Nature Travel Conservation

02/11/2026

Experience world-renowned Okonjima, home of AfriCat, on our Namibia Conservation Safari.
Go leopard tracking, take a guided bush walk and step behind the scenes at the AfriCat Carnivore Care Centre, where big cats get a second chance.

30/10/2026

No vehicle. Just the trackers, fresh spoor and black rhino.
4 days on foot in Palmwag. Talk to us to add this amazing conservation experience to your safari.

29/10/2026

The Red List : Desert-adapted Elephant
IUCN status: Endangered

Desert-adapted elephants are not a separate species. They belong to Africa’s savanna elephant species, which the IUCN listed as Endangered in 2021 after a decline of at least 60% over the last 50 years, driven by ivory poaching and habitat loss. In north-west Namibia, these elephants survive where few could. They walk long distances, often at night, go several days without drinking, and dig in dry riverbeds to reach water below the surface.

Survival here depends on coexistence, and that is being built one waterhole at a time.

23/09/2026

Incredible efforts in the Rhino conservation space with African Parks

22/09/2026

Nobody likes spam posts, but everyone loves seeing rhino clips on ! If you see a rhino on safari, you can call it a privilege. Here are some of our best rhino moments — always humbling.

14/09/2026

Get to know the cats of Okonjima Nature Reserve - Home of AfriCat -A place where many successful conservation stories have unfolded.

13/09/2026

The Red List —Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
IUCN status: Vulnerable · Estimated left: fewer than 7,500 in the wild

A century ago more than 100,000 cheetahs ranged across Africa and Asia. Today fewer than 7,500 remain, scattered across just 9% of their former range — so fragmented that the Cheetah Conservation Fund calls it Africa's most endangered big cat. Namibia is the last great stronghold, with around 1,500 cheetahs — roughly a fifth of the world's total — which is why Otjiwarongo is known as the "Cheetah Capital of the World." But most live outside protected areas, on farmland, where they were long treated as vermin: in the 1980s alone Namibian farmers removed close to 8,000.

On the ground:
CCF, founded near Otjiwarongo by Dr Laurie Marker in 1990, goes after the conflict at its source. Since 1994 it has bred and placed more than 800 Anatolian shepherd and Kangal livestock-guarding dogs with farmers — a dog that protects the herd means a farmer no longer needs to shoot the cheetah. Combined with predator-friendly farming, its Future Farmers of Africa training, and work against the illegal cub trade, Namibia's population has held steady while others keep falling.

10/09/2026

Some of the most important conservation work takes place far from the spotlight — through fieldwork such as wildlife health checks, tracking endangered species and rehabilitation when needed.

This Brown Hyena health check, carried out at night by wildlife veterinarians, is just one example of the hands-on work that supports the protection and long-term survival of threatened species.

It’s conservation in action.

09/09/2026

Very interesting stats about the African Wild Dog numbers in Namibia with Kalahari African Wild Dog Conservation Project

Are Namibia’s African wild dogs really stable? 🐾

Current evidence suggests the trend remains uncertain, with growing concern about decline. Namibia has population estimates—but still lacks the repeated, nationwide monitoring needed to confidently determine whether wild dog populations are stable, contracting or decreasing.

Protecting this endangered species starts with better information. Photo identification, camera traps, GPS collars, genetics and long-term pack monitoring can help reveal the true picture.
Every sighting matters. Every pack matters. Every wild dog matters.

06/09/2026

The Red List —Black Rhino (Diceros bicornis)

IUCN status: Critically Endangered · Estimated left: ~6,788 (end of 2024)

Fifty years ago around 70,000 black rhinos roamed Africa. Relentless poaching for horn crashed that to roughly 2,400 by the mid-1990s, a 96% loss. The animal has clawed its way back since: numbers rose about 5% in a single year to 6,788, and Namibia now holds one of the largest free-ranging populations on Earth, out in the Kunene.

On the ground: The recovery is built on hard, unglamorous work — dehorning, round-the-clock ranger patrols, translocations to establish new populations, and community conservancies that give people living alongside rhinos a direct stake in protecting them. Poaching across Africa in 2024 fell to its lowest level since 2011, though a spike in early 2025 is a reminder of how fragile the gains are.

Not a lost cause — a fight being won, slowly, and worth every effort.