Trip Report

Our Ai Aiba room
1 Our Ai Aiba room
Our Ai Aiba room
2 Our Ai Aiba room
Ai Aiba resort
3 Ai Aiba resort
Ai Aiba pool
4 Ai Aiba pool
Ai Aiba chalets
5 Ai Aiba chalets
Our Safari Truck (toyota)
6 Our Safari Truck (toyota)
tire art
7 tire art
Swakopmund River from room
8 Swakopmund River from room
Desert Breeze Chalet above the Swakopmund River
9 Desert Breeze Chalet above the Swakopmund River
Swakopmund River, taken from inside our room
10 Swakopmund River, taken from inside our room
Swakopmund River, taken from inside our room
11 Swakopmund River, taken from inside our room
Swakopmund from jetty
12 Swakopmund from jetty
pier at Swakopmund
13 pier at Swakopmund
Swakopmund from pier
14 Swakopmund from pier
Red Dunes at Swakopmund
15 Red Dunes at Swakopmund
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Our room at Thousand Hills
17 Our room at Thousand Hills
View from Thousand Hills room
18 View from Thousand Hills room
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walk up to Thousand Hills lodge
21 walk up to Thousand Hills lodge
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Thousand Hills sunset
23 Thousand Hills sunset
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our room at Desert Homestead Lodge
28 our room at Desert Homestead Lodge
Red Dunes of Sossusvlei
29 Red Dunes of Sossusvlei
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many people hike the dunes...
33 many people hike the dunes...
Dead Vlei at the foot of Big Daddy, tallest Sossusvlei dune
34 Dead Vlei at the foot of Big Daddy, tallest Sossusvlei dune
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IMG 1972
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LOOK how small the trees are...the dune is that BIG!!!!
38 LOOK how small the trees are...the dune is that BIG!!!!
LOOK how small the trees are...the dune is that BIG!!!!
39 LOOK how small the trees are...the dune is that BIG!!!!
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View from Desert Homestead chalet
41 View from Desert Homestead chalet
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coming in to drink at Desert Homestead water hole
43 coming in to drink at Desert Homestead water hole
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View from Mata-Mata chalet
46 View from Mata-Mata chalet
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Auob river bed after rain
57 Auob river bed after rain
male looking/calling for family
58 male looking/calling for family
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giraffe fighting
63 giraffe fighting
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jackel
75 jackel
cheetah drinking from a mud puddle
76 cheetah drinking from a mud puddle
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Hartybeest
78 Hartybeest
Oryx
79 Oryx
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Wildbeest
83 Wildbeest
Ostrich Family
84 Ostrich Family
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Meerkat
88 Meerkat
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easy to track lions when the walk the road
96 easy to track lions when the walk the road
Honey Badger
97 Honey Badger
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spotted hynea
103 spotted hynea
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Oryx does NOT see flat lion
128 Oryx does NOT see flat lion
Oops, Oryx see lion NOW!!!!
129 Oops, Oryx see lion NOW!!!!
Oryx ..... stage left
130 Oryx ..... stage left
only dust remains of Oryx
131 only dust remains of Oryx
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spotted hynea
133 spotted hynea
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lion startled by wildebeest running
137 lion startled by wildebeest running
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flooded river bed after storm
146 flooded river bed after storm
and flooded roads too
147 and flooded roads too
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Mier and one of her cubs
154 Mier and one of her cubs
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Miera looking for her other cub
167 Miera looking for her other cub
the reunion
168 the reunion
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Hartebeast fighting
172 Hartebeast fighting
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Hyaena with a leg bone
176 Hyaena with a leg bone
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Miera on another day
178 Miera on another day
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Miera coming for a drink
183 Miera coming for a drink
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looking for her cubs
186 looking for her cubs
look in the tree
187 look in the tree
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We thought this was another flat lion beside the road.
231 We thought this was another flat lion beside the road.
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Look what she was showing off.
233 Look what she was showing off.
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We spent almost 5 hours with this cub.
239 We spent almost 5 hours with this cub.
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Miera's cubs playing on the ridge. We saw them on 4 different mornings.
307 Miera's cubs playing on the ridge. We saw them on 4 different mornings.
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Last sighting as we were leaving the park.
309 Last sighting as we were leaving the park.
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Turning green near Mata Mata
319 Turning green near Mata Mata
lots of green and yellow flowers after the rain
320 lots of green and yellow flowers after the rain
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just a normal road...dirt
322 just a normal road...dirt
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view from Camelthorn chalet
325 view from Camelthorn chalet
a little quad bike activity on the red dunes
326 a little quad bike activity on the red dunes
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view from our Auas Safari room
329 view from our Auas Safari room
Driving back to WDH. Very green after all the rain.
330 Driving back to WDH. Very green after all the rain.