Namibian Road Trip
23 days, 3553 kilometres by car (2 flat tyres), 653 by safari vehicle, 58 on foot, 13 camps, 3333 photos.
The blue line on the map below is our main route, red lines are side trips. We started by heading south.
Click on the icons on the map to see where we stayed. Click on the thumbnails pictures to see more photos.
Damaraland
Damaraland
Ostrich
Desert adapted elephant
He's going to shake this tree
and eat what falls off
Stripping tree bark to eat
Desert adapted giraffe
Sandgrouse
Verreaux's Eagle owl
Doro Nawas
Rock art at Twyfelfontain
Cheers
Damaraland sunset
Ruppell's Korhaan
Ruppell's Korhaan
Desert Rhino Camp tent
Hello
Hello again
How to "shoot`" a Rhino
Thirsty work
A rhino called "Don't Worry" (sadly dehorned to try to prevent poaching)
A rhino called Dave
You don't get signs like this at home
More strange landscapes
Etosha
Etosha
Honey badger
Honey badger
Spotted hyena
Spotted hyaena cubs playing
Hyena cubs playing
Elephants
Kudu
Kudu
Ongava lioness and cubs
Ongava pride - one of 18 cubs
Big teeth
Ongava pride male
Stumpy - the Ongava king
Stumpy
Ongava Reserve - White Rhino
Nice room at Ongava Lodge
Etosha Black Rhino
Etosha Elephants
Wildebeest
Etosha - Red Hartebeest
Zebras
Zebra argument
Etosha - Springbok
Etosha elephants
At the roadside in Etosha
Etosha Giraffe
Skeleton Coast
Skeleton Coast
Cape cross - fur seals
Cape Cross - fur seal
Fur seals at Cape Cross
Cape Cross - fur seals
Cape cross poser
A wreck
A lot of nothing
Mist rolling in - an eerie drive
Not a good spot for a flat tyre
Walvis Bay
Walvis Bay
Greater flamingo
Damara tern
Damara tern
Damara tern
Avocets
Pelican landing
Pelican
Black-backed jackal
Flamingos
More flamingos
Salt pans near Walvis Bay
Near Sandwich Harbour
Coast drive from Sandwich Harbour before the tide comes in
Sand lizard
White browed sparrow weaver
Tyre tracks from 'dune surfing' - great fun, not photogenic
Springbok
Black backed jackal
View from our room at Beach Lodge
Namib Desert
Namib Desert
Oryx (a very tasty animal)
Tok tokkie trails - Dinner table with a view
Waking up in the desert - hot tea very welcome
Tok tokkie trails - 2 days walking in the desert
Social weaver nest
Social weaver
Learning about 'fairy rings'
Desert Lark
Namib Rand Hills
Our 'Kulala' or sleeping place at Kulala Desert Lodge
Inside our Kulala
Sandstorm sunset
Sossuvlei - dune 45
Sossuvlei
Jo doing silly things (running down dune)
Deadvlei in a sandstorm
Sandstorm
Deadvlei in a sandstorm
Deadvlei
The sand does drift about a lot here
Heading north
Strange gate with no fence in the middle of nowhere
Mundulea
Mundulea
Mundulea Reserve Bruno Nebe, the owner, in camp
Mundulea: kitchen
Violet eared waxbill
Duiker
Mundulea. Walking with Bruno 3-4 hours morning & afternoon
Ironwood tree
Striped tree squirrel
Oryx (again)
Bruno cooking breakfast
Okonjima & Erongo
Okonjima & Erongo
Okonjima: Leopard
Okonjima - leopard
Pale chanting Goshawk
Okonjima: sunset
Erongo: our 'room'
Another nice tent with a view
Erongo: Rosyfaced lovebirds
Erongo: Rosyfaced lovebird
Erongo: Masked weaver
Erongo: Laughing dove
Erongo: Damara dik-dik
Rock Agama
Rock Agama
Erongo view
Kalahari
Kalahari
Zebras
Heading south
Kalahari Red Dunes lodge - the honeymoon suite!
Kalahari Red Dunes: Eland
Kalahari Red Dunes: Ground Squirrel
Kalahari Red Dunes: Ground Squirrel
The road west from Kalahari to Tok Tokkie