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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South African Ground Squirrel Geosciurus inauris	South African Ground Squirrel Geosciurus inauris	South African Ground Squirrel Geosciurus inauris	South African Ground Squirrel Geosciurus inauris	Brown Armoured Ground Cricket Acanthoplus discoidalis
Sociable Weaver Philetairus socius	Southern Rock Agama Agama atra	Southern Rock Agama Agama atra	Southern Rock Agama Agama atra	Southern Rock Agama Agama atra
Southern Rock Agama Agama atra	Quivertree Forest	José & Guus on expedition	Sociable Weaver Philetairus socius	Sociable Weaver Philetairus socius
Rens meets the locals	Quivertree Forest	Quivertree Forest	Familyshot	Pebble Locust Puncticornia puncticornis
Quivertree Forest	José, Guus and Rens exploring the Quivertree Forest	Rock Hyrax Procavia capensis welwitschii	Southern Rock Agama Agama atra	Rock Hyrax Procavia capensis welwitschii
Rock Hyrax Procavia capensis welwitschii	Rock Hyrax Procavia capensis welwitschii	Brown Armoured Ground Cricket Acanthoplus discoidalis	Dusky Sunbird Cinnyris fuscus fuscus	Rosy-Faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis roseicollis
Brown Locust Locustana pardalina	Camponotus fulvopilosus	Red-Backed Shrike Lanius collurio	White-Backed Mousebird Colius colius damarensis	Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas centralis
Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus	Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris collaris	Quivertree Forest at Sunrise	Quivertree Forest at Sunrise	Lark-Like Bunting Emberiza impetuani impetuani
Quivertree Forest at Sunrise	Quivertree Forest at Sunrise	Quivertree Forest at Sunrise	Quivertree Forest at Sunrise	Quivertree Forest at Sunrise
Quivertree Forest at Sunrise	Quivertree Forest at Sunrise	Quivertree Forest at Sunrise	Quivertree Forest at Sunrise	Bibron's Thick-Toed Gecko Chondrodactylus bibronii
Bibron's Thick-Toed Gecko Chondrodactylus bibronii	Schizonycha spec.	Midnight Dining	Sunset in Keetmanshoop	Sunset Dining
Locust Massacre	Mud Fun	Lunch Time	Private Property	Red-Veined Dropwing Trithemis arteriosa arteriosa
Red-Veined Dropwing Trithemis arteriosa arteriosa	Red-Veined Dropwing Trithemis arteriosa arteriosa	Red-Veined Dropwing Trithemis arteriosa arteriosa	Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis	Southern Banded Groundling Brachythemis leucosticta
Red-Veined Dropwing Trithemis arteriosa arteriosa	Red-Veined Dropwing Trithemis arteriosa arteriosa	Fish River	Dwarf Shrub Savanna	Dwarf Shrub Savanna
José @ Work	Guus @ Work	Grey-Backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix verticalis damarensis	Grey-Backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix verticalis damarensis	Grey-Backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix verticalis damarensis
Spike-Heeled Lark Chersomanes albofasciata arenaria	Spike-Heeled Lark Chersomanes albofasciata arenaria	Spike-Heeled Lark Chersomanes albofasciata arenaria	Picknick Break	Rens on Safari
Hardap Dam Game Park	Viewpoint at Hardap Dam	Hardap Dam Game Park	Brown Armoured Ground Cricket Acanthoplus discoidalis	On safari
Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata	Rock Hyrax Procavia capensis welwitschii	Rock Hyrax Procavia capensis welwitschii	Mountain Chat Myrmecocichla monticola ssp.	Mountain Chat Myrmecocichla monticola ssp.
