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Namibia, 2016
Tree and dunes at Deadvlei
Namibia
January 16, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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Sand sea
Namib-Naukluft flyover
Namibia
January 17, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Sand sea
Namib-Naukluft flyover
Namibia
January 17, 2016
Canon T5i
Orange patterned
Namib-Naukluft flyover
Namibia
January 17, 2016
Canon T5i
Sky, sand, sea
Namib-Naukluft flyover
Namibia
January 17, 2016
Canon T5i
Shadow dune
Namib-Naukluft
Namibia
January 15, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Dune
Sand sea
Namib-Naukluft
Namibia
January 15, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Dune 45
Namib-Naukluft
Namibia
January 16, 2016
Olympus Tough TG4
Hiking up Big Daddy
Namibia
January 16, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Patterns in the sand
Dune 45
Namib-Naukluft
Namibia
January 16, 2016
Olympus Tough TG4
Deadvlei at dawn
Deadvlei
Namibia
January 16, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Deadvlei after sunrise
Deadvlei
Namibia
January 16, 2016
Olympus Tough TG4
Tree at Deadvlei
Deadvlei
Namibia
January 16, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Deadvlei from above
Namib-Naukluft
Namibia
January 17, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Roots
Namibia
January 16, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Bob at Deadvlei
Namib-Naukluft
Namibia
January 16, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Charles at Deadvlei
Namib-Naukluft
Namibia
January 16, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Sesrien Canyon
Descent
Sesrien Canyon
Namib-Naukluft Park
Namibia
January 16, 2016
Olympus Tough TG4
The canyon
Sesrien Canyon
Namib-Naukluft Park
Namibia
January 16, 2016
Olympus Tough TG4
Canyon Tree
Sesrien Canyon
Namib-Naukluft Park
Namibia
January 16, 2016
Olympus Tough TG4
The pool at the end of the trail - at least for me
Sesrien Canyon
Namib-Naukluft Park
Namibia
January 16, 2016
Olympus Tough TG4
Moonscape
Welwitschia Drive, Namibia
January 14, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Moonscape
Welwitschia Drive, Namibia
January 14, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Pan-orama
Where the Pan never Peters out
Endless pan with water mirage
Etosha Pan
Namibia
January 12, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Pan's edge
Etosha Pan
Namibia
January 11, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Etosha got panned by Bob
Self-portrait
Etosha Pan
Namibia
January 11, 2016
Canon rebel T5i
Lotus in the pan
Etosha Pan
Namibia
January 11, 2016
Canon rebel T5i
Side view selfie
Self-portrait
Etosha Pan
Namibia
January 11, 2016
Canon rebel T5i
Far out house
cf:
Toilets
Fairy circles
Sossusvlei flyover
Namibia
January 17, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Fairy circles
Sossusvlei flyover
Namibia
January 17, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Fairy circles
Rostock, Namibia
January 15, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Fairy circles
Fairy circles
Rostock, Namibia
January 15, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Mammals
Rhino
Black rhino
Black rhino
Black rhino profiled
Hi Jack
Jackal on hotel grounds
High jacked - jackal on the wall
Jackal and ele poop
Zebras drinking
Giraffe close
Giraffe head
Giraffe on the move
Giraffe jumping
Giraffe running
Meerkat
Meerkat
Rostock, Namibia
January 15, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Scrutiny
Chacma baboon
Sesrien Canyon, Namibia
January 16, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
This guy was driving like a baboon...seriously
Chacma baboon
Sesrien Canyon, Namibia
January 16, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Antelope
Black face
Waterhole confrontation
Who do? Ku do.
Oryx close
Oryx and dune
Oryx and dune
Oryx
Oryx
Irony
Blue gnu
Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus)
Etosha, Namibia
January 12, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Blue gnu reflected
Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus)
Etosha, Namibia
January 12, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Blue gnu drinking
Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus)
Etosha, Namibia
January 12, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Spring in Etosha
Facing spring
Two springbok
Springbok - the drink
A beast with hart
Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus caama)
Etosha, Namibia
January 12, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Impala at dusk
Steenbok
Steenbok
Blesbok
Squirrel
Squirrely
Squirrel eating
Etosha, Namibia
January 11, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Squirrel with mopane leaves
Mopane
Genus: Colophospermum
Family: Fabaceae
Order: Fabales
Etosha, Namibia
January 11, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
What???
