Northern Namibia 3-Day Finnish Mission Heritage Trail

By Wild Lion Tours and Transfers - Oniipa Guesthouse

Free cancellation available

Features

Walk the exact route Finnish missionaries took through Ovamboland in 1871.
Visit the Nakambale & Onandjokwe Museum & the 1871 homestead of Marttin Rautanen
Your ancestor's name may be in the original mission archives at Olukonda.

Dates

Travellers

Language options: English

Price details

฿31,472.86 x 1 Adult฿31,472.86

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- Not allowed: Fishing, Smoking in the vehicle
- Not suitable for: Babies under 1 year, Cruise ship guests

In 1871, a small group of Finnish missionaries established Olukonda, the most enduring mission station in Ovamboland. They created the first written Oshiwambo language. They built hospitals. They established schools. Their legacy lives in northern Namibia to this day. This 3-day heritage trail visits every site: Omandongo (where the missionary group divided), the abandoned stations at Elim and Okahao, the extraordinary Nakambale Museum at Olukonda, the historic Onandjokwe Medical Museum and several mission sites in Oniipa. This journey takes you into the footsteps that were left more that 150 years ago. They had to do it over several days by wagons, we get to do over 3 days.