Sossusvlei, probably the most scenic part of the Namib Naukluft National Park. Long dried lakes among huge, intense red, iron-containing dunes under the ever-blue wide sky. … [Read more...]

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A group of some massive, 120 million years old, granite rocks stands out of an immensely flat and desolate area right in the middle of the Namib Desert. The highest of them rises for more than 700m above the desert floor. I climbed that one half the way up, and the second-highest, at some 500m, all the way up, having the precious chance to marvel at these unparalleled views. … [Read more...]

Swakopmund was founded on the coast of Namibia by the Germans in 1892, to serve as the main harbour of the then colony of German South-West Africa. Today it is the fourth largest city in Namibia and a popular holiday resort for Germans and others, as well as the only serious presence of human civilization within the vast area occupied by the appalling Namib Desert. … [Read more...]

This shoal in Walvis Bay, Namibia, is a favourite spot for flamingos, sometimes to be observed there by the thousands. … [Read more...]

Namib Naukluft, occupying an area of nearly 50.000 square km, is the largest game park in Africa and the fourth largest in the world. Located in the heart of the Namib Desert, it is mainly covered by vast areas of sand and rocky mountains. It is considered to be the earth's oldest desert. … [Read more...]

The Himba are a semi-nomadic tribe of Northern Namibia and Southern Angola, numbering some 50.000 individuals. Here are a few pictures I took while on a visit to one of their villages. … [Read more...]

The all-mighty Fish River Canyon, the world's second-largest canyon lost somewhere in the middle of Namibia's desert. … [Read more...]

Etosha National Park in northern Namibia. One of the most valuable refugees for wild life remaining on this planet. … [Read more...]