UNL School of Natural Resources: alumni and friends trip to...Namibia!

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Learn more about our planned trip to Namibia in May/June of 2026! 

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Why travel to Namibia with us?

• Our trip has a focus on wildlife conservation and unique landscapes.

• Your hosts, Kelly and Larkin Powell, have lived in Namibia and led multiple student trips for the University of Nebraska.

• Namibia, in southern Africa, is a safe country with a lot of wildlife and amazing landscapes and experiences for you!

• You will witness multiple models of conservation from NGOs like AfriCat and Cheetah Conservation Fund to National Parks and private nature reserves.

• We also visit communal conservancy areas to see how indigenous Namibians live and depend on wildlife resources. You won't find a better way to see all of this variety.

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Kelly and Larkin Powell are wildlife biologists in the School of Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska. We lived in Namibia during 2009 during a Fulbright Scholar experience, and Larkin taught at the Polytechnic of Namibia in the Nature Conservation Department. Kelly volunteered with orphanages and a preschool. Our experience in Namibia includes research on ecotourism and wildlife. ​We bring our experience and a large slate of friends and colleagues in Namibia to this course, and we hope you find Namibia to be as special as we do!

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We encourage you to visit this site to view the US State Department travel recommendations for Namibia. 

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APPLICATION SCHEDULE:

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Information for our trippers and families:

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C Africa Safaris: our tour company!

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CDC information about vaccines and travel information for Namibia

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Your personalized trip Packing List here (now, we're getting serious!)

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Click here to visit a page of videos from previous student trips!

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Links to places we will be staying on our trip: 

 

AfriCat    Cheetah Conservation Fund    Etosha National Park