Waterberg Plateau Park was the group’s last stop on the Namibia itinerary before returning to Windhoek. Waterberg is a sandstone mountain that rises over 600 feet from the surrounding plains and is Namibia’s only mountain game park. The area is under the protection of nature conservancy and there are many endangered species like the Black [...]
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Waterberg Plateau Park and Namibia Thoughts
August 21st, 2007 
Sheila Simkin 
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Okaukuejo and Namutoni Restcamps in Etosha National Park, Namibia
August 20th, 2007 Sheila Simkin Etosha National Park covers over 12,500 square miles and is an immense, saline desert. Some describe it as the best game reserve on the African continent and is a definite highlight of any trip to Namibia. The terrain ranges from dense bush to large open plains. In the center is a vast saltpan, Etosha Pan, [...]
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Rock Paintings at Brandberg Mountain and Twyfelfontein, Namibia
August 19th, 2007 Sheila Simkin Leaving the adorable but stinky seals behind, the truck headed inland passing Brandberg Mountain, at 2,573m/8,441′ the highest point in Namibia, and entered the southern part of Damaraland. The name “Brandberg” is Afrikaans and German for Fire Mountain, which comes from its glowing color sometimes seen in the setting sun. To the San (Bushmen) tribes, [...]
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Bustling Swakopmund and Cape Cross Seal Colony, Namibia
August 18th, 2007 Sheila Simkin There was a possibility of an optional early morning balloon ride over the Namibian desert but we didn’t take advantage of it. Instead, the group headed out across the desert towards Swakopmund. Past the dune fields, into mountains, across the desolate gravel plains before reaching more coastal sand dunes at Walvis Bay. Walvis Bay is [...]
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Thre Three “S’s” – Solitaire, Sesriem Canyon and Sossusvlei, Namibia
August 17th, 2007 Sheila Simkin The very congenial group was off in our large but comfortable safari truck into the Namib Desert on small desert roads that connect all of rural Namibia. Windhoek is in a mountain valley and we had to climb out over the Eros Mountains and then the Khomas Hochland Range. The oldest desert on earth, the [...]
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Windhoek, Namibia’s Capital
August 16th, 2007 Sheila Simkin Whenever I tell anyone we’re flying to Asia or Africa, the first comment is always…”How can you stand flying so far? I would never do it.”… It is a very long and brutal trip but I’ve developed “travel amnesia” over the years. Everyone sits crammed into those small seats hour-after-hour, completely miserable, but once I’ve [...]
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Planning A Namib Lodge Safari Over The Christmas Holidays
August 15th, 2007 Sheila Simkin Air? We flew United, Chicago to Frankurt, and then turned in United Airlines miles to get free Lufthansa Business Class tickets from Frankfurt-Johannesburg-Capetown, South Africa. The flight from Capetown-Windhoek, Namibia was also included on South African Airways but we would have to buy a one-way ticket from Windhoek-Capetown for the return. For some ridiculous reason, [...]
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Visiting Namibia Before Angelina Jolie and Meerkat Manor
August 14th, 2007 Sheila Simkin Namibia wasn’t exactly up there on the general public’s travel radar before Angelina Jolie decided this country was the perfect place to give birth and those cute little Meerkats appeared on television but it was on mine. I had noticed the many Namibia trips offered by Explore U.K., through Adventure Center (one of my favorite [...]
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