Namibia 2025
May 4, 2025 Swakopmund This morning we went on a tour of the sand dunes at Namibnauklaft Park Sandwich Harbour. Our group was travelling is 3 4x4 Toyotas. We stopped in Walvis Bay to partly deflate the tires to get better floating and traction in sand. While we were we spotted some flamingos. I'm not sure what made they take off but they were beautiful to watch in flight. This jackal was walking down the beach in the fog. Our guide figured this jackal lost his tail in a fight. Cape fur seal. In Walvis Bay there is a huge factory that extracts salt out of the ocean. Evaporation ponds are used as the first step to extract the salt. One of the piles of salt. Heading out onto the sand. For a short time we drove along the ocean. At the top of one of the dunes, we were able to walk around. Then we enjoyed some sparkling wine and very good snacks. Looking out over Sandwich Harbour. This section of sand looked red. It is actually a lot...