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Thursday, 26 January 2023

Namibia: Franke's Tower - a monument in Omaruru

Franke's Tower - a monument in Omaruru, Namibia. Erich Victor Carl August Franke (21.07.1865-07.08.1936) - German military officer and last commander of Schutztruppe in German South-West Africa. Served in a number of locations, including Ovamboland and Kaokoveld.

He was stationed at Outjo from 1899 until 1910 and is remembered in particular for his involvement in the early phases of the Herero Uprising of 1904. He was dubbed the 'Hero of Omaruru' after leading his troops in battle to victory over the numerically superior Herero forces

Башня Франке, Омаруру, Намибия, южная Африка. Названа в честь офицера Эриха Франке, последнего коммандующего войск Германии в Намибии, освободившего городок Омаруру от превосходящих сил восставшего племени гереро в 1904 году.

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Wednesday, 8 June 2022

Namibia: Kifaru Luxury Lodge & Bush Camp | Кифару Лодж Намибия

The Portfolio: Kifaru Luxury Lodge & Bush Camp

A mere 25 km from the northern Namibian town of Outjo and just 100 km away from the world renowned Etosha National Park, you find Kifaru Luxury Lodge and Bush Camp.

This private reserve boasts more than 60 species of mammal and more than 300 species of bird.

This is definitely not just an over-night stop, this is somewhere to linger a while and experience the very real and tangible positive impact that tourism has on the conservation efforts for the black and white rhino in Namibia.

The Kifaru Luxury Lodge is built atop beautifully weathered outcrops, offering unrivalled views of the mopane forest and wildlife reserve below.

Kifaru Luxury Lodge comprises of 4 premier suites and 2 deluxe rooms.

The 4 premier suites are air-conditioned and boast a safe, tea and coffee station, hair dryer, full-length mirror, a cheeky midnight snack, fruit basket, 100% cotton bathrobes, mosquito nets, free wi-fi and a private viewing deck.

In the bathrooms you will find both an in-door and out-door shower, separate WC, standalone bathtub with bath salts to release the stresses of a day in the veld, a double vanity as well as luxurious toiletries made from 100% natural ingredients, as are the luxuriant towels.

The 2 deluxe rooms are air-conditioned and boast a safe, tea and coffee station, hair dryer, fruit basket, 100% cotton bathrobes, free wi-fi and a private viewing deck.

In the bathrooms you will find a large walk-in shower, separate WC, a double vanity as well as luxurious toiletries made from 100% natural ingredients, as are the luxuriant towels.

The rustic Bush Camp, located about 5 km away, and offers guests a laid-back, relaxed experience; with a main area built to resemble a barn and a 'farm dam' swimming pool.

The 12 en-suite rooms have showers, complimentary toiletries and a cordoned off patio area with outside seating.

There are both twin-bed and double-bed rooms available. Bush Camp is ideal for guests travelling in large groups.

Conservation at Kifaru

The name ‘Kifaru’ means ‘Rhino’ in Swahili and the conservation of these critically endangered animals is at the heart of the Kifaru ethos, with the majority of the revenue generated by the lodge going directly towards Rhino Momma and their conservation efforts.

The Rhino Momma Project is dedicated to the care and repopulation of the Rhino species in Southern Africa. In order to achieve these goals we routinely dehorn our rhinos to reduce the risk of poaching. Kifaru Luxury Lodge is the proud lodge representative of the program.

By visiting the lodge and experiencing the reserve, visitors are offered a very real experience of the positive and tangible impact that tourism can have on the conservation efforts of these incredible animals in Namibia.

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Thursday, 5 August 2021

Namibia: Ongava News

Happy Days! With Namibia's third wave rapidly waning in time for high season, following last week's Nature Heals message, further good news breaking today: Namibia is removed from the List of Virus Variant Areas, Frankfurter Allgemeine 30.07.2021 - 13:11 Deutschland streicht afrikanische Staaten von Virusvariantenliste

Translate: Breathe a sigh of relief in the tourist regions: According to F.A.Z. information, the federal government no longer classifies any African country as a particularly sensitive country of origin. However, two countries in Latin America remain on the list.

Transfer through FRA on to Schengen countries will be permissible, book your limited release Ongava special.

We’re grateful for the exemplary appetite for the vaccines among our colleagues who responded enthusiastically as soon as they became available in Namibia. Staff have been receiving their vaccine regimen at the designated health centres in the various districts and also at Ongava.

