Fish River Ultra Marathon 2019
It was mid-year and time once again to marvel at the creation and formation of the earth. Eyes cast downwards, moving cautiously so as to not succumb to the law of gravity, I headed down...
Hiking in Daan Viljoen
One Saturday morning, three friends and I decided to head to Daan Viljoen Nature Reserve, which is situated in the mountainous Khomas Hochland close to Windhoek. The park offers guests two hiking trails. On...
The Kuiseb hike experience
Sometimes you have to go off the beaten track to discover something new!
The ephemeral Kuiseb River starts just outside of Windhoek in the Khomas Hochland and meanders its way through the landscape to the Atlantic...
The largest, the smallest and the most threatened herons of Namibia
The big bird stands in the shallows motionless. It intently watches the water at its feet and waits patiently. Then, within a split-second, the long pointed beak lunges forward, water splashes and a large...
Bird Flu under Control, but Namibia’s Penguins are still threatened
The avian influenza A(H5N8) virus, which has claimed numerous victims among the African Penguin colony on Halifax Island near Lüderitzbucht since the beginning of this year, seems to be under control. According to penguin...
Birds at the Chobe River: from Tits to Hornbills
Migratory birds spend the Namibian winter months in the northern hemisphere, but nevertheless numerous species of birds can be watched at the Chobe River from May to September as well. On foot, on game...
Checking out the Oxpecker
Anyone who has visited the north-western and north-eastern parts of the country will have noticed the brown-grey birds with the red or yellow-red beaks as they busy themselves on cattle or wild mammals. When...
Namibia’s unique lichen fields
Admired by experts, but
otherwise still largely unnoticed, already damaged in places and very much in
need of research: the largest lichen fields outside the arctic and subarctic
regions of the northern hemisphere are found...
Moonraker – Wild at Heart
The weekend was upon me once again, as I planned to put in the notorious longer run.
A back-to back-session ensued with 45 kilometres due on Saturday and 35 kilometres on Sunday. On Friday evening...
Night walk in the Namib Desert
The beam of the
flashlight penetrates the darkness, illuminating a small section of the gravel
plain south of the seasonal Swakop River. North of the river the lights of
Swakopmund are blinking. Waves can be...