10 years celebrating GocheGanas Nature Reserve & Wellness Village

Ten years ago, on the 7th of February 2004 the GocheGanas Nature Reserve & Wellness Village opened its doors to their first guests.

***  Happy Happy Birthday to this beautiful destination and many many more successful years  ***

Let us take you into the world of GocheGanas ...

• GocheGanas Lodge is situated in a private nature reserve, that comprises 6000 ha
• 25 different wildlife species – with more frequent sightings of cheetahs
• As a success of our wildlife welfare program, some of our rhinos have been resettled to other nature reserves
• Professional  & fascinating stargazing experience – Namibia is one of the three top stargazing destinations worldwide
• Spectacular bird world with sightings of rare bird species
• Stone Age caverns with tools older than  2000 years can be admired in the mountains of GocheGanas
• A mere 25 minutes from the capital city Windhoek and about 50 minutes‘ drive from the  International airport
• Founder and owner is the Namibian „Family Stritter“ 

 

 

This could be your day at GocheGanas ...

• In the early morning hours you can experience a game drive in the nature reserve – these always offer new and exciting sightings and no game drive is ever the same
• An extensive& delicious breakfast awaits you upon your return to the lodge
• Escape to the Wellness centre after breakfast, where you can enjoy one of the many treatments on offer or take a leisurely swim in the indoor swimming pool with its wonderful view over the nature reserve. To complete your spa experience, unwind in our relaxation area with some healthy Spa refreshments – a feast for your soul and senses
• Spend the afternoon on your private terrace catching up on that long awaited reading pleasure or just take in the splendour of the surrounding nature
• Later in the afternoon we take you on a guided nature walk in the reserve where our experienced Nature guides will impart all their extensive knowledge of Namibian fauna and flora to you
• Upon your return to the lodge your outdoor shower at your chalet offers the perfect energizing experience before we invite you to a traditional Gourmet evening in the Boma.

 

Anton De Beer.... one of our top rated Photographers for the Tourism Industry

A Photographer of Note

Being in the marketing and tourism industry, we at SMM-Solutions are always looking for those magical, take my breath away, I want to be there type of pictures. The cliched phrase that "pictures tell a thousand words" is something we believe strongly in. In Tourism we use pictures more than words to get potential guests excited and interested. 

The problem lies in the fact that pictures are never a true reflection of what the location, destination hotel etc are. Either the photographs are enhanced to a point where it no longer displays truth or the photographer struggles to capture the essence as closely to the truth as possible. More often than not, we find that phots's do not give the location justice. You just have to go there! The real thing is better. However, when selling a hotel, destination, scenery you need pictures. Subsequently, our mission is always to find the best pictures that will make you want to go there.

We recently got to know Anton de Beer, a "all rounder" photographer who has taken many pictures for Magazines, Jewellery Companies, Guest Houses and the spectacular Madame Zingara. We invited him to experience Hog Hollow Country Lodge and Villa, situated in the Crags of Plettenberg Bay, South Africa. As a gift to us, we did not even ask for anything in return, he made a few pictures which made us say "WOW, he is so close to the truth we can smell Hog Hollow". 

Anton uses a technique called HDR photography, which is, in a layman's terms, taking mutliple, different exposures of a high contrast subject and combining them in a program that mergese them into one. This eliminates the need to use photographic lighting... thus the pictures are very close to the way the human eye perceives a scene... a natural look. 

Take a look at Antons website, it is a real treat.... 

www.antondebeerphotographer.com