Mountain Chat Myrmecocichla monticola ssp.	Mountain Chat Myrmecocichla monticola ssp.	Mountain Chat Myrmecocichla monticola ssp.	African Red-Eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans nigricans	Black Spitting Cobra Naja nigricincta woodi
Black Spitting Cobra Naja nigricincta woodi	Black Spitting Cobra Naja nigricincta woodi	Black Spitting Cobra Naja nigricincta woodi	Mountain Chat Myrmecocichla monticola ssp.	Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris galtoni
Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris galtoni	Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens	Brown Armoured Ground Cricket Acanthoplus discoidalis	Delta lepeleterii formosum	Anterhynchium fallax
Guus meets the locals	Rick @ Work with public	Cerocala vermiculosa	Rick overheated	Rufous-Eared Warbler Malcorus pectoralis ocularius
Rufous-Eared Warbler Malcorus pectoralis ocularius	Savanna Birding	Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis namibicus	Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis namibicus	Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis namibicus
Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis namibicus	Toad Grasshopper Trachypetrella anderssonii	Toad Grasshopper Trachypetrella anderssonii	Toad Grasshopper Trachypetrella anderssonii	Toad Grasshopper Trachypetrella anderssonii
Rens & José @ Work	Yellow-Bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis icteropygialis	Yellow-Bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis icteropygialis	Yellow-Bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis icteropygialis	Yellow-Bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis icteropygialis
Yellow-Bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis icteropygialis	Yellow-Bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis icteropygialis	Yellow-Bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis icteropygialis	Yellow-Bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis icteropygialis	Yellow-Bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis icteropygialis
Yellow-Bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis icteropygialis	Chestnut-Vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea cinerascens	Chestnut-Vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea cinerascens	Chestnut-Vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea cinerascens	Black-Chested Prinia Prinia flavicans ssp.
Black-Chested Prinia Prinia flavicans ssp.	Black-Chested Prinia Prinia flavicans ssp.	Black-Chested Prinia Prinia flavicans ssp.	Kalahari Scrub Robin Cercotrichas paena paena	Kalahari Scrub Robin Cercotrichas paena paena
Kalahari Scrub Robin Cercotrichas paena paena	White-Browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali ssp.	Kalahari Sunrise	Green Kalahari Desert	Green Kalahari Desert
Chat Flycatcher Agricola infuscatus namaquensis	Red-Headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala	Red-Headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala	Red-Headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala	Red-Headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala
Red-Headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala	Red-Headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala	Black-Throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis deserti	Namaqua Dove Oena capensis capensis	Pearl-Breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata dimidiata
Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli	Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli	Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli	Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli	Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli
Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli	Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli	Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli	Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis	Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis	Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis	Lilac-Breasted Roller Coracias caudatus caudatus	Crimson-Breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus	Egyptian Slit-Faced Bat Nycteris thebaica
Scintharista magnifica	Giant Rain Locust Lamarckiana cucullata	Giant Rain Locust Lamarckiana cucullata	Giant Rain Locust Lamarckiana cucullata	Cream-Striped Owl Cyligramma latona
Rens, Guus & José meeting the locals	Dent's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus denti denti	Dent's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus denti denti	Natal Long-Fingered Bat Miniopterus natalensis	Natal Long-Fingered Bat Miniopterus natalensis
Natal Long-Fingered Bat Miniopterus natalensis	Damara Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus damarensis	Dent's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus denti denti	Natal Long-Fingered Bat Miniopterus natalensis	Natal Long-Fingered Bat Miniopterus natalensis
Natal Long-Fingered Bat Miniopterus natalensis	Natal Long-Fingered Bat Miniopterus natalensis	Natal Long-Fingered Bat Miniopterus natalensis	Natal Long-Fingered Bat Miniopterus natalensis	Natal Long-Fingered Bat Miniopterus natalensis
Natal Long-Fingered Bat Miniopterus natalensis	Egyptian Slit-Faced Bat Nycteris thebaica	Rick @ Work	Mummified Porcupine	Dent's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus denti denti
Rick & Rens entering the Caves	Eastern Khomas province after rains	Rick & Rens @ Work	Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis senegalensis	Kalahari Tree Skink Trachylepis spilogaster