ill. According to the autopsy, the 54-year-old suffered from advanced liver cirrhosis. The circumstances surrounding his death were a mystery. He had separated from his tour...

Hurdles for Namibia travellers fall

The land of endless horizons is again easily accessible for German Namibia fans. As of September 12, Namibia will no longer be considered a high risk area, announced the Foreign Office in the travel information on its website today. This means that unvaccinated...

Namibia no longer considered a virus variant area

Namibia holidaymakers from Europe who like to travel via Frankfurt can breathe a sigh of relief: The German government will drop the transport ban for travellers without a permanent place of residence in Germany, that has been in force since June 20. This means that...

Destinations in Southern Africa put at disadvantage

Why did the German government remove England and India from the list of virus variant areas, but not South Africa and Namibia? By raising this question, the association Arbeitsgemeinschaft südliches und östliches Afrika (ASA) accused the government of discriminating...

No traffic between regions

Namibia is reacting to the third wave of the corona pandemic with further measures. They are initially valid until July 15th. Round trips of tourists in the country are still possible. Namibians are only allowed to travel from region to region with a special permit....

Second high season at risk

German authorities abated the hopes of the Namibian travel industry for a restart of tourism in mid-June. The country was declared a virus variant area with effect from June 20. They did not disclose the name of the Corona virus variant. So far, only isolated cases of...