28 June-6 July. Back to the airport with our trusty Edgar keen to take us there on his day off. And a 2 1/2 hour flight with Air Namibia and we are over the Southern Angola boarder to Windhoek, Namibia.
We stayed 1 night Windhoek, flew to Swakopmund on the coast with 4 nights there and then back to Windhoek for another 2 nights.
Since Independence from South Africa in the 1990 English is the official Namibian language however many speak Afrikaans, German and native languages. Following Independence most street names were changed from German/Afrikaans to honour Namibians.
We didn't go on an animal safari this time however these animals gave me a chuckle.
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| Namibian elephant |
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| There were loads of these taxidermy shops |
Swakopmund is a coastal settlement situated in the Namib desert. It was founded as the main harbour for German-South West Africa.
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| Swakopmund cemetery which used to be segregated. This is the black section. |
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| Swakopmund cemetery |
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| View from our lounge |
Swakop is now a beach resort and there are many examples of German colonial architecture.
The discovery of uranium at Rossing, 70 km outside the town, led to the development of the world's largest opencast uranium mine. Swakopmund infrastructure grew through necessity making the city one of the most modern in Namibia.
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| Swakop beach |
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| Sunset in Swakop |
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| Peaceful place |
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| I love these birds seen everywhere in Africa; guinea fowl |
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| Jesus guards both ends of this little village outside Swakopmund |
Thursday we took a full day tour through the Swakop river wetland and the Atlantic dune chain to the Bird Island and the flamingos of Walvis Bay Lagoon. We then crossed the Lower Kuiseb Delta past the saltpans, quick sands and hummock dunes to the northern end of the massive Sossusvlei dune chain which meets the Atlantic ocean.
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| Salt Mine |
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| Salt pans |
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| Sandwich Bay |
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| Spot the Jackal in the dunes |
Check out horizontal midline left.
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| There he is! |
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| Springbok |
Lots of wildlife but we didn't spot the elusive Hyena. And we saw pelicans in the lagoon but missed the photo.
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| Time for a spot of climbing |
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| Up to the top |
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| Desert walkabout |
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| Our guide Amech and fellow traveller Fergus |
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| Going down!!!! |
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No-one can identify what these mounds are in a very small section of beach
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| A great day in the dunes |
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