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Balloons over the desert.
Namaqua Chameleon - not the most flattering color.
Namaqua Chameleon - this early in the morning they are black to absorb heat!
Namib Desert Sidewinder - small viper lives just under the sand, see it's eyes center bottom?
Namib Desert Sidewinder - like any viper, it is poisonous but not fatal to humans
Namib Desert Sidewinder - with its sand covering gently blown away
Namib Desert Sidewinder can move up to 18mph but our guide assured us it would only slither past us.
Typical gravel road in the Namib desert
Desert gravel road
Desert drive - this floods during the rainy season
Nothing out here for miles
Crossing into the tropics, not that it made a difference in the weather
Solitaire is known for its old wrecked cars
Big town of Solitaire, known for the best apple pie in the world.
Swakopmund sand dunes
Sand dunes in Swakopmund
Sand dunes in Swakopmund
Sand dunes in Swakopmund
Swakopmund dunes have so much color because of purple and black mineral deposits mixed in with the sand
Sand dunes in Swakopmund
Sand dunes in Swakopmund
Sand dunes in Swakopmund
Sand dunes in Swakopmund
Sand dunes in Swakopmund
Sand dunes in Swakopmund
Sand dunes in Swakopmund
Sand dunes in Swakopmund
Sand dunes in Swakopmund
Sand dunes in Swakopmund
Starting to see sand dunes as we get closer to our next stop, Sossusvlei
More dunes
Another big dune
More dunes
Early morning light is great for sand dune pictures!
Dunes
The desert floor around the dunes was hard baked clay
Walking to the biggest dune to start the hike
Teresa walking toward the biggest dune in Sossusvlei
Fabulous morning light
It seemed like a good idea at the start. We just kept telling ourselves we would just go to the next corner.
These dunes are known for their colors caused by other minerals. It isn't just shadows that make them so photogenic.
The views as we climbed were fabulous.
He is a school teacher from England and his students gave him the monkey to be photographed everywhere he went.
Still climbing. See the black dots on the face of the dune to the right? People heading back down, straight down the face!
Seriously
Last push to the top
From the top
No photos on the way down, it was a long, long ways. I was beat.
Elephant
Only an Elephant gets dirtier taking a bath
Clean enough?
Running in front of the elephant herd
Elephant herd, still running
Elephant Herd
Fortunately they made a break for the watering hole. Bath time!
Elephant herd, I think they are gaining
Digging for a gecko in Swakopmund
Web-Footed Gecko uses their webbed feet to dig in the sand. They spend daytime buried.
Web-Footed Geckos cannot close their eyes and are nocturnal.
Web-Footed Gecko don't surface during the day, their bodies are translucent and are susceptible to UV.
Web-Footed Gecko
Web-Footed Gecko reburying himself
Giraffe
Giraffe
Jackal
Jackal at a watering hole
Wandering through our after-climb picnic.
Kori Bustard
Legless Lizard - I asked why it isn't just a snake
Legless Lizard - their anatomy matches lizards more than snakes!
Oryx, lethal looking horns.
Oryx and Spring Boks stay away from each other
Spring Bok on one side, Oryx on the other
Oryx
There is definitely a pecking order at the watering holes.
Ostrich
Waiting for sunset in style
Rhino picture photo-bombed by two rambunctious Zebra. Guess they weren't that nervous
Rhino. You could almost hear the slow, thundering foot steps
Rhino really mess up pecking order of the watering holes. They even boot elephants out!
Rhino
Rhino view you do not want if you are on foot.
The rhino made the zebras nervous
Rhino
Sand dunes in Swakopmund
Sand patterns
Spring Bok
Spring Bok
Spring Bok
Spring Bok
Sunset
Wide range of animals at the watering hole.
Zebra hug!
Zebras in Etosha
Zebra
