A Tourist has gone missing in Namibia.
Namibian Police Force in the Kharas Region is still searching for a lost tourist who went missing into the Ai-Ais Fish River Canyon.
Reports from Namibia indicate that the missing visitor known as Jacobus Lintverts, is a 63-year-old South African national.
According to the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Nikodemus Mbango, who serves as the Regional Crime Coordinator for Kharas, the tourist, Lintvezt, has been missing for over a week having been last seen on Friday, 16 May 2025.
Police reports reveal that it was possible the missing person could have been part of the group of 12 trekkers who had been hiking through the Ai-Ais Canyon on Friday, 16 May 2025.
However, while the rest of the group completed their hike and moved out of the canyon on Sunday, 18 May 2025, the South African visitor never returned to base.
It was until they regrouped after the expedition that they realized one of them was missing.
The team then reported that Jacobus had become separated from the group and was missing.
A search and rescue team was dispatched immediately on Sunday, 18 May 2025 and has been going on for three days now.
The search team which was deployed to look for the missing tourist would always report back saying they have not managed to trace Mr Lintvezt.
The Police Commissioner Mr Mbango said they have not given up on the missing person, because the search team is still on track and hopeful the missing tourist should be alive, even after being out there for days.
“No confirmed sightings, trace or contact with Jacobus Lintvezt have been reported as of this time. Updates will be provided as further information becomes available,” the Namibian Police officer stated.
The AI-AIS tourist site lies at the southern end of the Fish River conservation area in the Namibian portion of the Richtersveld Transfrontier Park.
The term Ai-Ais means ‘burning water’ in one of the local languages and usually refers to the sulphurous hot springs’ geysers found in this area.