Monthly Archive: May 2011

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Weekend at Twyfelfontein

Namibia and Botswana have a wonderful system of helping the indigenous population to share in the spoils of the tourism industry and to realize the benefit of preserving wild animals and the environment.  In...

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A visit to a petrified forest

We’ve had an interesting month of seeing fossils in Namibia.  After our visit to the Mesosaurus fossil site near Keetmanshoop, we wended our way up north to the Khorixas area in Damaraland, where we...

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A visit to a Namibian Mesosaurus fossil site

We normally camp in central or northern Namibia, mainly because the birdlife is more prolific and there’s more to see, but this Easter we decided to focus on the south, with a visit to...