Weekly Photo Challenge: Anticipation

A lioness stalking buck at a waterhole in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. You can see the tension and anticipation in her body and eyes, but watching her we felt the anticipation too. The photos were taken in the late afternoon hence the low light conditions. For more photos and info see the post The Stalker […]

Weekly Photo Challenge: Relax

There are times when we stop, we sit still. We listen and breezes from a whole other world begin to whisper. ― James Carroll Taking nature photos is one of the most relaxing things to do. These photos were taken at a local bird hide which looks out over a lake. It’s very peaceful there, […]

WPC: It’s Not This Time of Year Without . . .

The brief for this week’s photo challenge was to show photos of something that reminded you of this time of the year i.e. the holiday season. In South Africa it starts getting very hot around now, and a lot of South Africans have their long summer break with families going on vacations, and those of […]

WPC: Magic Sparks

  This post is part of the Daily Post | Weekly Photo Challenges | Magic

Weekly Photo Challenge: Tiny

This post is part of the Daily Post | Weekly Photo Challenges | Tiny

Weekly Photo Challenge: Chaos

Chaos ensues when too many birds try and land on the same tree stump, at Grootkolk in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.  The last image shows all the birds leaving. This post is part of the Daily Post | Weekly Photo Challenges | Chaos

Spitzkoppe – link

There was a problem when the original post was published . . . please see link below. Post by Willie for Notes from Africa Spitzkoppe in Namibia is a spectacular and unusual place.  The Spitzkoppe and Pontok mountains rise dramatically from an otherwise flat semi-desert landscape.  … Source: Spitzkoppe – Between a rock and a […]

Spitzkoppe – Between a rock and a hard place

Post by Willie for Notes from Africa Spitzkoppe in Namibia is a spectacular and unusual place.  The Spitzkoppe and Pontok mountains rise dramatically from an otherwise flat semi-desert landscape.  There are many reasons to visit this fascinating set of mountains and the surrounding area. Many years ago when traveling from Windhoek to Swakupmund I saw […]

Sossusvlei

Sossusvlei is usually taken to mean the red dune area of the Namib-Naukluft National Park which lies in the southern part of the Namib Desert, Namibia. Although there is an actual salt and clay pan called “Sossusvlei”. If you do a search in Google Images on “Namibia”, a lot of the images that are displayed come […]

Fish River Canyon: Third time’s a charm

Our first stop once we had crossed the border into Namibia, was at a camp near the Fish River Canyon. The Fish River Canyon is the largest canyon in Africa, and one of the most popular tourist destinations in Nambia. The canyon is “in total about 160 km (100 miles) long, up to 27 km (17 miles) […]