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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Cream-Striped Owl Cyligramma latona	Common Duiker Sylvicapra grimmia steinhardti	Common Duiker Sylvicapra grimmia steinhardti	Common Duiker Sylvicapra grimmia steinhardti	Welwitschia Bug Probergrothius angolensis
Welwitschia Bug Probergrothius angolensis	Welwitschia Bug Probergrothius angolensis	Welwitschia Bug Probergrothius angolensis	The Big Welwitschia (1500 years old)	Welwitschia Welwitschia mirabilis
Welwitschia Welwitschia mirabilis	Welwitschia Welwitschia mirabilis	Welwitschia Welwitschia mirabilis	Welwitschia Welwitschia mirabilis	Welwitschia Welwitschia mirabilis
Welwitschia Welwitschia mirabilis	Welwitschia Drive	Welwitschia Drive	The Namib	Chestnut-Banded Plover Anarhynchus pallidus pallidus
Chestnut-Banded Plover Anarhynchus pallidus pallidus	Chestnut-Banded Plover Anarhynchus pallidus pallidus	Chestnut-Banded Plover Anarhynchus pallidus pallidus	Chestnut-Banded Plover Anarhynchus pallidus pallidus	Chestnut-Banded Plover Anarhynchus pallidus pallidus
Chestnut-Banded Plover Anarhynchus pallidus pallidus	Chestnut-Banded Plover Anarhynchus pallidus pallidus	Chestnut-Banded Plover Anarhynchus pallidus pallidus	Chestnut-Banded Plover Anarhynchus pallidus pallidus	Cape Teal Anas capensis
Cape Teal Anas capensis	Cape Teal Anas capensis	Cape Teal Anas capensis	Breakfast at Walvis Bay Lagoon	Caught in action!
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	Walvis Bay Lagoon	Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor	Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor	Little Stint Calidris minuta and Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea	Little Stint Calidris minuta and Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea	Little Stint Calidris minuta
Little Stint Calidris minuta and Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea	Little Stint Calidris minuta and Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea	Little Stint Calidris minuta and Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea	Little Stint Calidris minuta	Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea and Little Stint Calidris minuta
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea	Damara Tern Sternula balaenarum	Damara Tern Sternula balaenarum	Damara Tern Sternula balaenarum	Damara Tern Sternula balaenarum
Damara Tern Sternula balaenarum	Damara Tern Sternula balaenarum	Damara Tern Sternula balaenarum	Damara Tern Sternula balaenarum	Damara Tern Sternula balaenarum
Hartlaub's Gull Chroicocephalus hartlaubii	Damara Tern Sternula balaenarum	Damara Tern Sternula balaenarum	Little Egret Egretta garzetta garzetta	Damara Tern Sternula balaenarum
Damara Tern Sternula balaenarum	Damara Tern Sternula balaenarum	Cape Cormorant Phalacrocorax capensis	Cape Cormorant Phalacrocorax capensis	Damara Tern Sternula balaenarum
Damara Tern Sternula balaenarum	Damara Tern Sternula balaenarum	Damara Tern Sternula balaenarum	Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia	Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia	Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia	Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia	Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia	Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia	Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia	Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia	Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia	Cape Teal Anas capensis
Little Stint Calidris minuta	Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola squatarola	Walvis Bay Salt Works	Overheated lunch @ the campsite	Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
Meeting the locals	Cape Fur Seal Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus	Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus	Cape Fur Seal Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus	Cape Fur Seal Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus
Cape Fur Seal Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus	Just a Familyshot	Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae	Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae	Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae
Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii bergii	Whale Watching	Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus	Meeting the locals	Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
Meeting the locals	Happy Birder	Meeting the locals	Red-Knobbed Coot Fulica cristata	Red-Knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
Cape Shoveler Spatula smithii	Cape Shoveler Spatula smithii	Cape Shoveler Spatula smithii	Cape Teal Anas capensis	New Bird Paradise
Three-Banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris tricollaris	Three-Banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris tricollaris	Three-Banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris tricollaris	Kuiseb River Bed	Cape Porcupine Hystrix africaeaustralis
Cape Porcupine Hystrix africaeaustralis	Cape Porcupine Hystrix africaeaustralis	Cape Porcupine Hystrix africaeaustralis	Cape Porcupine Hystrix africaeaustralis	Cape Porcupine Hystrix africaeaustralis
Cape Porcupine Hystrix africaeaustralis	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	Walking at Sundown	Walking at Sundown	Monkeypod Moth Polydesma umbricola	Mountain Chat Myrmecocichla monticola atmorii
Mountain Chat Myrmecocichla monticola atmorii	Scenery around Mirabib Campsite	Bradfield's Namib Day Gecko Rhoptropus bradfieldi	Happy family	Common Ostrich Struthio camelus australis
Stony planes of the northern Namib-Naukluft National Park	Together in Namibia	Our rental car into the wild	Kuiseb Canyon	Kuiseb Canyon
Eastern Carpcliff Picnic Spot	Eastern Carpcliff	Together in Namibia	Eastern Carpcliff	Eastern Carpcliff
Young adventurer	Young adventurer	Bradfield's Swift Apus bradfieldi bradfieldi	Bradfield's Swift Apus bradfieldi bradfieldi	Gaub Pass
Savannah Road	Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota herero	Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota herero	Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota herero	Lark-Like Bunting Emberiza impetuani impetuani
Lark-Like Bunting Emberiza impetuani impetuani	Hill Top View	Hill Top View	Orange-Winged Dropwing Trithemis kirbyi kirbyi	Orange-Winged Dropwing Trithemis kirbyi kirbyi
Orange-Winged Dropwing Trithemis kirbyi kirbyi	Morning view from a Rooftop Tent	Fischer's Thick-Toed Gecko Chondrodactylus laevigatus	Fischer's Thick-Toed Gecko Chondrodactylus laevigatus	Fischer's Thick-Toed Gecko Chondrodactylus laevigatus
Fischer's Thick-Toed Gecko Chondrodactylus laevigatus	Fischer's Thick-Toed Gecko Chondrodactylus laevigatus	Fischer's Thick-Toed Gecko Chondrodactylus laevigatus	Fischer's Thick-Toed Gecko Chondrodactylus laevigatus	Fischer's Thick-Toed Gecko Chondrodactylus laevigatus
Tandy's Sand Frog Tomopterna tandyi	Tandy's Sand Frog Tomopterna tandyi	Tandy's Sand Frog Tomopterna tandyi	Cape Prionid Beetle Anthracocentrus capensis	Lark-Like Bunting Emberiza impetuani impetuani
Lark-Like Bunting Emberiza impetuani impetuani	Lark-Like Bunting Emberiza impetuani impetuani	Lark-Like Bunting Emberiza impetuani impetuani	Lark-Like Bunting Emberiza impetuani impetuani	Lark-Like Bunting Emberiza impetuani impetuani
Lark-Like Bunting Emberiza impetuani impetuani	Lark-Like Bunting Emberiza impetuani impetuani	Lark-Like Bunting Emberiza impetuani impetuani	Lark-Like Bunting Emberiza impetuani impetuani	Lark-Like Bunting Emberiza impetuani impetuani
Lark-Like Bunting Emberiza impetuani impetuani	White-Throated Canary Crithagra albogularis sordahlae	White-Throated Canary Crithagra albogularis sordahlae	White-Throated Canary Crithagra albogularis sordahlae	Lark-Like Bunting Emberiza impetuani impetuani