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Friday, 24 January 2020

Namibia: 3 nights at Chobe Water Villas package

3 NIGHTS AT CHOBE WATER VILLAS!
Rates on request 
SADC Residents only 
VALIDITY: 01.12.19 to 30.06.20

Suggested Itinerary:
DAY ONE
Just around midday, as the sun reaches its highest point of orbit, your plane will touch down on the gently steaming airport tarmac. A Flame of Africa representative will be on hand to usher you through the five minute transfer to Kasane Immigration Point, Botswana. Once you have cleared immigration, you will be escorted aboard for a 15 minute boat transfer across the winding Chobe River via Kasika Immigration Point, Namibia, where you will arrive at Chobe Water Villas.
Tucked away unobtrusively in a secret corner of the African wilderness, bordered protectively by two mighty rivers, the Villas offer a perfect haven for nature and wildlife, - and those escaping the world to this wetland paradise. The boutique lodge offers a stylish exclusivity for its guests, and is truly a magical destination.
Please note, the daily opening hours of Immigration Offices are from 07:30 to 16:30.
DAY TWO AND THREE
Guests are invited to choose two activities per day from the tantalising array of activities available, each one of which is guaranteed to enrich your Namibian experience. These include the following:
MORNING GAME DRIVE
The morning game drives, between 08h00 to 12h00, are four to five hours in duration and comprise a drive into the Chobe National Park, an 11 700 km2 wildlife reserve, truly one of Africa's wildlife gems and one of the greatest game reserves in southern Africa. It is particularly famous for the number of elephant that reside therein. Estimates vary on the elephant population, but what is guaranteed is that you will witness the unforgettable and humbling sight of these vast and majestic herds, sometimes as large as a few hundred, ranging through the reserve. Sightings of predators such as lion, leopard and wild dog are common, so prolific are they, that the area has been called the Galapagos of Africa. In order to ensure your experience is as wonderful as it should be, please pack binoculars, cameras and a windbreaker.
This drive includes park fees, tea, coffee, biscuits or rusks and bottled water. Please note that immigration formalities will apply.
MORNING CHOBE RIVER SAFARI
This river safari is for three to four hours , between 08h00 to 12h00, and is conducted along the banks of the Chobe National park. The Chobe River flows seemingly endlessly through the Caprivi flood plains and provides a haven for huge herds of buffalo and elephant as well as zebra, wildebeest and impala, hunted relentlessly by lurking predators. Guests are guaranteed to enjoy many memorable sightings of wildlife, fauna and flora.
The river safari includes park fees, tea, coffee, biscuits or rusks and bottled water.
AFTERNOON CHOBE RIVER SAFARI
The afternoon river safari is the same duration as the morning one, and begins at 15h30, ending at 18h30.
The afternoon river safari includes park fees, snacks, soft drinks, local spirits, beers, wines and bottled water.

AFTERNOON BOAT CRUISE ON THE CHOBE & ZAMBEZI RIVERS
With departure at 15h30, the afternoon boat cruise takes you on a romantically serene three hour float on both the Chobe and Zambezi Rivers as the boat winds its way through the shorelines of three countries, Botswana, Namibia and Zambia. Feel the warmth of the African sun caress your skin as you cruise down the historic Kasai Channel and view the wildlife drinking from the waters of the Impalila Island.
The cruise, ending at 18h30, includes snacks, soft drinks, local spirits, beers, wines and bottled water.
DAY FOUR
Enjoy a leisurely breakfast as the finishing touch on your stay with Chobe Water Villa's. You will be then be transferred back to Kasane for your return flight to Johannesburg.
EXCLUDES:
- INT & Regional Flights & Airport Taxes
- Health & Visas
- Travel Insurance
- All items of a personal nature and not mentioned above
- Meals and drinks not mentioned
- Subject to Availability
- E & O Applies
- Excludes ALL Park fees not mentioned
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Tuesday, 13 May 2014

Elephant poaching in Namibia | Браконьерство в Намибии

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Namibia recorded 123 cases of elephant poaching in national parks between 2005 to date, with 222 tusks weighing close to 1910.20 kg confiscated. In total, the poached elephants resulted in monetary losses exceeding N$1.3 million.

The Deputy Director for Wildlife Management in the Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Colgar Sikopo, made the worrying revelations during the law enforcement and wildlife protection stakeholders' meeting on Thursday in Windhoek. The meeting highlighted the levels of illegal killing of wildlife in the country.

Sikopo said 105 people in possession of elephant tusks were arrested between 2005 and 2013. While from 2005 to date, 11 cases of rhino poaching were recorded. Of the poached rhinos, 18 horns weighing 14.3 kg valued at N$599 532 were confiscated and nine suspects were arrested.

The economic loss from poaching of elephants in 2012 in national parks amounted to N$3.8 million. The losses accrued from Bwabwata, Madumu and Nkasa Rupara national parks where in total 28 elephants were poached. About N$2.2 million was lost through 142 elephants poached in conservancies in 2012.

Pohamba Shifeta, the Deputy Minister of Environment and Tourism said the Namibian elephant population has virtually quadrupled over the last 20 years to over 20 000 .

"We have more than 1 000 black rhinoceros. Recently we noted with great concern the increasing activities of poaching of rhinos and the illegal possession of 14 rhino horns in the country. Given that poaching for ivory and rhino horn is presently occurring in [the broader] Southern Africa, there is a high probability that attention will shift to Namibia. Poaching for ivory is already occurring in the north-eastern regions of the country, although it has now been contained," Shifeta noted.

He added that tourism in general has grown to be one of the most important industries in Namibia in terms of its strong contribution to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), employment creation and the well-being and social upliftment of rural people.

In this regard to date, Sikopo said, Namibia generated about N$11.5 million from trophy hunting in national parks such as Bwabwata (Kwando, Buffalo, MUA and Mahango), the Waterberg Plateau, Mangetti, Namib Naukluft, Dan Viljoen and Von Bach.

About N$12 million was generated from trophy hunting for Zambezi Region conservancies in 2013. These conservancies are Balyerwa, Bamunu, Dzoti, Kabulabula, Kasika, Kwandu, Mayuni, Salambala, Sikunga, Sobbe, Wuparo, Mashi and Impalila.

Shifeta said there was a clear requirement for a strategy to upgrade law enforcement and wildlife crime prevention capacity in the country as well as for immediate action that should be part of, and feed into, the overall strategy.

"The immediate requirement is to control emerging commercial ivory poaching in the north-eastern part of the country and to prevent the westward spread of rhino and elephant poaching into the Etosha National Park and beyond," he noted.

He emphasised that the focus should be on preventing animals being killed illegally and not just on doing follow-ups after they have been killed.
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