The office
 African Desk was launched as a travel agency in Namibia in September 2001 and is located in the centre of Swakopmund, a small town at the Atlantic Coast. The business is operated by Elizabeth de Beer, an expert in the travel sector with more than 16 years of experience.Elizabeth de Beer has made a name for herself as a safari booking officer at Trip Travel in Windhoek and the Swakopmund Information Office. She is a mother of three children and culturally rooted with the Damara people.
As a member of a African Desk office in Swakopmund, a multilingual country with a colonial past, Elizabeth is fluent in English (Namibia's national language), Afrikaans and Damara as well as having a basic knowledge of German. Part of Elizabeth's vision is to let travellers experience the African everyday life and culture.
The Team "I was born in Swakopmund and grew up with my grandparents on a farm called "Vlakbank". It was very common in those days to stay with grandparents while parents went to work in town. There were a lot of sheep and cows. Milk, cream, butter and biltong (dried sausage) were produced. This farm was close to the riverbank high up in the Namib Desert and has today become part of a Nature Reserve. It has been the heritage of my great-grandfather since 1914. Because it is so peaceful, farm life should never be forgotten with its unspoiled nature and all the many stories that we were told by our grandparents. I would like to share this experience with you as the traveller."
Elizabeth de Beer, owner and mageress of African Desk, Swakopmund
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 Floyd Kavezembua Hambira is working as a tour guide for African Desk. Floyd grew up close to Gobabis and he spent seven years in Cologne, Germany as part of a technical training. Since 1998 he has been back in Namibia, staying in Windhoek with his wife and two sons. He is fluent in English, German, Afrikaans and Otjiherero. Floyd is a responsible, patient and caring personality. Even in difficult situations he keeps his composure, he is a safe driver and does not only know his country like the palm of his hand but is also an expert in preparing tasty barbecues. Besides Floyd also offers a 24-hours airport transfer.
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 Pascallis Uapingena Kazimbu is the another tour guide of the African Desk team. After he matriculated, he graduated from the tourism college in Windhoek in order to share his knowledge about Africa's wild life, vegetation and cultures with visitors from abroad. Pascallis lives in Windhoek and is fluent in English, Afrikaans and Otjiherero. Together with five brothers and sisters he grew up on a Herero farm close to Outjo. On tour he is a knowledgable and attentive companion as well as a competent driver taking the challenges of Namibia's gravel roads blindfold. E-Mails bitte an
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 Jeannette Alm has travelled several times to Namibia - even when her two daughters were only four and seven years old. She found Elizabeth in the open-plan office of the travel agent "Trip Travel" in Windhoek in 1995, wearing headphones and compiling itineraries for clients all over the world. As a texter and webmaster Jeannette supports the team since 2000, when she and Elizabeth made their dream come true and established African Desk - introducing not only breathtaking landscapes but an African way of life.
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Namibia Tourism Board A special thanks...
.. to an international team from Germany, Australia, Italy, Austria and the US for its kind and continuous support in building up African Desk:
Jutta Schlotthauer, who created the logo and African Desk's Corporate Design, Henning Gottlebe who initiated the first internet sides. Eberhard Schneider, Renate Wuttig, Sibylle Kaminski and Jochen Zemke, who gave financial and moral support for the start up. Robert Muirhead (Australia) for providing extraordinary photos on this site aswell as the photographer Eva Stieber (Germany). Tom Forgrave, Heidi Walsh, Erica Bell, Edna Ross and Thelma MacFarlane assisted with translations and proof-reading. We also thank Tom Forgrave, Iris Finsterle, Eberhard Schneider, Lukas Stelmaszyk, Gianfranco Marchi, Joachim Basch and Petra and Erwin Steinlechner for contributing photos.
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