Windhoek in Namibia's central highlands
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Windhoek experience

Make with Penduka's women artisans

Join a hands-on embroidery or textile workshop in Katutura and hear how Penduka turns craft skill into independent income for Namibian women.

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The experience

Work beside the women who built Penduka

At Penduka Village in Katutura, women teach the embroidery and textile techniques behind work sold across Namibia.

The workshop gives Windhoek a human beginning: you make something with its artist, then understand the enterprise that carries her work beyond the village.

Experience FAQ

Make with Penduka's women artisans

Q01What do we make at Penduka?

The craft depends on the artisans and materials available that day, so I confirm the exact embroidery or textile workshop before the journey.

Q02Is this a private-home visit?

No. Penduka is an established women-led village and social enterprise offering arranged tours and workshops.

Plan with Alex

Plan the Penduka workshop

Cross Deadvlei at dawn, follow desert wildlife tracks near Swakopmund and wait beside an Etosha waterhole as elephants emerge through the dust.

We will begin with your dates, your pace and the image that brought Namibia into your mind. From there, I will draw the journey that belongs to you.

Portrait of Alex

I want Namibia's defining moments at their best: Deadvlei before the heat, the living desert while tracks are still sharp, Etosha as elephants approach the water. Around them, we make time for the guides, makers and conservationists who turn a beautiful road into a journey you understand.

Alex

Journey designer