History Tours in Swakopmund

Local is Lekker 'private' Township Tour

Everyone should do this tour!

What an experience. From meeting the wonderful Herera lady and her family to learning about the history of the township Michelle brings the whole experience to life, and ypu feel like you have known her forever. You can see and understand the issues of living in a township, what day to day life looks like throught multiple peoples eyes. Plus in my case listen to some amazing music while eating traditional food. The food market was fascinating and spinach will never be the same again! In the DRC i met a Nama herbalist who explained the use of local plants and herbs in traditional medicine. She also tried to explain the Damara/Nama language, which considering that there are only 4 click sounds and a few words to accompany them is extremely complicated and if you get it wrong could land you in hot water! You also get to understand the history of Swakopmund, changes in building use from station to hotel etc, how the different communities mix with each other amd everything else in between all in the space of 3 hours This was one of the highlights of my trip to Namibia and can't recommend this tour enough. I also came away with a beautiful original painting by a local artist that Michelle knew, so I will always have the memories every time i look at it.

Spitzkoppe Day Tour from Walvis Bay

Spitzkoppe is a great place to visit and explore

We had a great day out with Victoria viewing the cape fur seals at Cape Cross and then driving to Spitzkoppe to view the arch and rock paintings. We also had a lovely picnic lunch.

Swakopmund Historical and Modern Insights Tour

Insightful

The tour guide has so much passion for the town, you can hear it when he talks about the different areas, the history and the future development of the town. I would highly recommend this tour