May 8, 2021: “Ongava's much reduced workforce volunteered for our first COVID-19 vaccinations over the weekend. We are grateful for Ministry of Health and Social Services-Namibia Outjo Staff who travelled to Ongava, generously giving up their weekend. They set up a temporary vaccine centre at the Ongava Research Visitor Centre. Eight-seven Ongava and Research Centre staff volunteered for their first jab, plus the five staff from the town office previously vaccinated in Windhoek, that's now 92 of the Ongava family's immune systems are primed to combat COVID-19.

June 5, 2021: “Ongava staff volunteering for the next round of COVID-19 vaccinations at the Ongava Research Visitor Centre. With our grateful thanks to Ministry of Health and Social Services-Namibia.

Staff returning from restricted areas quarantine for seven days and present a negative PCR test in order to report for duty.

We look forward to sharing a cheerful campfire under the southern cross with you in the not too distant future.

Rob Moffett
Ongava Game Reserve

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Sunday, 13 September 2020

Namibia: Epacha Lodge | Эпача Лодж Намибия

Epacha Lodge

Epacha Game Lodge and Spa is situated on the 21 000 ha Epacha Game Reserve. Each of the individually decorated en-suite chalets has its own private balcony, complete with a breathtaking view across the bush. All chalets are equipped with air-conditioning, mini bar, safe, ceiling fan and coffee and tea facilities. 
In keeping with the Victorian era in Africa, all chalets are furnished with antiques & decorated in subtle, relaxing colours.
Guests can spend time relaxing in our lounge overlooking a waterhole or in the library, smoking room, billiard room or at our pool bar, be rejuvenated by stress relieving therapies in the Spa, which offers the following facilities; sauna, Jacuzzi, steam room, splash pool, Thelaso Therapy room, treatment rooms, out side treatment areas or partake in various activities including game drives on the Epacha Game Reserve, night drives, game drives to the Etosha National Park, guided walks, quad biking & horse trails. 
Epacha is a home to 21 antelope species as well as endangered species such as Black Rhino and Sable antelope.
Daily flights from Windhoek to Epacha by Namibia Sky Shuttle.
In the quest for health, humanity has developed medicines and cures that defy the imagination, yet the best cure for most maladies is a healthy lifestyle that prolongs our lives.
Guests at Epacha Game Lodge & Spa have the opportunity to reinvigorate themselves in stress-relieving therapies and activities in the Spa.

Facilities and treatments include a Jacuzzi, a sauna, rejuvenating mud baths and massages, manicure, pedicures, thalasso and facial therapy.

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Namibia: Mining in Tsumeb | Цумеб Намибия

Tsumeb: Mining

Tsumeb (Otjiherero name: Okavisume) is a town of 15,000 inhabitants, the largest in Oshikoto region in northern Namibia near Etosha National Park. Tsumeb is often referred to as the "gateway to the north" of the country. Tsumeb was the regional capital of Oshikoto Region until 2008 when Omuthiya was proclaimed a town and the new capital. The area around Tsumeb forms its own electoral constituency and has a population of 44,113. The town is the site of a deep mine (the lower workings now closed), that in its heyday was known simply as "The Tsumeb Mine" but has since been renamed the Ongopolo Mine.

The name Tsumeb is generally pronounced "TSOO-meb". The name is not a derivative of German, Afrikaans, or English. It has been suggested that it comes from Nama and means either "Place of the moss" or "Place of the frog". Perhaps this old name had something to do with the huge natural hill of green, oxidized copper ore that existed there before it was mined out. Tsumeb was founded in 1905 by the German colonial administration and celebrated its 100th year of existence in 2005.

