During this time of global isolation, we invite you to join us for a series of “virtual safaris” (webinar) across our concessions, meet our regional gurus and explore our pristine African regions – they can’t wait to introduce you to the extraordinary wildlife and landscapes. Namibia’s arid setting would seems to deny the existence of life – but life there is … from nomadic Himba to unexpected desert-adapted species.
Your hosts: Clement Lawrence – Sales and Marketing, Emsie Verwey – Brown Hyaena Researcher, Dr Philip Stander – Desert Lion Conservation Project and Gerhard Thirion – Namibia Explorations
Clement has been with the company since December 2006, playing an instrumental role in our Namibian operations, as both a guide and a General Manager for a number camps (including opening the award-winning Hoanib Skeleton Coast Camp). In 2018 he joined the Namibia Travel Shop as Sales and Marketing Manager.
Growing up in Swakopmund, brown hyaena researcher Emsie’s exposure to wildlife conservation dates back to family holidays to Etosha National Park, and she began her journey with Wilderness Safaris in 2003. Based at Hoanib Skeleton Coast Camp since its launch in 2015, Emsie recently received funding to commence a population density survey in Skeleton Coast National Park.
Dr Philip Stander founded the Desert Lion Conservation Project in 1998 after completing his PhD through the University of Cambridge in 1994. He is considered the foremost lion expert in Namibia, especially when it comes to desert-adapted lions, which he has studied full time for the last two decades.
Gerhard’s career with Wilderness Safaris started some 20 years ago as a mobile safari guide. In his current role as head of Explorations, journeys into the country’s most remote areas in search of different cultures, or tracking free-roaming black rhino and desert-adapted elephants in the Namib Desert are among his favourite activities.
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