Africa: Culture, Wildlife and Places

“Greenline Africa (GA) is all about building community,” says Charlene (Charlie) Hewat, a Trustee of GA. Renedian guests who travel to Victoria Falls on either the Victoria Falls to Cape Town or Waterfalls and Wildlife safaris can take an optional [...]

Africa has long been a continent of mystery and intrigue. Despite the access to information and the travellers who’ve visited its countries, African myths and misconceptions abound. 12 Top African Myths and Misconceptions 1. Africa is one big country. Africa [...]

Credit: Namibia Stamps and Stories, Gondwana Collection History Lamellophones are a family of musical instruments consisting of a set of stiff but flexible tongues (lamellae) of varying length. They’re attached at one end to a soundboard that often [...]

The 55-million-year old Namibian Desert is the oldest in the world. It’s no surprise then that it and its surroundings have given rise to ancient lore and legends. Sometimes legends blur with scientific explanations. Myth or fact? You decide which one [...]

Victoria Falls Home to vast deserts, tropical rain forests, mountains and grasslands, Africa’s most well-known natural phenomenon is Victoria Falls. Created as the Zambezi River plunges over an approximately 100 metre vertical chasm spanning 1700 metres, there’s good reason Vic [...]

Sossusvlei Dunes and Ecosystem in Namibia Situated in the Namib-Naukluft National Park, one of Africa’s largest conservation areas, lies the Sossusvlei dunes. Translated literally to “dead-end marsh,” the term Sossusvlei has evolved to refer to the whole area, encompassing the [...]

Usually when one visualizes a river delta, the image is of a broad expanse of intricately woven waterways leading to open water, like the deltas of the Mississippi or Nile. In Botswana, the Okavango’s delta empties inland, fanning out through [...]

What do Napoleon, Charles Dickens, Frederick the Great of Prussia, King Louis Philippe of France, Count Otto von Bismarck, and Lady Jane Franklin (2nd wife of explorer John Franklin) have in common? Wine. They shared a passion for the sweet [...]

Namibia is purported to have some of the most beautiful postage stamps in the world. But what’s more fascinating are the stories behind the artful images they depict—plant and animal life, traditional cultures, history and landmark events. Many people are [...]

Ted Lawson’s jaw dropped as he watched the scene unfold in front of him. “Herds of elephants hung out, munching on foliage. Hundreds of zebras walked towards the waterhole against a backdrop of springbok and wildebeest. Everything was in motion.” [...]