Just toured the Southern parts of Namibia with my family. For the wife and two boys it was their first out-of-country experience and what a pleasure to have shared it with them.

A hard landscape with some of the friendliest people I have come across. Here are some of the images we had the honor of seeing, please enjoy them with me.



Above: The coastal town of Luderitz where fishing and diamonds play a major role in the economy with tourism not too far behind. This picture was taken from the restaurant where we had lunch.




Above: Kolmanskop Ghost Town just outside Luderitz. Aka Kolmansskuppe. The whole town was abandoned when more and bigger diamonds were discovered not too far from there. Since then it just became an abandoned ghost town. Look as I may I did not find any diamonds calling my name.




Above: Kolmannskop




Above: Still Kolmannskop where the sand blows right into the buildings. All said and done it seems like the weather conditions preserved the buildings rather well.




Above: The wild horses at Garub. Last time I was there it was rather disappointing with only a few horses by the waterhole. This time there must have been at least 60 with a number of ostrich and 3 gemsbok. The horses belong to no-one but are said to have come from the early soldiers / inhabitants of the region abandoning the area. The complete number of wild horses are about 200 of which roughly 70% are male. This gave rise to some good fights and a lot of the guys just hanging loose!




Above: One of the numerous fights. The horse on the left had a serious bite on his right shoulder.




Above: Sossusvlei - the start of the Namib desert. Here we camped in two small tents in 100+ degree conditions. If it was not for cold beer we would have murdered each other. Next morning early we got up and entered the park in time for a sunrise like this.




Above: The boys on their way to the top of the dune. We had to get out of the park before 11 am due to the extreme heat for us and not because the rules said so. They made it to the top and back and beyond.




Above: A general overview. Note the people in the bottom right hand corner for scale.




Above: Bug tracks in the harsh conditions.




Above: Plenty of jackal around. Another place, another time and...




Above: And then there was the Fish River Canyon - second largest canyon in the world. What a sight.




Above: I wanted to see some free-roaming mountain zebra all along. We were blessed to see this small group as they were relatively close and stood still for at least 20 seconds before they moved on. Most mountain zebra seemed very aware of vehicles and ran more often than not.

More pictures to follow.

Beautiful country and lovely pic's.
Thanks for reminding me - time for another visit. Keep them coming.

Very nice pictures, and a country I plan to visit very soon. How old are your boys? No hunting while you were there?

There are a number of pictures to follow as the places we saw were just great. The boys will be 18 in a couple weeks and 21 in three weeks.

In December it is just too darn hot to hunt. I was quite tempted though but we were scheduled to see the sites and do whatever the limited family time allowed.

Next time? You bet your bottom dollar!

Thanks for letting me come along.

Wow! I love the Cold Winters in the North of Sweden, but these photos of this beutiful landscape makes me curios. Thanks for sharing

Great pictures Pieter. What a wonderful destination.

Thanks for sharing these photos, Peter. Looks like a great time in a great place!