Gecko Cleaning Lens - Photo and Comment by Isak Pretorius
On a recent trip to Swakopmund I was lucky to find a Web-footed Gecko on the dunes in the morning mist. They are nocturnal and I knew I didn’t have much time before the sun would force the gecko underground, so I had to be quick. I slowly approached the gecko with my macro lens, he licked the moisture off his eyes and then dug his way into the protection of the sand.
Lunchtime by DaveC71 on Flickr.
Namibia by muriwai_girl on Flickr.
Etosha National Park, Namibia by safari-partners on Flickr.
A perfect morning at Dune 45 by a_work_in_progress! on Flickr.
Cutest little hopper, brilliant camouflage! Family Pamphagidae. Found in Namaskluft, southern #Namibia (Taken with instagram)
Sossusvlei - Namibia
Jul 2005: Namibia by jelite on Flickr.
“Looks closer, and you may be able to make it out, that yes, this is a photograph, not a painting. As National Geographic remarks of the photograph taken in Namibia, “Tinted orange by the morning sun, a soaring dune is the backdrop for the hulks of camel thorn trees in Namib-Naukluft Park.”
If this isn’t one of the most beautiful natural settings you will ever see, we don’t know what is.”
Oryx in Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia.
Rhinos in hot pursuit, Erindi Game Reserve, Namibia
Photo by Kit Wilde
Once were warriors by John_Freeman on Flickr.
Until South Africa and Namibia.
22 days until England.
Once we arrived at the sand dunes in Sossusvlei, we completely understood why we made the journey to Namibia. We woke up at 5AM and drove the one hour journey from our lodge to catch the sun rising along the dunes. Watching the strong colors overtake the country landscape, we steadily climbed the steep sand dunes, which have been argued to be the largest in the world.
On our second day in Swakopmund, we decided to expand our adventurous spirit and rent quad bikes for an hour. Originally apprehensive, Kwame tossed his fears to the side once he realized how much fun he was having while racing his bike up and around the hills of the desert dunes.
After leaving the city of Swakopmund, we then ventured a bumpy five hour drive to Damaraland, a more rugged scenic landscape and home to Namibia’s largest mountains. While in Damaraland, we stayed at the Grootberg Lodge, perched at the top of the Grootberg Plateau, and is the first lodge in Namibia owned and maintained 100 percent by the local community.
Born of parents of different ethnic groups and having grown up with her grandmother, Erna Chimu has always been traditional in her music which says it all once you cultivate an ear for it. Erna says music could be in her genes because her father played an accordion and her late mother was a very good vocalist.
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Erna said a lot of people are not proud of their traditions but she deliberately chose to fuse traditional music with other types of music and the result is what is today dubbed ‘Damara Jazz’, a genre that has become her identifying mark. Erna sings it with such passion that it draws any listener despite obvious language limitations.
“Any Namibian would be able to relate to my music. You can be overseas but when you hear it, you’d know it’s from Namibia,” she said.
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Erna says she does jazz and traditional music to express certain social issues such as women and child and alcohol abuse because she believes educating at least one woman can save a nation.
Windhoek, Namibia (outside of Windhoek)
Eduard Bohlen shipwreck, Namibia
The Eduard Bohlen was a ship that ran aground off the coast of Namibia’s Skeleton Coast on September 5, 1909, in a thick fog. Currently the wreck lies in the sand a distance from the shoreline.
The ship was a 2,272 gross ton cargo ship with a length of 310 feet. In September 1909, it ran aground in thick fog and wrecked at Conception Bay while on a voyage from Swakopmund to Table Bay. This wreck is said to personify the loneliness of Namibia’s coast best. Its remains lie rusting in the sand, partially buried.
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In 1990 newly independent Namibia became on of the world’s first nations to write environmental protection into its constitution.
Aerial view of Salts Pans in Namibia
Photo by Kit Wilde
Namib - Duna 45 by tapperoa on Flickr.
Michelle McLean of Namibia - Miss Universe 1992 (Second African Miss Universe)
Namibian landscape by MlleToinette on Flickr.
Alone in the fog by MlleToinette on Flickr.
Female Kudu on Flickr.
A female kudu on alert. Seen at the Mahango National Park, Caprivi, Namibia.
This little girl always had a way of brightening my day while living in Mariental. :D
Dead Vlei from the Sossusvlei dune in Namib-Naukluft National Park in Namibia.
Scenes from The Fall and The Cell were filmed here!
