NB39 - Botswana & Namibia Highlights
One month Botswana and two months Namibia has been great.
Botswana because of the animals and Namibia the scenery.
We felt safe all the time, including...
NB38 - Prehistoric to Exotic in 1 Day, The END ! ( until next year )
Just outside Okahandja are some fossilised dinosaur footprints.
190 million years ago numerous reptiles lived in this interdune area, but as the climate became drier...
NB37 - Namibia: 3 Rivers Run, The Hoanib River (for 60kms) & the Palmwag Concession.
A lazy start to today with a couple of cups of coffee then followed by bacon & eggs.
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NB36 - Namibia: 3 Rivers Run, The Khumib River (for 40kms), then the Hoarusib (60kms)
We have track notes for a drive down 3 remote rivers as we head south.
The first is the Khumib where we travel in the dry bed for 40kms.
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NB35 - Namibia: Van Zyls Pass & Marienfluss
Our next adventure is Van Zyl’s Pass.
70kms south of Epupa Falls we turn off onto a much lesser track and wind our way through scattered Himba...
NB34 - Namibia: Khowarib Gorge, A Himba Village, & Epupa Falls.
I found on Pocket Earth a dotted line through a gorge...looks good!
Exiting the west side of Etosha only a kilometers south we turn onto a track that first follows the...
NB33 - Namibia: The Biggest Meteorite, Old Copper Mines, The Animals of Etosha.
80,000 years ago this meteorite crashed into planet earth.
The Hoba meteorite is not only the largest single meteorite in existence it also had a remarkable entry to Earth. On impact there...
NB32 - Namibia: 1,600Y/Old Welwitschia Plants, A Rose Quartz Mine, Terrace Bay, Desert Elephants in Camp
This area of Namib Desert (around Swakomund) receives less than 5mm of rain annually and for many years sometimes no rain at all, yet looking closely at the ground it is covered with lichens.
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NB31 - Namibia: Luderitz & Diamonds in the Desert. The Sand Sea of the Namid.
The drive today across the vast Namid Desert is WOW.
We are heading towards the coast and the town of Luderitz. A little town with a big story.
The area was first discovered...
NB30 - Namibia: Quiver Trees, Fish River Canyon, & the Orange River.
A rare Quiver Tree forest around 14kms north of Keetmanshoop.
The forest comprises around 250 specimens of Aloe dichotoma, a species of Aloe. Locally it is known as...
