Jenn Thomsen, Namibia ’05

Jenn Thomsen, Program Director of Parks, Tourism and Recreation Management at the University of Montana, visited Round River’s Spring 2025 Botswana cohort in the field…

Round River Stories: Linky le Roux Ohm – Namibia 2003

Namibia 2009. Photo by Linky LeRoux.

One of my most powerful memories from Namibia was tracking the critically endangered black rhino across the vast, rugged landscape of the Kunene Region—a place of stark beauty, where mountains rise from the desert like ancient sentinels, and sunsets drip slowly into the endless horizon…

Roma Pawelek, Namibia ’07

In 2007, Roma was a student at Carleton College who enjoyed martial arts and the outdoors. When she heard about Round River’s Namibia program, it was a once in a lifetime opportunity to visit a place she may never have an opportunity to explore…