Tag: Namibia
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Official Name: Republic of Namibia Established: 21 March 1990 Population: 2,746,745 (2020 estimate) Religion: 87.9% Christian Language: English Capital: Windhoek Order of Visit: Sixty-Eighth First Visit: 17 January 2018 Last Visit: 07 January 2018 Duration: 11 Days Visit Highlights: Climbing Dune 45, hiking to the dead valley (Deadvlei), Luna Rock formations, interacting with seals…
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Wednesday 17 January 2018. Photos. Highlights: Getting into South Africa Today we moved into South Africa the final country of this trip and tour. The landscape started having subtle changes, there were still desert areas but occasionally green patches started and definitely near dams wineries. The dry heat was starting to fade into just heat…
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Tuesday 16 January 2018. Photos. Highlights: Fish River Canyon Today we faced a 600 km drive across Namibia. Despite this and the at times very bumpy drive the time appeared to fly as we got to watch the amazing harsh landscape in front of us and the occasional animal that somehow survives in this environment.
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Monday 15 January 2018. Photos. Highlights: Climbing Dune 45, Hiking to Deadvlei (the Dead Valley), Namib-Naukluft Park Canyon An early morning pickup from my hotel just before 6 am so we could get into the National Park the moment they opened the gates which was critical to avoid the worst of the sun and heat…
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Sunday 14 January 2018. Photos. Highlights: Flamingos, Luna Rock formations, Tropic of Capricorn Today was a long travel day but that doesn’t mean we didn’t get to see and experience more of this unique country. About 5 minutes out from Swakopmund the temperature rose quickly and never really dropped under 30 for the rest of…
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Saturday 13 January 2018. Photos. Highlights: Dolphin Cruise, Fork n Nice (Fish & Chips vendor) Today I had selected a dolphin cruise option for my stay in Swakopmund and three tour members joined me; Gaelle, Rita and Isabelle. As we were being picked up at 8 am our crew organised for lunch at 7.30 am.…
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Friday 12 January 2018. Photos. Highlights: Spitzkoppe landscape and rock paintings Despite having a comfortable room I got little sleep last night due to the group bonding session next door and the 5.35 am alarm today. This meant the unusually for me I did doze off a few times when crossing the amazing Namibia landscape.…
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Thursday 11 January 2018. Photos. Highlights: Desert landscape, group bonding Today we left Etosha behind us and headed deeper into Namibia and Southern Africa. The landscape keeps getting more and more arid and you can see the starts of desert all around us.
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Wednesday 10 January 2018. Photos. Highlights: Jackals and vultures eating a dead zebra Our second game drive of Etosha National Park is also likely my last one of this trip. It’s amazing how every single game drive bought something new and wonderful and today it was so again. The majority of the group upgraded to…
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Tuesday 09 January 2018. Photos. Highlights: Giraffes, Lion, Cheetah, Wildebeest, Jackals, Hyenas, Ostriches, Elephants, the Etosha Pan Our game drive today saw as move from one end of the Etosha National Park to the other end, a distance of roughly 180 kms that we took the entire day to complete between 6.30 am and 4.30…
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