Corrections Log

The 21-day route’s southern legs (Windhoek–Kalahari, Kalahari–Fish River Canyon, canyon–Lüderitz and Lüderitz–Sossusvlei) had no distance or time; they now show published operator examples with sources, including a range where the operator’s own figures differ. The 14-day page described two coast nights as an add-on although they are in the baseline, referred to a “second safari day” when the route has three, and linked a Spitzkoppe guide although Spitzkoppe is not on the route. The season guide’s closing action now leads to route selection, and its description no longer promises month-by-month pricing.

Affected: 21-day and 14-day itineraries, and the best-time-to-visit guide

The Etosha fee table still showed the 2021 schedule (N$150 per foreign adult; two adults and a car N$350). MEFT raised park fees from 1 April 2026: N$280 per foreign adult, N$180 per SADC adult, N$60 per Namibian adult, N$180 or N$100 for foreign or SADC children over 8 and under 16, and N$60 per vehicle of up to 10 seats. The worked example is now N$620. The 2025 Gemsbokvlakte roadworks note was replaced with the February 2026 detour from Okaukuejo.

Affected: Etosha guide, Etosha fee table, Etosha stay planning, and source register

The visa guide, homepage FAQ and travel advisory did not say who needs a visa. They now state that, since 1 April 2025, US, UK, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, Japanese and most EU passports need a visa on arrival or e-visa (N$1,600 per adult), and that South African and most SADC passports are visa-exempt for tourism, with passport, child-document and yellow fever rules. Malaria guidance described only “northern or Zambezi” travel; it now names CDC’s nine transmission regions, which include the areas around Etosha.

Affected: Visa guide, homepage FAQ, travel advisory, planning hub, and packing list

Fish River pages implied the canyon trail was open; the 2026 season ended on 15 September and the trail is closed until 2027. The wildlife guide now explains that MEFT’s count of 13 endemic birds includes near-endemics. The cost guide’s 14-day examples used eight park days while the 14-day itinerary uses seven; the examples are now calculated from the itinerary, changing totals from $6,249 / $10,659 / $22,590 to $6,205 / $10,615 / $22,545, and the calculator default matches.

Affected: Fish River Canyon guide, 21-day itinerary, travel guide, wildlife guide, cost guide, and budget calculator

Short visa, packing, insurance, gravel-road, cost, and itinerary pages were expanded with decision tables, route trade-offs, response checklists, dated assumptions, and scenario logic. Car-rental, lodge, and guided-safari comparison pages now provide fillable, copyable, and printable worksheets rather than presenting a static worksheet label.

Affected: Planning guides, self-drive guide, itineraries, comparison worksheets, and budget examples

Pages now identify the Namibia Plus editorial desk, describe desk research and automation limits without inventing first-hand experience, and label current local imagery as editorial illustration rather than documentary evidence. Image files that contained JPEG data under PNG filenames were renamed and referenced with the correct format, and site-wide response-security headers were added.

Affected: About page, editorial standards, page imagery, metadata, image assets, sitemap dates, and response headers

The route planner could previously return a 16–21 day grand loop when a reader selected a slow pace or cultural interest, even if the selected trip band was only 7–10 days. Route templates are now restricted by duration first, with preference conflicts shown as planning warnings instead of producing an impossible long route.

Affected: Namibia route planner

The budget calculator now exposes editable editorial allowances and complete arithmetic rather than implying a current market range. The quote checker reports weighted checklist coverage rather than supplier quality, and the trip checklist reports only items marked complete rather than verified readiness.

Affected: Budget calculator, quote checker, and trip checklist

Destination and wildlife guides were checked against current MEFT, NWR, Ramsar, UNESCO, and NACSO material. The review corrected Etosha “Big Five” framing, Fish River trail distance and duration, Skeleton Coast boundaries, Sossusvlei access language, Sandwich Harbour permit context, and wildlife and conservancy figures. Unsupported dune heights, tree ages, population claims, fixed flock counts, and similar superlatives were removed or attributed.

Affected: Etosha, Fish River Canyon, Skeleton Coast, Sossusvlei, Walvis Bay, Wildlife, and Safari guides

Old lodge rates, route fuel totals, fuel-price ranges, commercial activity prices, and several point-to-point time promises were removed. Cost and self-drive pages now explain the planning assumptions, show what must be quoted live, and link to current fuel, road, park, and supplier sources.

Affected: Car rental, lodges, trip cost, budget calculator, and destination guides

Homepage and planning copy no longer presents a copied nationality list, a universal vaccine answer, a blanket tap-water assurance, or stale embassy and ambulance numbers. The revised guidance routes readers to Namibia’s visa fact sheet and portal, individual travel-health advice, location-specific water checks, and current emergency sources.

Affected: Homepage FAQ, travel advisory, visa guide, travel guide, and travel-insurance guidance

The root metadata previously risked giving child pages the homepage canonical and incomplete inherited social fields. Every public page now emits its own absolute canonical URL, Open Graph URL and image details, and Twitter card metadata through one shared helper.

Affected: Site-wide page metadata and sitemap registry

The earlier register grouped most public sources under a broad “Government” label. The register now distinguishes Namibian government, Namibian public bodies, community-conservation evidence, international official guidance, health authorities, and consumer-protection sources. Each entry also states whether it is a primary authority, operational publisher, official cross-check, or sector source.

Affected: Source register and editorial methodology

The source register previously concentrated on visa, advisory, health, insurance, and disclosure pages. It now includes direct sources for national parks and published fees, NWR rates and terms, tourism-business registration, the national road network, airport operations, weather information supplied through WMO, and communal-conservancy context. These additions do not make any price, permit, road, or weather claim permanent; the live source must still be reopened.

Affected: Source register

A new About page now states that current Namibia Plus guidance is produced through desk research and source review. It does not claim an unpublished team biography, a local newsroom, repeated field testing, or first-hand reporting. Standards for any future named local contribution are now public.

Affected: About page and editorial standards

This log and a correction-specific email link were added so readers can identify a page, quote disputed wording, provide a source, and see material corrections recorded publicly rather than folded into silent edits.

Affected: Corrections page, navigation, and footer