Namibia’s Strange And Wonderful Plants
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 9, 2023
Namibia's rich biodiversity boasts of an astonishing array of plant life that spans from the arid expanses of the Namib Desert to the lu...
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The Caprivi Strip
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 6, 2020
The country of Namibia has a sizeable landmass with an enviable coastline by the South Atlantic Ocean. Yet, a thin sliver of land, no more...
The Wild Horses of Namib Desert
Kaushik Patowary
May 2, 2017
The sparsely vegetated plains around Garub on the eastern fringe of the Namib Desert is no paradise. The land is barren, the climate dry and...
Quiver Tree Forest, Namibia
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 7, 2016
The Quiver Tree Forest is located about 14 km north-east of the town of Keetmanshoop, on the road to the small village of Koës, in southern ...
Sperrgebiet: The National Park You Can’t Visit
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 19, 2016
In southwestern Namibia lies a vast area that’s been off-limits to visitors for more than a century. It stretches along the Namibian coast f...
Welwitschia Mirablilis: An Extraordinary Plant
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 17, 2016
This tangled mess of tattered and withered leaves has been called one of the ugliest plants in the world. While it certainly isn’t pretty, i...
The Most Visually Impressive Impact Craters on Earth
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 3, 2016
It is estimated that the earth’s surface is struck by about 500 meteorites a year, but only about 5 or 6 are large enough to be detected by ...
The Solitary Town of Solitaire, in Namibia
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 18, 2014
Solitaire is a small settlement in the Khomas Region of central Namibia near the Namib-Naukluft National Park. The town is situated at the j...
10 Interesting National Parks of Africa
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 18, 2014
When you think of Africa, you think of wild animals. Africa contains some of the world’s most dense population of wildlife and the richest d...
The Shipwrecks of Skeleton Coast, Namibia
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 30, 2013
The Skeleton Coast is the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean coast of Namibia and south of Angola from the Kunene River south to the Swako...
Where the Namib Desert meets the Sea
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 9, 2013
The Southern Namib desert is home to some of the tallest and most spectacular dunes of the world, ranging in color from pink to vivid orange...
Mysterious Fairy Circles of Namibia
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 4, 2013
In the grasslands of southern Africa, there are thousands of circular barren patches of land called ‘fairy circles’. They grow between 2 met...
Surrealistic Landscape of Deadvlei, Namibia
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 27, 2013
The picture below is not that of a painting. It was taken inside the Namib-Naukluft Park in Namibia, in a strange and alien landscape called...
Kolmanskop, a Ghost Town Devoured by the Namibian Desert
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 10, 2012
Kolmanskop is a famous ghost town in the Namib desert in southern Namibia, a few kilometres inland from the port town of Lüderitz. Once a sm...
Namaqualand’s Miraculous Spring Flowers
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 1, 2012
Namaqualand is an arid region in Namibia and South Africa, extending along the west coast over 600 miles and covering a total area of 170,00...
Hoba Meteorite is the Largest Meteorite on Earth
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 23, 2011
The Hoba Meteorite lies on the farm "Hoba West", not far from Grootfontein, in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia. It was uncovere...
