InfoMap

With over 15 years in the Southern African touring, offroad and safari mapping business, InfoMap™ is passionate about Africa and travel.
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InfoMap was born in 1998 with the publication of the Richtersveld National Park & the North of Namaqualand map. It has since grown and now has 17 titles. InfoMap aspires to continuously edit, re-print and improve each map in order to keep them relevant. Please visit our website to see and read more. www.infomap.co.za

InfoMap nació en 1998 con el mapa del Parque Nacional del Richtersveld y la zona

norte de Namaqualand, desde entonces ha creció hasta llegar a tener 16 títulos. Florian Thieme y su equipo cogieron las riendas de InfoMap hace un par de años y han reimprimido, editado y mejorado ocho de estos mapas y han añadido un titulo nuevo. Continuamos reimprimiendo, editando y poniendo nuestro sello. Nuestro gol es estar a la orden del día y cuidamos hasta el más mínimo detalle para poder ofrecer un producto de la máxima calidad. Visita nuestra pagina web si quieres ver nuestros mapas www.infomap.co.za

10/08/2017

07/08/2017

After a year developing a new range, InfoMap has just launched Artefact Books - waterproof, durable, design orientated notebooks. Made from stone, inspired by Africa and produced locally in South Africa. Check them out!

https://www.facebook.com/ArtefactBooks/?pnref=story

03/11/2016

New blog post from our friend Eve Chiminya about growing up in Zimbabwe

http://www.infomap.co.za/growing-up-in-zimbabwe

20/10/2016

Our new waterproof Kgalagadi map is out!
- tons of travel information on both the SA and Botswana side
- all campsites, restcamps and lodges with details
- waterhole guide
- guide to animal sightings
- all roads, tracks throughout both sides of the park
- durable, waterproof, environmentally friendly paper
- comes with a Mancala boardgame inset

http://www.infomap.co.za/shop/south-africa/kgalagadi-paper-map

Map: Printed on both sides Edition: 3rd Edition October 2016 Product Dimensions: 87cm x 63cm Folded: 21cm x 15cm Scale: 1 : 500 000 / 1 cm = 5 Km Format: Paper

27/09/2016

See our new Tankwa Karoo blog post - http://www.infomap.co.za/tankwa-karoo-september-2016-trip

27/09/2016

Check out our new Tankwa video and be inspired to explore more of South Africa! www.infomap.co.za
Videographer: Max Thieme (MT.Media)

23/09/2016

And here's a version of Mancala...More games to follow with each new waterproof update. www.infomap.co.za

23/09/2016

We're starting to include a number of boardgames played throughout Africa, as cardboard insets in our waterproof maps. An added extra for driving holidays or fireside nights in the bush. Bit by bit we will be loading the range to our website - free to download. Here's our checkers inset...

22/09/2016

Isolation, wildflowers and amazing night skies....Pictures, video and text from our Tankwa trip are soon to come. Heres a taster:

16/09/2016

Picture from our last trip to Botswana. This weekend going somewhere very different - the Tankwa Karoo!

16/09/2016

Read Part #3 of our Zambezi Region trip on our blog - Moremi to Chobe, Botswana

http://www.infomap.co.za/namibias-zambezi-region-northern-botswana-2016-trip-part-3

16th June, Third Bridge, Moremi, Botswana At about 5 am I was woken by the rumbling roar of a lion. A lion’s roar is a potent sound that can travel many kilometers making it a great communication tool in the African savannah. From a distance it has an impressive, throaty quality; from close it feels...

10/09/2016

Researchers discover that there are actually 4 species of giraffe and not just 1 - and that they're as genetically distinct from one another as the polar bear is from the brown bear.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/08/researchers-discover-there-are-not-one-but-four-species-of-giraffe

09/09/2016

Read Part #2 of our Zambezi Region trip on our blog

http://www.infomap.co.za/namibias-zambezi-region-northern-botswana-2016-trip-part-2

13th June, Mahangu Safari Lodge, Okawango Namibia - Tsodilo Hills, Botswana As travellers who cross Muhembo border post between Namibia and Botswana are not allowed to carry any meat – not even biltong or salami - my grandson Leo and I had a hearty, meaty breakfast at Mahangu before heading south in...

A helicopter is being used to try and find an elusive lion which escaped from the Karoo National Park near Beaufort West and is heading for the hills.

23/03/2016

Amazing....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NswSP0Hrh9Q

Amazing CCTV footage - What this elephant does will blow your mind, if they can do it why cant we.

22/03/2016

SA Company producing water from air

http://borgenproject.org/water-from-air-south-africa/

22/03/2016

For those travelling to Namibia via Sendelingsdrif (Richtersveld NP ferry) please note that the ferry is currently CLOSED till further notice, due to high water levels in the Orange River.

19/03/2016

Our FREE guidebooks are available as useful additions to our travel maps. Remember to give us feedback to help us update the guidebooks as often as possible, making them as relevent as possible. Download them from the link below...

http://www.infomap.co.za/guide-books

InfoMap, Let's Explore Africa

18/03/2016

Bonobos: The female-dominated, peace-loving, s*xually-active chimps...

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160317-do-bonobos-really-spend-all-their-time-having-s*x

These apes supposedly have inordinate amounts of s*x and never fight. Can this appealing story really be true?

16/03/2016

09/03/2016

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/27/sports/musangwe-fight-club-a-vicious-venda-tradition.html?ref=topics&_r=0

A 200 year old Venda boxing tradition, not dissimilar to others found around the world. No gloves, no headgear, no gambling, no time limits.

06/03/2016

CNN article and video on South African efforts to breed a quagga-like animal

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/01/25/africa/quagga-project-zebra-conservation-extinct-south-africa/

05/03/2016

Was sitting on a beach yesterday afternoon in False Bay (Cape Town) and watched a shark 'jumping' straight out the water maybe 40-50m off shore. Amazing!

04/03/2016

Crossword puzzle for long journeys or quiet moments.

02/03/2016

BBC video about Homo Naledi

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160301-is-this-the-earliest-human

28/02/2016

Study shows that South Africa is the cheapest country on earth to live in (although i'm sure MANY South Africans would disagree).

http://traveller24.news24.com/News/its-official-south-africa-is-the-cheapest-country-in-the-world-to-live-20160222

14/02/2016

British doctor take 6 years to cycle around the world...

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35561848

13/02/2016

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2075740-hidden-population-of-up-to-200-lions-found-in-remote-ethiopia/

An expedition reveals that two national parks in Ethiopia and Sudan could be home to around 200 lions – a rare extension of their wild habitat

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