Double-banded sandgrouse (Pterocles bicinctus)
Double-banded
Double-banded sandgrouse (Pterocles bicinctus)
Double-banded
Double-banded closer
Double-banded
Subsequent spotting
As foretold in the korhaan
Call of the korhaan
Kori
Ruppell's
Ruppell's Korhaan
Welwitschia Drive, Namibia
January 14, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Helmeted guinea fowl
Two guinea fowl
Blue crane
Blue crane
Blue crane
Blue crane
Blue crane
Sociable weaver
Flamingos
Pied piper
Keeping up with the Smiths
Lone plover
Spotty performance
Not a coal mine in sight
Parent and child
Feeding time
Is that it?
The lone weaver
Weaver
Weaver look back
Weaver entering nest
Weaver and weaved
Fallen weaver nest
Leave it to weaver
"Black-tail"
Sociable
Sociable weavers (Philetairus socius)
Family: Passeridae
Order: Passeriformes
Okaukuejo, Etosha, Namibia
January 12, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Sociable weaver nest
Sociable weavers (Philetairus socius)
Family: Passeridae
Order: Passeriformes
Rostock, Namibia
January 15, 2016
Olympus Tough TG-4
Sociable weaver nest
Sociable weavers (Philetairus socius)
Family: Passeridae
Order: Passeriformes
Okaukuejo
Etosha, Namibia
January 13, 2016
Olympus Tough TG-4
Sociable weaver
Sociable weavers (Philetairus socius)
Family: Passeridae
Order: Passeriformes
Etosha, Namibia
January 12, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Cape glossy starling
Cape glossy starling (Lamprotornis nitens)
Family: Sturnidae
Order: Passeriformes
Okaukuejo
Etosha, Namibia
January 13, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Roller
Lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudatus)
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Coraciidae
Okaukuejo
Etosha, Namibia
January 13, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Roller on a roll
Lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudatus)
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Coraciidae
Okaukuejo
Etosha, Namibia
January 13, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Red-billed hornbill
Hornbill
Hornbill
Corvid
()
Etosha, Namibia
January 13, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Corvid
When crows pretend they are eagles
Piping sand
Sandpiper ()
Etosha, Namibia
January 11, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
(Tringa glareola)
Etosha, Namibia
January 11, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Caterpillar catcher
Marico flycatcher (Bradornis mariquensis)
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Swakopmund, Namibia
January 14, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Banded bandit
Common waxbill (Estrilda astrild)
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Swakopmund, Namibia
January 14, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Banded bandit
Common waxbill (Estrilda astrild)
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Swakopmund, Namibia
January 14, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
A wing and a cape
Passerine
()
Order: Passeriformes
Etosha, Namibia
January 11, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Face on
Hoopoe
Hoopoe (Upupa epops africana)
Order: Bucerotiformes
Okaukuejo, Etosha, Namibia
January 12, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Tractrac chat
Steve
Love
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Trying to take notes
Falcon
Ostrich
Ostrich power step
Ostrich head
Reptiles
Lizard on rock
Skink
Skink camouflaged
Sand lizard
Sand lizard
Butterfly and flower
Butterfly
Halali, Etosha, Namibia
January 12, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Butterfly
Butterfly
Halali, Etosha, Namibia
January 12, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Moth rules
The eye of the moth
Moth close
Moth carnage
Moth
Lion in the tower
Beetle
Beetle - genus Copris
Family: Scarabaeidae
Order: Coleoptera
ID by Alex Dreyer
Etosha, Namibia
January 12, 2016
Canon 5Dmark2
Millipede
Termite mound
Welwitschia companions
Welwitschia probing
Welwitschia bug trunk-ated
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Flora
Welwitschia
All is Welwitschia
Welwitschia mirabilis
