Mat-Travel Tours & Safaris

21/10/2024

We've started to publish our 2025 tour packages

Explore our range of safari, guided, or self-drive tours across Southern Africa. Whether you’re seeking a luxury safari in Namibia, a guided exploration of Botswana’s Okavango Delta, or a self-drive adventure through South Africa’s scenic landscapes, we have the perfect tour for you. Experienc...

05/08/2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nhD0rcmI0U

One of the most incredible wave I have ever kite and surf in my life.A mission to get to this place but once you there and you see this wave you go crazy hah...

13/06/2024

We're thrilled to announce the birth of a strong baby elephant calf! 🥳

Named Eve by Andreas, she’s the first calf of 11-year-old Lisa, the daughter of the matriarch Kinky.

Like all the females in the herd, Eve has the famous kink in her tail. 😉

She’s a perfect little miracle, especially considering that two baby elephants sadly didn't survive this year in the Ugab and Huab areas due to the harsh conditions that make it difficult for elephants to reproduce in the desert.

Eve is the second calf to survive this year, and we couldn't be more excited and grateful for her presence!

Join us in welcoming Eve to the EHRA family and celebrating this wonderful new addition to our conservation efforts. 🐘❤️

10/06/2024

Here's a picture of a cute elephant, because why not.

16/10/2022

27/06/2022

01/04/2022

Mat-Travel is strongly against this project which has done well to operate very quietly until only 6 days left to raise objections.

Unfortunately, this is not an April fools joke, and this company believes that a train on tracks 5 meters above the ground will improve the area of Sossusvlei and Deadvlei.

We will be working hard over the next few days to raise our objections to the project to save the natural beauty of the area for ourselves, and future guests.

We urge you to raise your objections as well and let it be known that Sossuvlei should not be spoiled with this monstrosity.

Train and permanent balloon at Sossusvlei - EIA (no, it's not an April fools joke)
You can find the BACKGROUND INFORMATION DOCUMENT TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE A MOTORIZED PASSENGER TRANSPORT SYSTEM AND TETHERED HELIUM BALLOON AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES AT SOSSUSVLEI, NAMIB NAUKLUFT NATIONAL PARK here:
https://namibiafocus.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sossusvlei-magnetic-levitation-train-BID-22-03.pdf

A Public Meeting is scheduled on Friday, 1 April 2022, at 10:00. The meeting will take
place at the Sossusvlei Lodge Conference Venue just to the east of Sesriem.
As an important part of the Environmental Impact Assessment process, you as stakeholder or interested member of the public are invited to find out more about what is being proposed, the
implications thereof on the environment and/or to raise any issues or concerns.
Should you have any questions regarding the project, please contact GREEN EARTH Environmental Consultants at the contact details Charlie du Toit: 081 127 3145 or [email protected]
The closing date for any questions, comments, inputs or information is 6 April 2022.

10/02/2022

07/02/2022

One of our favorite stops when visiting the Walvis Bay waterfront.

04/02/2022

One of our favorite camps, definitely worth checking out.

MADISA VALENTINES SPECIAL
FALL IN LOVE THIS FEBRUARY AT MADISA
Secluded Safari tents with open air bathrooms
N$ 500-00 per person
No Meals included /Minimum stay 2 nights
Includes a free romantic sunset drive with refreshments
Valid for the month of February 2022 No changes to existing bookings.
To make your reservation, email us at: [email protected]
❤️

04/02/2022

NAMIBIA UNTAMED AND UNTAINTED

Guided Photographic Tour

9th-17th March 2022 | R44 900

Namibia is a bucket-list destination for all keen landscape and wildlife photographers for its epic and untamed scenery.

Tourists flock to this desolate nation to witness its wild enchantment and explore its barren beauty.

After an incredible season last year, Venture with Kyle & Jon hosted by Mat-Travel Tours and Safaris will be returning to Namibia to lead this photographic expedition into this epic land.

Big rains are predicted over the country in the coming month, which is expected to transform this already magnificent country into a landscape photography wonderland. This, coupled with the low number of tourists in the country due to it being low season, means that locations and compositions will not be sprawling with other people. Allowing for unique and unspoiled photographs. Quite possibly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

Accommodation rates have also remained relatively low due to fewer tourists. This has allowed us to offer this tour at a very competitive price.

Highlights of the trip include: Sossusvlei, Deadvlei, Sesriem, Walvis Bay, Sandwich Harbour, Spitzkoppe.

This tour includes luxury lodges, with meals, chosen for the best locations for photography, as well as 4x4 vehicles and highly qualified guides and drivers.

Contact Venture with Kyle & Jon directly for more information.

Here are some images to inspire you from our tour last year.

25/01/2022

We couldn’t agree more 😁

Start your morning like this…

📸

05/11/2021

Very exciting development for Dune Star Camp

New to this unrivalled experience is the sumptuous breakfast that is now being served at Namib Dune Star Camp itself and not at Namib Desert Lodge anymore. After repeated requests from our guests for an extended “one night stand”, a breakfast buffet is being offered from 6h30 am, as of 1 November 2021. The shuttle to Namib Desert Lodge only departs at 9h00 am.

Find out more:
https://hubs.la/H0-Clk30

27/10/2021

USA removes Namibia from list of countries considered high risk for COVID-19 infections
https://bit.ly/3bgX8Kd

24/08/2021

Memories like these last a lifetime.

01/08/2021

This was a well organized and fun event last year and we’re sure this year will be no different.

https://register.chronotrack.com/r/61701

06/03/2021

AN “OLD TIMER” VISITOR: A nearly 24 years old Sandwich Tern!

While monitoring the shores of our coastline we pay attention to migratory shorebirds and seabirds dependant of our waters and environment. Sandwich terns from northern Europe are frequent visitors to our shores. Recent initiatives in Europe have made those observations easier with the use of engraved colour rings that can be spotted at a distance. However older birds only fitted with short metal rings are far more challenging to identify as the markings are much smaller and spread around the entire ring.

This particular bird was spotted on 10 February 2021 at Guano bay (a temporary roost), and with a bit of patience (25 min and more than 100 telephoto shots) we managed to decipher the whole ring:

VOGELTREKSTATION
ARNHEM – HOLLAND
1367783

The information was soon transmitted to our Netherlands colleagues, the record submitted through SAFRING (the regional coordinator) to the Dutch counterpart: And today I got the notification that this particular bird was ringed as a chick on a breeding colony on a small island in the Waddenzee (Friesland) on 30 May 1997! So it was sighted at Guano Bay 23 years 8 months and 11 days after ringing!

Since the shortest sea route between the two localities is 10 760 km (one way) and that the birds undertake this migration annually (and return) it means that this particular bird trekked along this route more than half a million kilometers in its lifetime so far! (excluding its normal daily flights for feeding at sea).

I think this definitely puts this bird in the “frequent flyer” category, and should entitled it to claim loads of “voyager miles benefits”.

12/02/2021

The ultimate activity on any Namibia trip. Balloon safari over the Namib Desert.