NAMIBIA

Highlights from the 2011 Travel

The Himba

The Namib

Giraffes in Etosha National Park

Skeleton Coast

Tropic of Capricorn

Dune 45

Rhinoceros in Etosha National PArk

Epupa Falls 

Himba Kids

Deadvlai

SeaLions in CapeCross

Elim Dune

Luderitz

Springbooks in Etosha

Elim Dune

Elephants in Etosha National park

Ghost Town of Kolmanskop

Sunset in Aus 

Cheetah

Deadvlai

The Himba
Namib

Etosha NAtional Park

Fish River Canyon

 

Deadvlai

People from NAMIBIA (2)

Photos from Summer 2011

1. Our driver before entering the Namib desert

2. Workers from Luderitz

3. Herrero Couple near Epupa Falls

4. and following pictures : Himba people

Doors and windows from the Ghost town of Kolmanskop. NAMIBIA

Kolmanskop is a ghost town near the Namib desert and the port town of Luderitz. After diamonds were found in the area, lots of German miners settled here. Driven by the enormous wealth of the first diamond miners, the residents built the village in the architectural style of a German town, with amenities and institutions including a ballroom hall, a hospital (Photo 5), a school, a theater, a casino and even a bowling hall (Photo 6). It also had a railway link to the coast.

However the town declined fast after the diamond-field got slowly exhausted and new deposits were found further south. The town was definitely abandoned in 1954 and the geological forces of the desert took control of the place. The houses are now knee-deep in sand; the desert has reclaimed this once-thriving town.

Photos from summer 2011 (second photo by MC Soler).

Fauna from NAMIBIA (2)

Photos from summer 2011

Landscapes from NAMIBIA

Photos from Summer 2011

1. Epupa Falls,

2. Sossuvlei, Namib Desert

3. Etosha National Park

4. Skeleton Coast

5. Namib Desert from the air

6. Aus

7. Entering in the Namib Desert

8. Dune 45 in the Namib Desert