Welwitschia Drive, Namibia
January 14, 2016
Canon rebel T5i
Welwitschia mirabilis
Welwitschia Drive, Namibia
January 14, 2016
Canon rebel T5i
Welwitschia mirabilis
Welwitschia Drive, Namibia
January 14, 2016
Canon rebel T5i
Evolutionary wonders
Welwitschia mirabilis
Welwitschia Drive, Namibia
January 14, 2016
Canon rebel T5i
Wel cone to Namibia
Welwitschia mirabilis
Welwitschia Drive, Namibia
January 14, 2016
Canon rebel T5i
Flower
Welwitschia mirabilis
Welwitschia Drive, Namibia
January 14, 2016
Canon rebel T5i
Welwitschia forest
Welwitschia mirabilis
Welwitschia Drive, Namibia
January 14, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Welwitschia seed
Welwitschia seed
The mother witsch
Welwitschia mirabilis
Welwitschia Drive, Namibia
January 14, 2016
Olympus Tough TG4
Possibly largest and oldest specimen
So ferocious, it is kept fenced in
The sign of the Witsch
Welwitschia Drive, Namibia
January 14, 2016
Olympus Tough TG4
Chameleon on Welwitschia
Chameleon on Welwitschia
Chameleon on Welwitschia
Forward-looking chameleon
Chameleon on alert
More flora
Pink flower
Etosha, Namibia
January 11, 2016
Canon rebel T5i
Acacia
Etosha, Namibia
January 11, 2016
Canon rebel T5i
Acacia
Etosha, Namibia
January 12, 2016
Canon rebel T5i
Acacia flower
Mopane leaves
Mopane
Genus: Colophospermum
Family: Fabaceae
Order: Fabales
Etosha, Namibia
January 11, 2016
Canon 5Dmark2
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C28
Welwitschia Drive
Namib-Naukluft
Namibia
January 14, 2016
Olympus Tough TG-4
Desert succulent
Succulent
Welwitschia Drive
Namib-Naukluft
Namibia
January 14, 2016
Canon 5Dmark2
Euphorb
Euphorb
Welwitschia Drive
Namib-Naukluft
Namibia
January 14, 2016
Canon 5Dmark2
Succulent
Welwitschia Drive
Namib-Naukluft
Namibia
January 14, 2016
Canon 5Dmark2
Lichen rocks
Lichen
Welwitschia Drive
Namibia
January 14, 2016
Canon rebel T5i
Lichen
Lichen
Welwitschia Drive
Namibia
January 14, 2016
Canon rebel T5i
Lichen
Lichen
Welwitschia Drive
Namibia
January 14, 2016
Canon rebel T5i
Lichen
Lichen
Welwitschia Drive
Namibia
January 14, 2016
Canon rebel T5i
Lichen irony
Lichen
Welwitschia Drive
Namibia
January 14, 2016
Canon rebel T5i
Lichen
Lichen
Welwitschia Drive
Namib-Naukluft
Namibia
January 14, 2016
Canon 5Dmark2
Lichen
Lichen
Welwitschia Drive
Namib-Naukluft
Namibia
January 14, 2016
Canon 5Dmark2
Lichen on pebble
Lichen
Welwitschia Drive
Namib-Naukluft
Namibia
January 14, 2016
Olympus Tough TG-4
Lichen on stone
Lichen
Welwitschia Drive
Namib-Naukluft
Namibia
January 14, 2016
Canon 5Dmark2
Lichen dry
Lichen
Welwitschia Drive
Namib-Naukluft
Namibia
January 14, 2016
Canon 5Dmark2
Lichen wet
Lichen
Welwitschia Drive
Namib-Naukluft
Namibia
January 14, 2016
Canon 5Dmark2
Lichen wet
Lichen
Welwitschia Drive
Namib-Naukluft
Namibia
January 14, 2016
Canon 5Dmark2
Beacon 1
Welwitschia Drive
Namib-Naukluft
Namibia
January 14, 2016
Canon 5Dmark2
Beetle
Beetle
Beetle
Welwitschia Drive
Namib-Naukluft
Namibia
January 14, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Desert debris
Welwitschia Drive
Namib-Naukluft
Namibia
January 14, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Desert debris
Welwitschia Drive
Namib-Naukluft
Namibia
January 14, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Tropic of Bob
People
New friends
Cato and Rex
Halali
Etosha, Namibia
January 11, 2016
Olympus Tough TG-4
Bob and pilot
Sossusvlei flyover
Namibia
January 17, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Rostock
Ritzy sign
Etosha
A sign of Etosha
Etosha, Namibia
January 11, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Okaukuejo Tower
Okaukuejo waterhole
Etosha, Namibia
January 12, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Bob on tower
Okaukuejo Tower
Etosha, Namibia
January 12, 2016
Olympus Tough TG-4
Namutoni Fort
Namutoni
Etosha, Namibia
January 10, 2016
Canon rebel T5i
Namutoni Fort
Namutoni
Etosha, Namibia
January 12, 2016
Canon rebel T5i
Halali
Gideon and Justinie
Halali
Etosha, Namibia
January 10, 2016
Canon rebel T5i
Gratreeti
Halali
Etosha, Namibia
January 10, 2016
Olympus Tough TG-4
Swakopmund
Lighthouse tower/restaurant
Surf
22o South Restaurant
