Tag Archives: Namibia
February 7, 2009
Etosha National Park in Namibia
Etosha National Park is a national park in the Kunene Region of northwestern Namibia. First established in 1907, when Namibia was a German colony known as South West Africa, its original size of 38,500 mile² made it the largest game reserve in the world. Due to political changes since its original establishment, the park is [...]
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March 6, 2008
Kolmanskop – A Ghost Town Buried in the Sand
Kolmanskop is a ghost town in southern Namibia, a few kilometres inland from the port of Lüderitz. In 1908, Luederitz was plunged into diamond fever and people rushed into the Namib desert hoping to make an easy fortune. Within two years, a town, complete with a casino, school, hospital and exclusive residential buildings, was established [...]
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