Runway 19 at Olifantwater (S23 39.6/E018 23.2) |
Cessna 182 V5-JOG flying over Olifantwater West |
Farmhouse - Olifantwater West |
V5-FIS at Olifantwater West |
Gathered around on the first afternoon of our arrival |
Stephanie and the Donkey |
Christian and Stephanie |
Sunset, Olifantwater West, Namibia |
Cessna at sunset, Olifantwater West |
Sunset, Farm Olifantwater West, Namibia |
Sunset, Farm Olifantwater West, Namibia |
Sunset, Farm Olifantwater West, Namibia |
Cow and airplane, Farm Olifantwater West |
Cow and Cessna at Sunset, Farm Olifantwater West |
Cactus, Olifantwater West |
The old donkey, Olifantwater West |
V5-FIS at Olifantwater West |
Glossy Starling, Namibia |
Yellow-bellied Greenbul (Chlorocichla flaviventris) |
A Namibian farmer must be a good mechanic |
Wind mill - The Aermotor, Chicago |
Pens at Olifantwater West |
Cape Griffon Vulture (Gyps coprotheres) |
Cape Griffon Vulture (Gyps coprotheres), Olifantwater West, Namibia |
Heading for the first dune, Farm Olifantwater West |
Top of the first dune, Farm Olifantwater West |
Up on the first done, Farm Olifantwater West |
Farm Olifantwater West |
View from the dune, Farm Olifantwater West |
Kalahari red sand, Farm Olifantwater West |
Kalahari dune, Farm Olifantwater West |
Wandering along the dune, Farm Olifantwater West |
Springbok, Farm Olifantwater West |
Springbok, Farm Olifantwater West |
Springbok, Farm Olifantwater West |
Eckhart investigating a cow that recently gave birth |
Cattle, Farm Olifantwater West |
Farm Olifantwater West |
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill (Tockus leucomelas), Namibia |
Farm Olifantwater West |
Farm Olifantwater West |
Farm Olifantwater West |
Farm Olifantwater West |
Farm Olifantwater West |
Small calf among the cows, Farm Olifantwater West |
For the first day or two, you can walk right up to a newborn calf |
Farm Olifantwater West |
Termite mound, Farm Olifantwater West |
Termite mound, Farm Olifantwater West |
Farm Olifantwater West |
Farm Olifantwater West |
Calf, Farm Olifantwater West |
Eckhart and his ladies, Farm Olifantwater West |
Cow and calf, Farm Olifantwater West |
Farm Olifantwater West |
The cows are fed mineral supplements |
Farm Olifantwater West |
Farm Olifantwater West |
Farm Olifantwater West |
Lilac Breasted Roller, Farm Olifantwater West |
Lilac Breasted Roller in flight, Farm Olifantwater West |
Farm Olifantwater West |
Eckhart also has Damara sheep on the farm |
Farm Olifantwater West |
Gemsbok (oryx), Farm Olifantwater West |
Ground water is pumped with wind-power |
The farm is divided into camps by fences to prevent overgrazing of one area |
Farm Olifantwater West |
Farm Olifantwater West |
Gemsbok in the distance, Farm Olifantwater West |
Windrad, Farm Olifantwater West |
Wind mill, Farm Olifantwater West |
Baby gemsbok (oryx), Farm Olifantwater West |
Baby gemsbok (oryx), Farm Olifantwater West |
Springbok with a Kalahari dune in the background |
Springbok should be nervous here...they're a regular on the farm's menu |
Springbok, Farm Olifantwater West, Namibia |
Springbok, Farm Olifantwater West |
Eckhart cleaning out a water trough |
Farm Olifantwater West |
Farm Olifantwater West |
The bull |
Springbok |
Kudu |
Kudus easily leap the farm's fences |
Kudu, Farm Olifantwater West |
Windmill at the farmhouse, Olifantwater West |
Water tank, Farm Olifantwater West |
Windmill, Farm Olifantwater West |
Farmhouse, Olifantwater West |
The old donkey |
One of my photos of Epupa Falls from 2005 made to look like an oil painting on canvas |
Kater |
Sunset from the dune, Farm Olifantwater West |
Sundowners |
Christian preparing the bar |
Echhart preparing the fire |
Eckhart preparing the fire |
Fires start easily with the bone-dry wood |
Campfire on the dune, Farm Olifantwater West |
Anna and Ecki |
Sunset, Farm Olifantwater West |
Sundowners on the dune, Farm Olifantwater West |
Sundowners on the dune, Farm Olifantwater West |
Sundowners on the dune, Farm Olifantwater West |
Stephanie, Christian, Brian, Johannes, Nicole, Reinhold, Anna, Ralph |
Silhouettes on the dune, Olifantwater |
Silhouettes on the dune, Olifantwater |
Silhouettes on the dune, Olifantwater |
Silhouettes on the dune, Olifantwater |
Prost! |
Sundowners on the dune, Olifantwater |
Campfire on the dune at Olifantwater |
Around the campfire, Olifantwater |
Around the campfire, Olifantwater |
The Milky Way over the Kalahari on a clear moonless night |
Campfire, Namibia |
End of the evening, Olifantwater |
Eckhart getting the bakkie started ... luckily |
Finishing the night by candlelight in the farmhouse |
Crimson-breasted Gonolek (formerly Crimson-breasted Shrike) Laniarius atrococcineus |
Convenient parking at Olifantwater |
Stephanie trying out the Quad Bike |
Anna getting a ride from a farm-hand in the donkey cart |
One of Eckhart's farm hands in a donkey cart with Anna |
Donkey cart, Olifantwater West |
Donkey cart, Namibia |
Donkey cart, Namibia |
Cape Ground Squirrels and...what's that...a meerkat peeking up from a hole behind them |
Cape Ground Squirrel (Xerus inauris) |
Kap-Borstenhörnchen |
Cape Ground Squirrel (Xerus inauris) |
Meerkats (Suricata suricatta), Olifantwater |
The meerkats are very shy |
Meerkats peeking up from their hole, Olifantwater |
Erdmännchen (Suricata suricatta) |
Meerkats - so cute |
Olifantwater's combined Cape Ground Squirrel and Meerkat colony |
5 meercats, Olifantwater, Namibia |
Meerkats, Olifantwater |
The shyest of the Meerkats |
The meerkat hole |
Laughing Dove (Stigmatopelia senegalensis) |
Farm Olifantwater West |
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill (Tockus leucomelas), Namibia |
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill (Tockus leucomelas), Namibia |
Breakfast on the last morning before flying back to Windhoek |
Preparing V5-FIS for the flight back to Eros |
...is it going to start? |