Tsumeb is notable for the huge mineralized pipe that led to its foundation. The origin of the pipe has been hotly debated. The pipe penetrates more or less vertically through the Precambrian Otavi dolomite for at least 1300 m. One possibility is that the pipe was actually a gigantic ancient cave system and that the rock filling it is sand that seeped in from above. If the pipe is volcanic, as some have suggested, then the rock filling it (the "pseudo-aplite") is peculiar in the extreme. The pipe was mined in prehistoric times but those ancient workers barely scratched the surface. Most of the ore was removed in the 20th century by cut-and-fill methods. The ore was polymetallic and from it copper, lead, silver, gold, arsenic, and germanium were won. There was also a fair amount of zinc present but the recovery of this metal was always difficult for technical reasons. Many millions of tonnes of ore of spectacular grade were removed. A good percentage of the ore (called "direct smelting ore") was so rich that it was sent straight to the smelter situated near the town without first having to be processed through the mineral enrichment plant. The Tsumeb mine is also renowned amongst mineral collectors. Between 1905 and 1996, the mine produced about 30 million tons of ore yielding 1.7 Mt copper, 2.8 Mt lead 0.9 Mt zinc, as well as 80 t germanium. The average ore grade was 10% Pb, 4.3% Cu, 3.5% Zn, 100 ppm Ag, 50 ppm Ge.

It is noted for 243 valid minerals and is the type location for 56 types of mineral. Some of the germanium minerals are only found in this mine.

Gem-quality dioptase crystals from the Tsumeb mine, source of many of the world's best (and most expensive) dioptase specimens.
Tsumeb, since its founding, has been primarily a mining town. The mine was originally owned by the OMEG (Otavi Minen- und Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft) and later by TCL (Tsumeb Corporation Limited) before its closure a few years ago, when the ore at depth ran out. The main shafts became flooded by groundwater over a kilometer deep and the water was collected and pumped as far as the capital, Windhoek. The mine has since been opened up again by a group of local entrepreneurs ("Ongopolo Mining"). A fair amount of oxidized ore remains to be recovered in the old upper levels of the mine. It is highly unlikely, though, that the deepest levels will ever be reopened.

The other notable feature of the town is the metal smelter, currently owned by Namibia Custom Smelters, which was sold by Weatherly International to Dundee Previous Metals in 2010. The right of the smelter is currently owned by IXM. The Annual Copper Festival is a well-known event on the local festival calendar.

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Tsumeb town and mine:

Tsumeb Mine power station, 24 August 1926

 The Tsumeb water tower, well-known landmark of Tsumeb. 13 December 1923

Tsumeb Mine opencast and dumps, 30 November 1925

Concentrate at the Tsumeb Mine, around 1926

Installing new boilers, 11 December 1923

F.W. Shaft No. 1, and Mine foreman's office at Tsumeb Mine, 27 January 1926

F.W. Shaft, Tsumeb Mine, 1925

The Sky Ladder, open cast mining, Tsumeb mine, 1921

Tsumeb panorama

Ore dumps, Tsumeb Mine, 13 December 1925

Mine dumps, Tsumeb Mine, around 1926

Water cavity, Tsumeb Mine, 21 January 1924. Photo F. Heberling

Power station expansion, Tsumeb Mine, 23 April 1923

Tsumeb OMEG Head Office. May 1914. Otavi Mine From E management building. Pfafferot
Compound, 5 workers dwelling, around 1925


Building new quarters, 1926 (present senior single quarters)

Shaped stone houses built by OMEG

Director Kegel, 1924

Director of the Tsumeb Mine, Mr. and Mrs. Kegel, garden and house

Director of the Tsumeb Mine, Mr. and Mrs. Kegel, garden and house

Camels at Tsumeb, 1907. Photo C. Hubrich, Swakopmund. From E. Pfafferott

Tsumeb, around 1912. A procession at celebration, Schuetzenverein. Locality: Holzelsauers Shop. From E. Pfafferot. Photo Erich Staebe, Karibib

Farm house at Bobos, 10 November 1925

Tsumeb, 1907, Transportation in June 1921. Looks like a race. Car numbered 1 on radiator tank, OUT7. From E. Pfafferot

Very large cluster of azurite crystals, ex-Smithsonian collection

Calcite crystals colored red by tiny inclusions of hematite

Zoned Cerussite crystal

Dioptase crystals on calcite, a classic Tsumeb specimen

Leiteite, a zinc arsenate, colored umber-red by inclusions of Ludlockite, a lead arsenate. Tsumeb is the type locality for both species

Malachite pseudomorphs after azurite

Gemmy mimetite with a sidecar of wulfenite

Bright blue scorodite crystals on brown-black beudantite

Tsumeb, start of the mine, 1907
Tsumeb panorama


Warehouse and location, 14 February 1927

OMEG smelter. 26 March 1925

OMEG smelter. 1927

Tsumeb Mine plant, 30 August 1926

Expansion of Tsumeb Mine power station

Imported bulls, Omeg Farm
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