Namibia maps for Kaokoland trip in May 2010
Kaokoland Conservancy areas, Namibia
Kaokoveld aeronautical map
Conservancy areas in Namibia as at 2008
cheetah reception at Wereldsend
Game control fence, Torra Conservancy
Dr Flip Stander's base at Wereldsend, Torra Conservancy
Sonya and Boaz preparing boerewors snacks
Sonya's mielie bread
elephant and rhino grave yard, IRDNC, Torra Conservancy
loo with a view, Wereldsend
Making sure our footprints count - before the dust set in...
searching for black rhino, Torra Conservancy, Namibia
Welwitschia mirabalis, Torra Conservancy, Namibia
a snake under every bush!
Tommy and Russell looking for a puffadder
puffadder
Euphorbia damarana in seed
Philemon tracking black rhino
Russel Vinjevold, Kunene Conservancy Safaris
Heading to Springbok River, near Damaraland Camp
Gemsbok, Springbok River, Damaraland
Doro !Nawas lions
Philemon, IRDNC, Torra Conservancy
Philemon searching for black rhino again
Steenbok ewe, Doro !Nawas
Panorama looking north over Torra Conservancy
approach to Palmwag
Tommy and Sue...looking at what?!
Refuel at Palmwag
Palmwag bull elephant
Last fuel at Sesfontein
campfire at Ganamub Mountain Camp
Full moon rising over Ganamub Mountain Camp
Sonya preparing coffee, Ganamub
Ganamub rocks
moon setting at dawn, Ganamub Mountain Camp
breakfast preparations, Ganamub
donkey boiler and shower arrangements at Ganamub Mountain Camp
Tent site, Ganamub camp
Breakfast setting, Ganamub
dawn chorus and moon setting at Ganamub
looking west at sunrise, Ganamub
Breakfast briefing before setting off for Hoanib River
loo with a view, Ganamub!
heading west towards the Hoanib River
Heading towards Ganamub, Sue G-M demanding that Tommy tell the story about his great grandmother again!
Ganamub water station
resident guard dog with Ganamub goats
letting sleeping dogs lie
protecting reservoir and header tank from elephants
Ganamub cattle coming down to drink
Faidherbia albida, Ganumub River
Ganamub River, Damaraland
entering the Hoanib River
1st waterhole, Hoanib River
dog mushroom at 1st waterhole, Hoanib River
Tommy Hall pointing out rhino spoor, Hoanib River
Hoanib River separating Damaraland from Kaokoland
elephant tusk imbedded in Ana tree
lunch break, Hoanib River
giraffe in Hoanib River
near confluence of Hoanib and Mudorib rivers
"Polisieman", Hoanib River
Oryx in Hoanib River
approaching Amspoort, Hoanib River
looking south across Hoanib River into Skeleton Coast Park
view up Tsuxib valley into Kaokoland
view up Hoanib River
wild camping near Obias River
Obias camp site
Obias camp under starlight, Kaokoland
Moon setting over Obias camp
morning coffee
loo with a view
mustard or Khorixas bush
entering Sesfontein Conservancy from Hoanib River, heading north to Puros
Commiphora
cheetah catching shade of Euphorbia
rhino rubbing post near Okongwe en route to Puros
Fairy circles
Puros
Tommy Hall following elephant trail down Hoarusib River
Puros Campsite
campfire tales, Puros
Puros dawn with setting moon
Makalani palms in Hoarusib River, north of Puros
Himba Demonstration Village
Himba man overseeing "holy fire"
“Karonda Namanga”, the mountain “you cannot climb with a spear”
LandRover double cab pickup crawling out of Etendeka valley
Myrrh at $50/kg
Etambura views up north
...still making our footprints count!
Sunsetting over Puros
evening setting at Okahirongo Elephant Lodge
Okahirongo sunrise
Tommy Hall and Russell Vinjevold at Puros
Hoarusib River near Puros
Aerial over Puros
Comatum valley, Puros
Fairy cirles in Giribes Plain
Back to civilisation: Eros, Windhoek
touchstones back in the office
