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Namibia

The Cardboard Box Travel Shop is a one stop shop offering a complete travel & reservation service for Namibia. Our friendly, experienced and knowledgeable staff can recommend a range of options for making your trip a success. We offer the most comprehensive travel service available in Namibia. If you're looking for car rental, accommodation, lodges, safaris, self drive itineraries, day trips, vehicle hire, travel advice or just tourist information contact us about our travel reservations service.

You can choose from our extensive selection of safaris and lodge trips to any area of Namibia with a choice of some of the most stunning lodges in breathtaking surroundings. Adventurous travellers may like to join one of our camping safaris to really experience Namibia at its best. If you have a more specialist interest we also arrange fly-in safaris and activities such as horse riding, bird-watching, hiking, ballooning and angling. For the days you need to spend in Windhoek, we even have a variety of day trips on offer. Of course you can always make your own holiday with a custom-made safari that suits you best.

If you want to drive yourself around Namibia, we can help you plan your own itinerary, make sure you choose the correct rental vehicle for your needs from a full-range, and make the booking a simple and pain-free process. We advise about driving times and can also book the accommodation you want from a full range of options (rest camps, lodges, hotels, guesthouses, bed and breakfasts, campsites and even backpacker hostels) to suit all budgets. We will take care of even the smallest details to make your self-drive safari a special holiday.

Let the Cardboard Box Travel Shop arrange your holiday of a lifetime in Namibia.

In 1995 I went to Namibia to Zimbabwe's national team Freshwater Fisheries. My husband had been selected to represent his country in a tournament against Namibia and South Africa. Although the country had been independent for five years, had only been an entire country for a year when the southern port of Walvis Bay had been returned to the country by South Africa.

By the late 19th century Germany colonized Namibia, overlooking the country's name and unimaginative South West Africa. In the south, near the border with South Africa, is the strategic port of Walvis Bay, then under British control. At the end of the war in South Africa given the country legally until the end of World War II, when it unilaterally annexed the territory - without international recognition. In 1966 a vicious guerrilla war erupted, ending in 1988 when South Africa finally agreed to cede control of the country. The war did not stop the South Africans for the installation of the excellent infrastructure in Namibia, which has benefited greatly from the country remains very efficient at the time of writing.

The Namibian fishing equipment had offered to accommodate their Zimbabwean counterparts, so after leaving our bags in different houses boarded a minibus and a tour of Windhoek. The name is Afrikaans meaning "a windy corner," and certainly lives up to its name that day. The streets were clean and well maintained and clean, and the architecture was impressive. There were some extremely modern buildings, occupied by many companies in South Africa and banks. A stroll through the shops full of women in our party with joy - the shelves were full of fine South African products. It is encouraging to see that the two countries have maintained business ties, obviously, because many times we hear of African countries are left behind by the colonial rulers before or after the administrative independence.

The German influence has remained, and a number of buildings and churches reflect The period of German colonization. There are three castles around Windhoek, the most famous of which was called Alte Fest. This translates as "old fortress, and the castle located on the German occupation forces when they started to build Windhoek in 1890.