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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Egyptian Slit-Faced Bat Nycteris thebaica	Egyptian Slit-Faced Bat Nycteris thebaica	Egyptian Slit-Faced Bat Nycteris thebaica	Egyptian Slit-Faced Bat Nycteris thebaica	Crimson-Speckled Footman Utetheisa pulchella pulchella
Guus in the Namibian sand	Arnhem Caves & Lodge Camping	Cerceris Wasp Cerceris spec.	Cerceris Wasp Cerceris spec.	Cerceris Wasp Cerceris spec.
Cerceris Wasp Cerceris spec.	Grass Jewel Freyeria trochylus	Grass Jewel Freyeria trochylus	Grass Jewel Freyeria trochylus	Grass Jewel Freyeria trochylus
Southern White-Crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens anguitimens	On the Road	On the Road	Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa litsitsirupa	Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba marjoriae
Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba marjoriae	Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba marjoriae	Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba marjoriae	Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba marjoriae	Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba marjoriae
White-Browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali ssp.	African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus hyphaenes	Red-Billed Spurfowl Pternistis adspersus	Red-Billed Spurfowl Pternistis adspersus	Red-Headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala
Red-Headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala	Augeigas Dam	Rockrunner Achaetops pycnopygius pycnopygius	Rockrunner Achaetops pycnopygius pycnopygius	Rockrunner Achaetops pycnopygius pycnopygius
Rockrunner Achaetops pycnopygius pycnopygius	Chacma Baboon Papio ursinus ursinus	Chacma Baboon Papio ursinus ursinus	Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus	Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
White-Throated Monitor Varanus albigularis albigularis	White-Throated Monitor Varanus albigularis albigularis	Cinnamon-Breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi nivenorum	Cinnamon-Breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi nivenorum	Cinnamon-Breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi nivenorum
Blue Wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus taurinus	Green hills of Daan Viljoen	Rick @ Safari	Boma Restaurant within Daan Viljoen	Black-Striped Hairtail Anthene amarah amarah
Black-Striped Hairtail Anthene amarah amarah	Our rental on safari	Swallow-Tailed Bee-Eater Merops hirundineus hirundineus	Swallow-Tailed Bee-Eater Merops hirundineus hirundineus	Swallow-Tailed Bee-Eater Merops hirundineus hirundineus
Swallow-Tailed Bee-Eater Merops hirundineus hirundineus	Swallow-Tailed Bee-Eater Merops hirundineus hirundineus	Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens	Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens	Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula anderssoni	Eupterotidae indet.	Dotted Blue Tarucus sybaris linaeris	Dotted Blue Tarucus sybaris linaeris	Dotted Blue Tarucus sybaris linaeris
Damara Copper Aloeides damarensis damarensis	Damara Copper Aloeides damarensis damarensis	Lunch on the savanna	José & Guus @ Work	Banded-Legged Golden Orbweaver Trichonephila senegalensis annulata
Banded-Legged Golden Orbweaver Trichonephila senegalensis annulata	Dotted Veld Antlion Palpares sobrinus	Dry river bed	Painted Lady Vanessa cardui	Long-Tailed Blue Lampides boeticus
Variegated Skink Trachylepis variegata	Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus	Belonogaster lateritia	Green hills of Daan Viljoen	Cream-Striped Owl Cyligramma latona
Common Grass Katydid Tylopsis continua	Ligariella bicornuta	Scopula minorata ssp.	Fischer's Thick-Toed Gecko Chondrodactylus laevigatus	Fischer's Thick-Toed Gecko Chondrodactylus laevigatus
Guus in Africa	Common Ostrich Struthio camelus australis	Common Ostrich Struthio camelus australis	Common Ostrich Struthio camelus australis	Guus meeting the locals
Common Ostrich Struthio camelus australis	Common Ostrich Struthio camelus australis	Common Ostrich Struthio camelus australis	Common Ostrich Struthio camelus australis	Red-Billed Spurfowl Pternistis adspersus
Red-Billed Spurfowl Pternistis adspersus	Red-Billed Spurfowl Pternistis adspersus	Red-Billed Spurfowl Pternistis adspersus	Green scenery at Daan Viljoen