Gondwana Collection Namibia
| Unlisted Public | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Tourism (Hospitality, Transport) |
| Founded 📆 | 1996 |
| Founder 👔 | |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | Windhoek, Namibia |
Area served 🗺️ | |
Key people | Steve Galloway (Chairman of the Board) Gysbert Joubert (CEO)..[1] |
| Products 📟 | Lodges, hotels, self-catering accommodation, campsites, safari packages and nature parks |
| Services | Car rental, intercity transfers, online travel agency and an online store |
| Revenue🤑 |  N$164 million (2021)[2] |
 – N$8.091 million (2021)[2] | |
| – N$345,417 (2021)[2] | |
| Members | |
Number of employees | 944 (31 October 2021)[1] |
| 🌐 Website | gondwana-collection.com |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
Gondwana Collection Namibia is a Namibian travel and tourism company.[3] Founded in 1996, Gondwana Collection Namibia is headquartered in Windhoek, Namibia. Gondwana Collection Namibia owns a range of tourism-related businesses including accommodation establishments, nature parks, a car rental service, a bus transfer service, a travel agency, and an online store.[1]
Products and Services
Accommodation establishments in Namibia
| Collection | Accommodation | Location |
|---|---|---|
| The Windhoek Experience | The Weinberg Windhoek | Windhoek, Khomas Region |
| Okapuka Safari Lodge | 32km north of Windhoek, Khomas Region | |
| The Kalahari Experience | Kalahari Anib Lodge | 30km northeast of Mariental, Kalahari Desert, Hardap Region |
| Kalahari Camping2Go | ||
| Kalahari Campsite | ||
| Kalahari Farmhouse | Stampriet, 53km northeast of Mariental, Hardap Region | |
| Kalahari Farmhouse Campsite | ||
| The Fish River Canyon Experience | Canyon Lodge | 20km east of the Hobas Viewpoint, Fish River Canyon, ǁKaras Region |
| Canyon Village | ||
| Canyon Roadhouse | ||
| Canyon Roadhouse Campsite | ||
| Canyon Klipspringer Camps | 120km south of Keetmanshoop, Fish River Canyon, ǁKaras Region | |
| Aus Mountain Experience | Desert Horse Inn | 3km east of Aus, 33km west of Garub (Wild Horses), 123km west of Lüderitz, ǁKaras Region (property of marketing partner, Klein-Aus Vista) |
| Eagle’s Nest Chalets | ||
| Geisterschlucht Cabin | ||
| Klein-Aus Vista Campsite | ||
| The Namib Experience | The Desert Grace | 60km north of Sesriem, Sossusvlei area, Hardap Region |
| Namib Desert Lodge | ||
| Namib Desert Camping2Go | ||
| Namib Desert Campsite | ||
| Namib Dune Star Camp | ||
| Desert Whisper | ||
| The Swakopmund Experience | The Delight Swakopmund | Swakopmund |
| The Damaraland Experience | Palmwag Lodge | 163km north-west from Khorixas in the Palmwag Concession area with the Sesfontein, Torra and Anabeb conservancies, Damaraland, Kunene Region |
| Palmwag Camping2Go | ||
| Palmwag Campsite | ||
| Damara Mopane Lodge | 20km east of Khorixas, Twyfelfontein, Damaraland, Kunene Region | |
| The Kaokoland Experience | Omarunga Epupa-Falls Camp | At Epupa Falls in the Epupa Conservancy, Kaokoland, Kunene Region |
| Omarunga Epupa-Falls Campsite | ||
| The Etosha Experience | Etosha Safari Lodge | 10km south of Andersson Gate, southern side of Etosha National Park |
| Etosha Safari Camp | ||
| Etosha Safari Camping2Go | ||
| Etosha Safari Campsite | ||
| Etosha King Nehale | 1km north of King Nehale Gate in the King Nehale Conservancy, north-western side of Etosha National Park | |
| The Okavango Experience | Hakusembe River Lodge | 16km west of Rundu in the area of the Mbunza Traditional Community, Okavango River, Kavango-East Region |
| Hakusembe Campsite | ||
| The Zambezi Experience | Namushasha River Lodge | 24km south of Kongola in the Mashi Conservancy, Bwabwata National Park, Zambezi Region (Caprivi) |
| Namushasha River Camping2Go | ||
| Namushasha River Campsite | ||
| Namushasha River Villa | ||
| Zambezi Mubala Lodge | 40km east of Katima Mulilo in the Sikunga Conservancy, Zambezi River, Zambezi Region (Caprivi) | |
| Zambezi Mubala Camp | ||
| Zambezi Mubala Campsite | ||
| Chobe River Camp | 4km from the Ngoma border post between Botswana and Namibia in the Salambala Conservancy, Zambezi Region (Caprivi) | |
| Chobe River Campsite |
Nature Parks
| Nature Park | Size | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Gondwana Canyon Park | 1,160 km² | Fish River Canyon area, ǁKaras Region |
| Gondwana Kalahari Park | 98 km² | Northeast of Mariental, Hardap Region |
| Gondwana Namib Park | 127 km² | North of Sesriem/Sossusvlei, Hardap Region |
| Gondwana Sperrgebiet Rand Park | 510 km² | Owned by Gondwana’s marketing partner Klein-Aus Vista, ǁKaras Region |
| Palmwag Concession Area | 5,500 km² | Managed by Gondwana, comprising of the Sesfontein-, Torra-, Anabeb communal conservancies, Kunene Region |
