Please bear with me folks but all this was before the full advent of digital photography so most of the stuff was scanned !! Also we failed to take any worthwhile pictures on the journey until we eventually got all the way to the Atlantic !!!
Let’s start………….
After a long haul across central Africa from Harare to Swakomund on the Atlantic coast. I was accused of bird watching ?
Swakopmund promenade at about six in the morning.
(I rather liked the “Palm Tree” cell phone tower !)
108 miles north of Swakopmund is this huge “service station” and the last fuel for 600 kilometers
The Namib Desert is indeed a desert !
The road up the Skeleton Coast is not too well defined !
A long way north of Mile 108 you turn right !
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The Namibian scenery is awsome !
I told you it was awsome !
The scenery stays and you eventually turn left to Sesfontein
The Welwitchia is indeed a strange plant
- There is an old German Fort in Sesfontein.
It now operates as an hotel.
- Andrew gets the scenery on Video
The road to Opuwo was certainly not boring !
Get ready for the amazing Epupa Falls on the Kunene River ! The far bank is Angola !
We were all dumbstruck as this was revealed ! Our camp site was in the palms on the right
Stunningly beautiful !
Our first night under canvas so Jan and Andrew celebrate an exciting day !
I came looking for a Rufous-tailed Palm Thrush and we found plenty of them ! © 2003 — T. Sirotkin
Adenium boehmianum – a rare relative of the Sabi Star or Impala Lily
- The Kunene River is a tranquil and beautiful thing !
The next stop was Etosha Pan
Springbok are very common
A nice big Giraffe
The Pan seems to go forever
The Black-faced Impala is only found here and southern Angola
The rare and diminutive Damara Dik-dik
- We got a bit close to this chap !
A wonderful camping dinner at Namutoni
En-route to Botswana we stayed at the delightful Roy’s Camp outside Grootfontein
Namibia provides great highway rest stops.
This one is in the heart of the Caprivi StripAfter weeks of daily driving we relaxed for days at Drotsky’s Camp near Shakawe on the Okavango River
At Drotsky’s we have Bill and Ben the flower pot men
I told you we relaxed !
Jan fishing
Dan and Daryll also relaxed !
(Sadly, a few years ago, Dan lost his battle with cancer.)
I went birding…….
The near endemic Swamp Boubou
The enigmatic Pel’s Fishing Owl
A beautiful Kudu cow in Mahengo National Park
Andrew looking for crocodiles !
The Mahengo Bums !!
We did a day trip to Tsodilo Hills – the road was much improved.
Tony & Jan
The kalahari is pretty empty !
Cool colours
The colours change with the light
Different Lichens make up the colours
Inspecting rock paintings of a Penguin and a Whale !!
Our last Okavango sunset
We crossed the flooded Chobe River
Greg Watson met us in Victoria Falls
Cold beers at the Vic Falls Hotel……
…..were enjoyed by all !
Evidence that we were finally back in Zimbabwe !
Reblogged this on Mr Bunny Chow and commented:
great blog content from my father
That was quite a trip . That sunset pic is awesome. Did Andrew spot any crocs? How long ago was all this?
Thanks. It was a great trip. The full text story is further down the blog. It was 2003 !! Nearly 10 years – how time flies. Andrew was actually watching a tiny croc (about 8 inches) catching bugs and crickets in the grass.