African Desk is a tour operator in Swakopmund (Namibia) that promotes encounters between travelers from all over the world and the Namibian people for their Namibia holiday. African Desk is working on an equal footing with multi-lingual, local travel guides for cultural exchange.
At African Desk you will find hands-on tours and authentic travel experiences from Namibia written down by our clients, who have spent their holidays in Namibia with friends or family and have enriched and expanded returned to their home.
African Desk
African Desk has existed since 2001 and is an active member of the "Namibia Tourism Board", a governmental organization that ensures that tourism services meet the highest quality standards. Owner is Elizabeth de Beer. The office of African Desk is located in the Woermannhaus, the most famous historic building centrally in the center of Swakopmund, a coastal town with 22,000 inhabitants.
African Desk is a travel agency in Swakopmund (Namibia), which is engaged in individual travel to Namibia for international understanding, tolerance and mutual respect. We impart travelers from overseas everyday life, culture and values of the peoples of Namibia. African Desk explicitly encourages remote village communities to participate in tourism through community tourism. We inspire a vibrant and humane connection between guests, tour guides, farm owners or other local Namibian companies. We call this "cultural exchange at eye level". As an intercultural "Training on the job" we train and support our travel guides through the impartation of cultural knowledge. The African Desk continues to support numerous social projects, such as kindergartens and schools in Swakopmund, and provides sponsorships for low-income families.