The Namibian Tour

First stop was the Naukluft Mountains which would be more aptly named Naukluft Canyons. We did 2 great hikes up & down canyons and across the plateau. We were lucky enough to see a heard of the rare Hartmann's Mountain Zebra while hiking.

We visited Namibias #1 tourist attraction the sand dunes of Sossussvlei. Hiking up the dunes was like climbing a snow arret in the mountains but hotter!

We drove across the Namib desert and down to Walvis Bay and saw pink flamingos in the lagoon, what a contrast from the desert!

From there we went to Spitzkoppe, a huge granite outcrop in the midle of the flat desert. It reminded us of Joshua Tree in California. Here we actually saw a Leopard! This is a rare creature to see especially outside of a National Park. We must have disturbed it from it's slumber as we hiked along the base of dome and we watched it climb up the dome.

Next stop was the Skeleton coast a very desolate stretch of coastline with no vegitation, water or wildlife what so ever. We saw more ship wrecks than cars the day we drove up the coast.

Etosha Park was our last stop, it's known for it's wildlife and we weren't disappointed. It was like a Noah's Ark procession at the watering holes! Some of the animals we saw were: Elelphants, Black Rhinos, hundreds of Zebras, Giraffes, Wilderbeests and Ostriches, along with many ungulates such as the rare Blackfaced Impala. We are now ungulate experts, we can tell Springboks from Gemsboks and Klipspringers from Kudus! On our way back to Windhoek we called into the Waterberg Plateau and hiked up the escarpment to the plateau. It is reminiscent of the Lost World series of books.

We're now heading up to the Caprivi Strip in north east Namibia and then to the Okavango Delta in Botswana. Next update in a weeks time hopefully.
Zoe & Chris!

Zoe doing a chain assisted traverse above a water hole in a canyon in Naukluft Mountains.

Quiver Tree in Naukluft Mountains

Chris on Dune in Sossussvlei

Sossussvlei Dunes and salt pan

Flamingos at Walvis Bay

Walwitchis plant on Namibian Desert. This is a rare plant related to the pine tree believe it or not and only found in Namibia.

Our first Giraffe sighting at Palmwag in Damaraland

Road obsticals in Etosha Park, no zoom used here!

Burchell's Zebra in Etosha Park.