Namibia, March 31 - May 4, 2022 Photo Gallery by Rick & José van der Weijde at pbase.com

Namibia, March 31 - May 4, 2022

We visited South- and Central-Namibia from March 31 to May 4, 2022, our first long distance destination again
after the beginning of the Covid-pandemic two years ago. We rented a car with two rooftop tents through Osino Car Hire
in Windhoek and just travelled around, camping along the way. Only our lodging at Erindi Private Game Reserve
was booked beforehand as the campsite was still closed due to Covid.

The first week we lingered a few days near Windhoek and travelled south all the way to the South African border and the Ais-Ais
National Park, visiting places like Daan Viljoen, Arnhem Caves, Hardap Dam, Quiver Tree Forest and Fish River Canyon.
The second week we travelled along the Orange River towards Rosh Pinah and back north again to Sesriem, with a
multiple day stopover in Lüderitz along the way. In the third week we visited the famous dunes of Sesriem and the Sossusvlei,
Namib Naukluft National Park and the coast of Walvis Bay and Swakopmund. In our fourth week we explored the northcentral
mountaineous areas of Spitzkoppe, Brandberg and Erongo. Our final days we focussed on the Big 5 (Buffalo's excluded)
in Erindi Private Game Reserve.

We had the most wonderfull time enjoying the diverse sceneries of the country, which were more green then usual
because of some good rains prior to our arrival. Our trip was highly succesfull seeing almost all the (near-)endemics
(including the 1 true endemic: Dune Lark) bird and all the big mammal species that were possible on our route
(including Black Rhino, Desert Elephant, Lion, Leopard, Cheetah, Wild Dog and much much more), and
a great diversity of other small (and bigger...) critters crawling around.

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Hennie & Lies Lammers		12-Mar-2025 10:31
Prachtig album van deze reis door Namibië.

Don		21-Jun-2024 03:16
A journey full of wonderful landscapes and fantastic wildlife.

