the high plains en route to the Hoanib

near-endless vistas all around, with a herd of mountain zebra - an unexpected sight this far west - about 800m away

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Back to Kaokoland: catching up with the elephants

October 19th 2006
For reasons that I’m not sure I’ll be able to convey to anyone who has never been to the big open spaces of Africa, I fell in love with Kaokoland during my work on the desert-dwelling elephant project there in August. Truly, to paraphrase, I can "never shake the ancient dust of Africa off" my boots. It’s not a kind environment. The adage “if you don’t like dust, don’t go to Kaokolan ... read more

Africa » Namibia » Kaokoland

South Africa occupied the German colony of South-West Africa during World War I and administered it as a mandate until after World War II, when it annexed the territory. In 1966 the Marxist South-West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) guerrilla gr... ... read more

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