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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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	African Penguin Spheniscus demersus	Cape Gull Larus dominicanus vetula
African Penguin Spheniscus demersus	African Penguin Spheniscus demersus	African Penguin Spheniscus demersus	African Penguin Spheniscus demersus	African Penguin Spheniscus demersus
African Penguin Spheniscus demersus	African Penguin Spheniscus demersus	African Penguin Spheniscus demersus	Rick & Guus on the Penguin Catamaran Tour	Black-Necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis gurneyi
Rens cooking dinner	Moon Landscape outside Lüderitz	Rail Away in Namibia	Guus & Rens in our first Namibian sand dunes	Barlow's Lark Calendulauda erythrochlamys barlowi
Barlow's Lark Calendulauda erythrochlamys barlowi	Barlow's Lark Calendulauda erythrochlamys barlowi	Barlow's Lark Calendulauda erythrochlamys barlowi	Barlow's Lark Habitat	Gray's Lark Ammomanopsis grayi grayi
Gray's Lark Ammomanopsis grayi grayi	Gray's Lark Ammomanopsis grayi grayi	Gray's Lark Ammomanopsis grayi grayi	Gray's Lark Ammomanopsis grayi grayi	José in Namibia
Spotted Sand Lizard Meroles suborbitalis	Ulotrichopus tinctipennis	Spotted Sand Lizard Meroles suborbitalis	Die Römisch-Katholische Kirche St. Teresa vom Kinde Jesu von Aus	Black-Eared Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix australis
Grey-Backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix verticalis damarensis	Grey-Backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix verticalis damarensis	Guus @ The Fish River	Orange River	The Road to Nowhere
The Scenery of the Mountainous South	Red-Capped Lark Calandrella cinerea cinerea	Red-Capped Lark Calandrella cinerea cinerea	Red-Capped Lark Calandrella cinerea cinerea	Morning Picknick
Morning Picknick	Sandgrouse drinking pool	Mother & Son	Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua	Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua
Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua	Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua	Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua	Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua	Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua
Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua	Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua	Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua	Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua	Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua
Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua	Sandgrouse drinking pool	Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua	Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua	Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua
Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua	Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua	Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua	Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua	Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua
Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua	Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua	Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua	Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua	Dusky Sunbird Cinnyris fuscus fuscus
Dusky Sunbird Cinnyris fuscus fuscus	Dusky Sunbird Cinnyris fuscus fuscus	Dusky Sunbird Cinnyris fuscus fuscus	Dusky Sunbird Cinnyris fuscus fuscus	Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis capensis
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis capensis	Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis capensis	Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis capensis	Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis capensis	Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis capensis
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis capensis	Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis capensis	Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis capensis	Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis capensis	Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis capensis
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis capensis	Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis capensis	Guus camping in Namibia	Camping in Ais-Ais	Camping in Ais-Ais
Orange-Winged Dropwing Trithemis kirbyi kirbyi	Orange-Winged Dropwing Trithemis kirbyi kirbyi	Green Hooktail Paragomphus genei	Green Hooktail Paragomphus genei	Green Hooktail Paragomphus genei
Green Hooktail Paragomphus genei	Unknown Grasshopper Acrotylus spec.	Orange-Winged Dropwing Trithemis kirbyi kirbyi	Orange-Winged Dropwing Trithemis kirbyi kirbyi	Unknown Grasshopper Acrotylus spec.
Unknown Grasshopper Acrotylus spec.	Orange-Winged Dropwing Trithemis kirbyi kirbyi	Orange-Winged Dropwing Trithemis kirbyi kirbyi	Orange-Winged Dropwing Trithemis kirbyi kirbyi	Orange-Winged Dropwing Trithemis kirbyi kirbyi
Orange-Winged Dropwing Trithemis kirbyi kirbyi	Orange-Winged Dropwing Trithemis kirbyi kirbyi	Orange-Winged Dropwing Trithemis kirbyi kirbyi	Painted Lady Vanessa cardui	Hycleus versutus