joseantonio		08-Feb-2023 14:17
what a great gallery.V

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Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea	Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea	Rosy-Faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis roseicollis	Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota herero	Sphingonotus scabriculus
Oedaleus plenus plenus	Oedaleus plenus plenus	Rens & Rick & Guus @ Work	View at the top of the Spreetshoogte Pass	A house with a view
A house with a view	Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus damarensis	Scaly-Feathered Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons squamifrons	Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus damarensis	South African Ground Squirrel Geosciurus inauris
Yellow Mongoose Cynictis penicillata bradfieldi	Yellow Mongoose Cynictis penicillata bradfieldi	Yellow Mongoose Cynictis penicillata bradfieldi	Yellow Mongoose Cynictis penicillata bradfieldi	Yellow Mongoose Cynictis penicillata bradfieldi
Rens in Solitaire	Rüppell's Korhaan Heterotetrax rueppelii fitzsimonsi	Rüppell's Korhaan Heterotetrax rueppelii fitzsimonsi	Rüppell's Korhaan Heterotetrax rueppelii fitzsimonsi	Rüppell's Korhaan Heterotetrax rueppelii fitzsimonsi
Rüppell's Korhaan Heterotetrax rueppelii fitzsimonsi	Rüppell's Korhaan Heterotetrax rueppelii fitzsimonsi	Brown Locust Locustana pardalina	Familyshot in the Namib Dunes	Gemsbok Oryx gazella
Gemsbok Oryx gazella	Fischer's Thick-Toed Gecko Chondrodactylus laevigatus	Namib Sand Gecko Pachydactylus rangei	Namib Sand Gecko Pachydactylus rangei	Namib Sand Gecko Pachydactylus rangei
Namib Sand Gecko Pachydactylus rangei	Brown Armoured Ground Cricket Acanthoplus discoidalis	Setting up camp for our 2nd night in Sesriem	Rens & Guus watching wildlife	Dune Lark Calendulauda erythrochlamys erythrochlamys
Dune Lark Calendulauda erythrochlamys erythrochlamys	Dune Lark Calendulauda erythrochlamys erythrochlamys	Dune Lark Calendulauda erythrochlamys erythrochlamys	Dune Lark Calendulauda erythrochlamys erythrochlamys	Desert Locust Schistocerca gregaria flaviventris
Kalahari Springbok Antidorcas marsupialis hofmeyri	Kalahari Springbok Antidorcas marsupialis hofmeyri	Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus argentior	Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua	Pied Crow Corvus albus
Cape Crow Corvus capensis capensis	Cape Crow Corvus capensis capensis	Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides rupicoloides	Pied Crow Corvus albus	Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides rupicoloides
Namibia 2022	Just a Dead tree in the Desert	Just a Dead tree in the Desert	Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides rupicoloides	Famous Dune 45
Just a Dead tree in the Desert	The Namib Desert	Desert Crossing	Dried up Pan	The Namib Desert
Sandy road to the Sossusvlei	Chestnut-Vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea cinerascens	Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris galtoni	Rens in Namibia	Water-filled Sossusvlei
Sossusvlei Pan	Namib Desert Dune Ant Camponotus detritus	Tribulus spec.	Rens having sand fun	Rens having sand fun
Water-filled Sossusvlei	Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris galtoni	Water-filled Sossusvlei	Water-filled Sossusvlei	Namib Desert Dune Ant Camponotus detritus
Sandy road to the Sossusvlei	The Namib Desert	Rüppell's Korhaan Heterotetrax rueppelii fitzsimonsi	(Dry) Tsauchab Flood Plain	The Namib Desert
The Dune at Marais's Point	The Dune at Marais's Point	Namib Desert at sunrise	Sunrise at the Namib	Steep morning walk at Marais's Point
Marais's Point before sunrise	Wall Crab Spider Anyphops spec.	Dinner @ Sesriem	Kalahari Tree Skink Trachylepis spilogaster	Dabbled Namib Darkling Beetle Onymacris rugatipennis albotessellata
Dabbled Namib Darkling Beetle Onymacris rugatipennis albotessellata	Robberfly Unknown Neolophonotus spec.	José & Rens in the Namibian Landscape	Frog/Toad Unknown Anura indet.	Typical Namibia
Rens in Namibia	Hermbstaedtia fleckii	Euryphyminae indet.	Euryphyminae indet.	Koiimasis Ranch
Camping at Koiimasis Ranch	Sunrise at Koiimasis Ranch	Dusky Sunbird Cinnyris fuscus fuscus	Dusky Sunbird Cinnyris fuscus fuscus	Dusky Sunbird Cinnyris fuscus fuscus
Gemsbok Oryx gazella	Rüppell's Korhaan Heterotetrax rueppelii fitzsimonsi	Gemsbok Oryx gazella	Gemsbok Oryx gazella	Gemsbok Oryx gazella
Rüppell's Korhaan Heterotetrax rueppelii fitzsimonsi	Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides rupicoloides	Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides rupicoloides	Western Three-Striped Skink Trachylepis occidentalis	Sphingonotus scabriculus
Sphingonotus scabriculus	Brown Locust Locustana pardalina	Variegated Skink Trachylepis variegata	Our lunchspot near Aus (again)	Rens in Kolmanskop
Tractrac Chat Emarginata tractrac nebulosa	Tractrac Chat Emarginata tractrac nebulosa	Tractrac Chat Emarginata tractrac nebulosa	Rens in Namibia	Diaz Point Lighthouse
Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii bergii	Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii bergii	Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii bergii	White-Winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus	Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres interpes and Sanderling Calidris alba alba
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres interpes and Sanderling Calidris alba alba	Hartlaub's Gull Chroicocephalus hartlaubii	Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis capensis	Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis capensis	Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis capensis
Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis capensis	Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis capensis	Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis capensis	Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis capensis	Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis capensis
Hartlaub's Gull Chroicocephalus hartlaubii	Hartlaub's Gull Chroicocephalus hartlaubii	Hartlaub's Gull Chroicocephalus hartlaubii	Hartlaub's Gull Chroicocephalus hartlaubii	Birds feeding frenzy on washed up kelp
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	South African Shelduck Tadorna cana	South African Shelduck Tadorna cana
Road to nowhere	Road to nowhere	Rough Roads in Lüderitz' desert	Rough Roads in Lüderitz' desert	Rough Roads in Lüderitz' desert
Rough Roads in Lüderitz' desert	White-Breasted Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo lucidus	Crowned Cormorant Microcarbo coronatus	Our lunchspot near Lüderitz	Young Tracker
Tracks in the sand	White-Breasted Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo lucidus	White-Breasted Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo lucidus	Mystic cloudes in Lüderitz' desert	Desert in Lüderitz' Große Bucht
Desert in Lüderitz' Große Bucht	Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii bergii	White-Fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus marginatus	White-Fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus marginatus	Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	African Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini	Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia	Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia	Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia	Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia	Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia	Hartlaub's Gull Chroicocephalus hartlaubii	Hartlaub's Gull Chroicocephalus hartlaubii
Hartlaub's Gull Chroicocephalus hartlaubii	Namibian coastline	Crowned Cormorant Microcarbo coronatus	Bank Cormorant Phalacrocorax neglectus	Cape Cormorant Phalacrocorax capensis
Bank Cormorant Phalacrocorax neglectus	Cape Fur Seal Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus	Cape Fur Seal Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus	Heaviside's Dolphin Cephalorhynchus heavisidii	Heaviside's Dolphin Cephalorhynchus heavisidii
Heaviside's Dolphin Cephalorhynchus heavisidii	Heaviside's Dolphin Cephalorhynchus heavisidii	Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii bergii	Cape Gull Larus dominicanus vetula	Hartlaub's Gull Chroicocephalus hartlaubii