Mzanzi Travel - Local Travel Inspiration (Issue 5)
MZANZI TRAVEL is a full-colour quarterly, A4 publication that sets out to showcase, foster and promote whatever South Africa has to offer to both local and international tourists.
MZANZI TRAVEL is a full-colour quarterly, A4 publication that sets out to showcase, foster and promote whatever South Africa has to offer to both local and international tourists.
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Exceptional Places<br />
Kolmanskop is the best-known of several abandoned diamond<br />
settlements in the Sperrgebiet – Elizabeth Bay, Pomona, Bogenfels<br />
and Charlottental – while another ghost mining town, Kahn Mine,<br />
can be found along the dry Swakop River further north. The mining<br />
company NamDeb, which administers the area, has created an<br />
interesting museum at Kolmanskop where much of the erstwhile<br />
everyday life has been replicated, while some buildings have been<br />
restored. Kolmanskop can easily be reached by road from the<br />
South African border post at Vioolsdrif, or from Swakopmund and<br />
Windhoek. Visitors can pre-book a guided tour which requires a<br />
permit from NamDeb.<br />
All pictures are by Karl Terblanche, a leading Namibian<br />
photographer based in Swakopmund –<br />
Cell: +264 81 679 8850 or<br />
email: karlterblanche@gmail.com.<br />
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