Showing posts with the label Namibia

Namibia’s Strange And Wonderful Plants

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...

The Caprivi Strip

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...