Ferocious predator
Church
Usakos, Namibia
January 13, 2016
Olympus Tough TG-4
Otjiwarongo
Otjiwarongo welcomes you
Crocodile Ranch
Crocodiles
Bob with crocodile brochette
Crocodiles
Bob with crocodile brochette
Crocodiles
Men's room
Crocodile Ranch
Otjiwarongo, Namibia
January 13, 2016
Canon rebel T5i
cf:
Toilets
Sossusvlei
Sossusvlei Lodge
Namibia
January 17, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Solitaire
Solitaire
Solitaire
en route to Namib-Naukluft
Namibia
January 15, 2016
Canon rebel T5i
My horse
Namibia
Welwitschia Drive, Namibia
January 14, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
cf:
Cars
Misc
Desert conservation
Welwitschia Drive, Namibia
January 14, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Namibian sky
Sossus Dunes
Namib-Naukluft Park, Namibia
January 16, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Okaukuejo waterhole
Okaukuejo
Etosha, Namibia
January 13, 2016
Olympus Tough TG-4
Sunset
Sunset over waterhole
Okaukuejo waterhole
Etosha, Namibia
January 12, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Sunset
On the road
Namibia
January 9, 2016
Canon rebel T5i
Sunset
Etosha, Namibia
January 11, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Sunset
Etosha, Namibia
January 11, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Closure
Okaukuejo waterhole
Etosha, Namibia
January 12, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Namibia itinerary - January 9, 2016 - January 17, 2016
January 9, 2016 - Saturday - Day 1 - Cape Town to Frans Indongo
- Will gave me a ride to the airport
- Pick up at airport and taken to African Tracks to pick up 4x4
- Drive to Frans Indongo
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January 10, 2016 - Sunday - Day 2 - Frans Indongo to Halali, Etosha
- Breakfast at Frans Indongo
- Sandgrouse en route
- Stop at Namutoni Fort to take photos
- Waterhole viewing
- Meet Cato and Rex at waterhole - they had many useful suggestions
- Dinner at Halali
- Back to water hole
- Black rhino
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January 11, 2016 - Monday - Day 3 - Halali, Etosha
- Breakfast at Halali
- Drive around to waterholes, Etosha Pan, and surrounding areas
- Braai with Cato and Rex at their camp site
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January 12, 2016 - Tuesday - Day 4 - Halali to Okaukuejo
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January 13, 2016 - Wednesday - Day 5 - Okaukuejo to Swakopmund
- Waterhole
- Otjiwarongo - stop for lunch at crocodile farm
- Usakos - stop for gas, photos of church
- Meet San Francisco couple - Subir and Stephanie
- Desert at Lighthouse
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January 14, 2016 - Thursday - Day 6 - Swakopmund to Rostock
- Breakfast at Brigadoon - outside room
- Drive to office to get required permit for Welwitschia Drive
- Stop to photograph flamingos and stilts
- Welwitschia Drive - lichens, moonscape, Welwitschia
- Stop for photos at Tropic of Capricorn
- Arrive at Rostock after dark
- Dinner at Rostock - two appetizers
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January 15, 2016 - Friday - Day 7 - Rostock to Sossus Dunes
- Breakfast at the Lodge
- Morning walk on property up to ridge
- Fairy circles, lizards
- Drive to Sossus Dunes Lodge, Namib-Naukluft Park
- Stop in Solitaire for gas water, coffee and cake
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January 16, 2016 - Saturday - Day 8 - Sossus Dunes to Sossusvlei Lodge
- Dawn excursion to deadvlei
- Pack up and move to Sossusvlei Lodge
- Swimming at Lodge
- Buffet dinner at Lodge
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January 17, 2016 - Sunday - Day 9 - Sossosvlei Lodge to Cape Town
- Sossusvlei flyover - Desert Air
Related pages
Sandgrouse
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Welwitschia
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Welwitschia bug
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Cape Town 2016
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Namibia Prefield Seminar
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