Car Rental
Gondwana Collection Namibia has been operating the Namibia2Go car rental service since 2018. In 2022, Namibia2Go also introduced hybrid vehicles to its rental fleet.[4] [5]
Intercity Transfer Services
Go2 Traveller Transfers, a transportation company based in Namibia, currently offers nine transfer routes throughout the country. Their service is designed to allow passengers to hop on and off as needed.[6]
Travel Agency and Tour Operator
The company is vertically-integrated as it creates and operates its own tours. It also runs tours on behalf of other companies through its destination management company, The Gondwana Travel Centre. Additionally, Safari2Go is an online travel agency that focuses on Namibian accommodation providers, and this service was recently relaunched in February 2023.[7]
Online Store
The Narrative Namibia is an online store that retails local curios and other Namibian products.[8]
Live Stream
Gondwana Collection Namibia installed a webcam at a waterhole near Namib Desert Lodge. What started as a method to collect data for the Namibia Weather Network (2010), eventually turned into a live stream in 2016 and in 2021, went live on YouTube.[9]
Corporate Affairs
Gondwana Collection Namibia is a private enterprise and an unlisted public company trading as Gondwana Holdings Limited.[10]
Marketing
Trump Campaigns
Between 2017 and 2018, during his presidency, Donald Trump made several comments that prompted Gondwana Collection Namibia to make a series of videos, made in collaboration with EES, that market Namibia by using Trump's statements in a comedic way.
The first video followed the international Every Second Counts (video parodies) trend with a play on Trump's America First policy. The video was criticised by Namibian comedian and entrepreneur, Lazarus Jacobs, who on Twitter described the video as being “culturally insensitive towards black Namibians,"[11] but Jacobs has since collaborated with Gondwana in other marketing campaigns to promote the country and the Gondwana Collection Namibia properties.
The second video was in reaction to an error in Donald Trump's speech where he referred to Namibia as Nambia.[12] Gondwana Collection Namibia, with the help of ProStudio, quickly reacted with a video introducing the "newly discovered land" of NamBIA. The video again focussed on marketing the country and used footage of their accommodation properties.
On the 13th of January 2018, the third and final Trump-inspired video was released as a reaction to Trump's insinuation that African countries are "shithole countries".[13] Again using a voice-imitation of Trump sarcastically promoting Namibia as a travel destination with footage of some of Namibia's top tourist destinations and Gondwana Collection Namibia's various properties.[14]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Value Creation Report 2021" (PDF). Gondwana Collection Namibia. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Financial Statement 2021" (PDF). Gondwana Collection Namibia. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
- ↑ "Namibia, Our Inspiration". Gondwana Collection Namibia. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
- ↑ "Gondwana introduces hybrid cars to its Namibia2Go fleet". Namibia Economist. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
- ↑ "Gondwana adds hybrid cars to fleet collection". Informanté. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
- ↑ "Gondwana launches daily transfer service". Namibia Economist. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ↑ "Design your own travel itinerary – Safari2Go by Gondwana coming soon". 24 February 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ↑ Annelien Murray. "The Narrative Namibia Online Store". Africa's Eden. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
- ↑ "Gondwana's Youtube Channel NamibiaCam Attracts Over 200,000 Subscribers". Namibia Economist. 3 May 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ↑ "Gondwana Holdings Limited – Investor Relations". Gondwana Collection Namibia. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
- ↑ "Trump parody 'underpinned by a light-hearted spirit of good will' – Gondwana". The Namibian. 15 February 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
- ↑ "Trump praises health care of Nambia, a nonexistent African country". CNN. 21 September 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
- ↑ "Trump derides protections for immigrants from 'shithole' countries". The Washington Post. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
- ↑ "Cheeky Video by Gondwana Puts Namibia on the Map". Namibia Economist. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
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