In February 2018, I was on safari in Namibia's Skeleton Coast, a desert simultaneously so harsh and beautiful that it never ceases to impress me. The wildlife here roams vast distances in search of vegetation and water. Some species such as oryx (gemsbok) and springbok are so well adapted that ...
We came across a distinctive track in the dust. A large three-toed pad, unique in the African bush. They identify the presence of the only mammal species with three toes on both front and rear feet, the rhinocerous. This mammal is fast disappearing, mainly because of Man´s greed and a ...
When I was last in Namibia in January 2018 I was concerned about the chances of survival for the 3 one year old cubs, living along the Hoanib River in the Skeleton Coast National Park. They were the daughters of the desert lioness Margeaux (marked XPL-55 by Desert Lion Research) ...
February 2018 The rich ochre and black ridges and the flat, stony plains of the Skeleton Coast appear to have no life at all, but the Hoanib River wends its way through. The term “river” overflows with optimism, and not water. The Hoanib is actually a dry, sandy, meandering watercourse ...
We had left the lush green swamps of the Okavango Delta a day before. One of the last activities we did there was riding in a mokoro alongside a family of African elephants. We were poled through the channel, gliding an arm’s length from the elephants, as they sloshed their ...
The highlight of Jimmy Balodimas’s return to Africa with us was the “Fly-in safari” along the Skeleton Coast in Namibia. We did a three night, four day safari, flying from camp to camp in a Cessna 210. Our local guide and pilot, Andre, grew up in this area, exploring, and ...
The Namib desert..... The contrast in deep changing colours - reds and russets that turned gold if seen from a different angle. Dunes that were so iron red in some places and so light and cream-coloured in others. The contrast between the reddish colours on these dunes and the crystal ...
My family and I have just come back from a safari in Namibia. After years living next door to Ngorongoro Crater and the Serengeti we didn't expect to be overwhelmed by the wildlife, and the quantity of wildlife could not compare with those moist East African lava-rich soils. ...
While game driving in Etosha national park, we saw a giraffe doing some rather strange neck movements, as if it were trying to reach higher into the sky. We also noticed something white that it seemed to have in its mouth, and which made it appear that it was smoking ...
Namibia is the most arid African country south of the Sahara – not necessarily the sort of place that conjures up images of a destination for great safaris…….. But it is! Southern African deserts boast the richest diversity of life of all the world’s deserts……….no less than 204 species of ...
This lodge is situated in over 2,000 km² of private reserve, where various activities are possible, including the possibility of a day excursion to the Sossusvlei dunes. The lodge is built into the edge of the rugged Nubib Mountains, and overlooks a vast sandy plain, often sparsely inhabited with springbok, ...
