As we continue to develop resources to expand positive impact within the travel industry, we’ve created a new Resources page to pull reports and training together in one place.

Please take a look HERE, and feel free to share our new Breaking Down Barriers: Sustainability Accessible to All report HERE. Holly has social media assets so please contact her at [email protected] if you would like to share those.

We are delighted to announce that the dates for the 2022 Members Annual Meeting have been set and plans for the agenda are underway.

The meeting will take place at Borana Lodge and Lengishu in Kenya from the 22nd – 26th of October. We have received overwhelming responses from over 40 participants who are planning to attend the meeting.

For all those who have confirmed attendance, we have sent an email with all the details on the logistics and how to make your 20% deposit payment now to secure your spot. Please get in touch with Joy at [email protected] in case of any questions.

Our portfolio of camps provides the perfect base from which to explore vast stretches of pristine nature where you will encounter small and large desert dwellers, intriguing flora and fascinating geology.

Warmth and personalized service – and a commitment to care for guest and nature alike – are Wolwedans hallmarks. As our guest at Wolwedans, we want to provide you with a holistic and truly rewarding nature experience. Our Lodge and Camps exude old world charm and none of the creature comforts are missing: crisp white sheets, warm down duvets for those chilly desert nights and solar-heated hot showers after a long drive in the great beyond.

Dinners, of course, are lavish, but an unpretentious affair. They always exude a sense of occasion with elegant table settings, candlelight and exuberant menu announcements in the local Nama language. Wolwedans has an excellent reputation for serving great meals and we are more than happy to indulge any meal preferences with our innovative, wholesome and sophisticated ‘bush-cuisine’, prepared lovingly with homegrown organic fresh produce and paired with excellent local and South African wines.

Each camp has been carefully sited and flaunts its own distinctive backdrop of awe-inspiring desert scenery. All camps were constructed using poles, elevated wooden decks, and roll-up canvas walls and are driven solely by solar power – ensuring a very light environmental footprint on the pristine desert ecology.

For your home at Wolwedans you have the choice of Dune Camp (6 tented rooms), Dune Camp Private (2 bedroom private tented villa) and Mountain View Suite (1 bedroom villa), Wolwedans Desert Lodge (9 tented rooms), the secluded Plains Camp (4 en-suite rooms) and Boulders Safari Camp tucked into the grandeur of massive granite rocks (5 tented rooms).

Let Wolwedans weave its magic around you – leaving you with a deepened appreciation for the natural world we live in.

• 2017 – Tourism for Tomorrow Awards Finalist – Environment Category
• 2009 – National Geographic Adventure – Top 50 Eco lodges
• 2008 – Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Awards – Highly Commended
• 2007 – Tourism for Tomorrow Awards – Only finalist in Latin America

We’re looking forward to seeing you this week for The Long Run’s 11th Annual Meeting.

Please see the schedule with daily Zoom links HERE.

As you know, The Long Run would like to better capture our members’ impacts, particularly, members’ contribution to mitigating the climate and biodiversity crises.

In order to assist us with this process, we are appealing to all members to share any studies that you have been involved with/or know of that are looking at the environmental values (incl. carbon sequestration) or the ecosystem values/services of the area you are located in and are helping to protect.

This will allow us to better estimate how much carbon is sequestrated by your property, our membership in total, and provide an estimate of ecosystem values.

We look forward to receiving any study or information you may have access to! Please send to [email protected].

• 2018 – Eco Awards Namibia – Five Flower Eco Award (Namibia), earning 5 flowers for all of the assessed sites: Wolwedans Dunes Lodge, Wolwedans Dune Camp, Private Camp and Boulders Safari Camp
  
• 2015 – Eco Awards Namibia – Eco Awards Desert Flower Certificate
• 2012 – the NamibRand Nature Reserve was inscribed as an International Dark-Sky Reserve at the Gold Tier level

Activities on the NamibRand Nature Reserve

Soar the desert skies in a hot air balloon, embark on a fly-in day safari to some of the most remote natural wonders in Namibia or experience the true magnitude of NamibRand on a walking safari…

Whether you discover nature’s miracles on foot, by land rover or from the air you will be astounded by the multi-faceted desert habitat, home to the most intriguing desert-adapted flora and fauna. Scenic drives and/or flights and nature walks with resident field guides reveal the fascinating wonders of the NamibRand Nature Reserve as do picnics in the wild, sundowners on the dunes and dinners by candlelight.