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Namibia: Brandberg, Namib Desert

We leave the coast and turn inland. We learn about life in the Namib desert and visit archaic rock paintings.
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Contrasting in the Brandberg mountains different atmospheric layer can be identified due to nightly humidity from the ocean. Brandberg mountains are the highest in Namibia (2.600m).
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Contrasting in the Brandberg mountains different atmospheric layer can be identified due to nightly humidity from the ocean. Brandberg mountains are the highest in Namibia (2.600m).

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  • Contrasting in the Brandberg mountains different atmospheric layer can be identified due to nightly humidity from the ocean. Brandberg mountains are the highest in Namibia (2.600m).
  • On the foot of the Brandberg Mountains we find a wild camping opportunity.
  • Next morning we clemb the Brandberg for the rock paintings.
  • Domestic guides help You to find the rock paintings.
  • Some 50.000 rock paintings have been found in the Brandberg mountains. They date from 2 to 4.000 years ago. The pic shows the rock painting of a giraffe.
  • A bug in the sands of Namib Desert.
  • Termite hill in Namib Desert
  • Ugly? Welwitschia mirabilis, endemic plant in Namib desert, livies solely of the air humidity. It is one oldest growing creatures anywhere. Although it seems different there is just one pair of leaves.
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  • Lichen and moss in the Namib desert. They also live only of air humidity.
  • Twyfelfontein, Afrikaans for uncertain spring and Namibia's first World Heritage Site, is another location for rock paintings. Seen from here this must have been a perfect place for hunting animals some thousand years ago.
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