Kolmanskop, Namtib & NamibRand

View

View from our room with barely visible Kudu in the center of the photo.

River Crossing Lodge, Windhoek, Namibia, April 22, 2016

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Room #8

Comfortable with a nice view.

River Crossing Lodge, Windhoek, Namibia, April 22, 2016

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Pool

River Crossing Lodge, Windhoek, Namibia, April 22, 2016

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Entrance

Nice restaurant is popular with local people.

River Crossing Lodge, Windhoek, Namibia, April 22, 2016

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Common Milkweed Locust

Phymateus morbillosus

River Crossing Lodge, Windhoek, Namibia, April 22, 2016

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HDR Dining

First effort with HDR and bracketing with the new Nikon D5.

River Crossing Lodge, Windhoek, Namibia, April 22, 2016

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Cessna 404, Titan

After missing our commercial flight, we took this chartered flight.

City Airport, Windhoek, Namibia, April 25, 2016

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Airplane Photo

Plateau area.

Windhoek to Luderitz, Namibia, April 25, 2016

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Airplane Photo

Southern Namibia is mostly desert with few roads.

Windhoek to Luderitz, Namibia, April 25, 2016

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Airplane Photo

Sand dunes occupy much of the desert.

Windhoek to Luderitz, Namibia, April 25, 2016

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Airplane Photo

Windhoek to Luderitz, Namibia, April 25, 2016

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Airport

We stepped out of the airplane to blowing sand.

Luderitz, Namibia, April 25, 2016

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HDR Stairway

We ate a box lunch, set up our cameras at the airport and went to the ghost town.

Quarter Master's House, Kolmanskop, Namibia, April 25, 2016

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HDR Bathtub

Quarter Master's House, Kolmanskop, Namibia, April 25, 2016

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HDR Stairway

Sand everywhere.

Quarter Master's House, Kolmanskop, Namibia, April 25, 2016

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Quarter Master's House

Kolmanskop, Namibia, April 25, 2016

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HDR Door

Accountant's House, Kolmanskop, Namibia, April 25, 2016

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Accountant's House

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Mine Manager's House

Partially restored house.

Kolmanskop, Namibia, April 25, 2016

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Sunset

Mine Manager's House, Kolmanskop, Namibia, April 25, 2016

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HDR Ruins

Kolmanskop, Namibia, April 26, 2016

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HDR Door

Kolmanskop, Namibia, April 26, 2016

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HDR Door

Family Flats, Kolmanskop, Namibia, April 26, 2016

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HDR Doorways

Engineer's House, Kolmanskop, Namibia, April 26, 2016

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Pickle Bush

Augea capensis - one of the few plants that live in the sand dunes.

Kolmanskop, Namibia, April 26, 2016

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Sand Ripples

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School Master's & Accountant's Houses

Kolmanskop, Namibia, April 26, 2016

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Bathtub & Accountant's House

Kolmanskop, Namibia, April 26, 2016

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HDR Sun Porch

Hospital, Kolmanskop, Namibia, April 26, 2016

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Quiver Tree

Aloe dichotoma - detail of young plant.

Namtib Desert Lodge, Namibia, April 26, 2016

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Mountains

Our next stop, a desert lodge that also supplies Gemsbok meat.

Namtib Desert Lodge, Namibia, April 26, 2016

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Quiver Tree

Aloe dichotoma

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Eyelash Plant

Blepharis ciliaris - thorny, tough plant.

Namtib Desert Lodge, Namibia, April 26, 2016

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Western Rock Elephant-shrew

Elephantulus rupestris - I got off 3 quick shots when I saw movement out of the corner of my eye.

Namtib Desert Lodge, Namibia, April 26, 2016

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Gifboom

Euphorbia virosa

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Quiver Tree

Aloe dichotoma - many in the background.

Namtib Desert Lodge, Namibia, April 26, 2016

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Sunset & Trees

Boscia albitrunca - taken while I sat on a rock drinking a beer.

Namtib Desert Lodge, Namibia, April 26, 2016

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Our Room

Comfortable with a private patio and separate bathroom.

Namtib Desert Lodge, Namibia, April 27, 2016

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Gifbol

Boophae disticha - poisonous.

Namtib Desert Lodge, Namibia, April 27, 2016

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Cape Sparrow, male

Passer melanurus

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Western Rock Skink

Trachylepis sulcata - in the garden area of the lodge.

Namtib Desert Lodge, Namibia, April 27, 2016

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Springbok

Antidorcas marsupialis

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Fence

At the gate of the lodge.

Namtib Desert Lodge, Namibia, April 27, 2016

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Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk

Melierax canorus

Road D 707, Namibia, April 27, 2016

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Plain's Zebra

Equus burchelli - introduced and doing too well in Namibia.

Road D 707, Namibia, April 27, 2016

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Long, Straight Road

Arrow straight for miles.

Road C 27, Namibia, April 27, 2016

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Gemsbok

Oryx gazella - at a waterhole.

NamibRand Nature Reserve, Namibia, April 27, 2016

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Dune Lark

Calendulauda erythrochalmys - endemic or near-endemic.

NamibRand Nature Reserve, Namibia, April 27, 2016

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Deck View

Exceptionally nice 'tented' camp built on top of the dunes.

Wolwedans Dune Lodge, NamibRand Nature Reserve, Namibia, April 27, 2016

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Dining

Wolwedans Dune Lodge, NamibRand Nature Reserve, Namibia, April 27, 2016

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