A bridge on the Trans Kalahari Highway near Hosea Kutako International Airport, Windhoek |
Overflying the mountains between Windhoek and Okahanja |
Overflying the mountains between Windhoek and Okahanja |
Eureka (S21deg12'/E017deg49') |
Runway 11 at Eureka |
Eureka |
Eureka |
Eureka |
Runway 29 at Eureka |
Runway 29 at Eureka |
Flying around Eureka |
We visited the neighboring farms |
We left Eureka enroute to Gobabis to get fuel and get an exit stamp from Namibia headed to Botswana |
A paved road! The Trans Kalahari Highway |
Gobabis, Namibia |
Gobabis Airport |
Gobabis Airport FYGB (looking at rwy 7) |
Gobabis, Namibia |
Gobabis, Namibia |
Zambezi River at the junction of Namibia, Zamibia, Zimbabwe and Botswana |
Zambezi River - Namibia-Zambia |
Settlement in the Caprivi |
Caprivi Highway, Namibia |
Crossing the Caprivi Highway on approach to Katima's Mpacha Airport |
Katima Mulilo Airport (Mpacha), Namibia (FYKM) |
Caprivi Strip |
Small airstrip mid-Caprivi |
Okavango River, Namibia |
Popa Falls, Okavango River |
Okavango River Bridge, Caprivi Strip, Namibia |
Airstrip near Popa Falls, Namibia |
Mokuti Lodge airstrip, Etosha (FYMO) |
Twee Palms, Fischer's Pan, Etosha National Park |
Namutoni Camp, Etosha National Park |
German fort at Namutoni Camp, Etosha National Park |
Namutoni Camp, Etosha National Park |
Chudop waterhole, Etosha |
Main park road along the Etosha Pan between Chudop and Kalkheuwel |
Main park road at the junction for Okerfontein and Ngobib, Etosha |
The road to Batia at Springbokfontein |
Springbokfontein, Etosha National Park |
A small pan off Eland drive not marked on the tourist map |
Eland Drive, Etosha |
Small pan at Etosha National Park |
Goas waterhole near Halali, Etosha National Park |
Helio Hills, Halali, Etosha National Park |
Halali Camp, Etosha National Park |
Waterhole at Halali Camp, Etosha National Park |
Airstrip at Halali, Etosha National Park |
Airstrip at Halali, Etosha National Park |
Along the edge of the Etosha Pan |
Etosha National Park between Halali and Reitfontein |
Elephant in the waterhole at Reitfontein |
Salvadora waterhole, Etosha |
Etosha pan edge between Salvadora and Sueda |
Animal tracks across the Etosha Pan |
Flying over the pan's edge, Etosha |
Western access to Sueda and Salvadora rejoining the main park road |
Ondongab, Etosha National Park |
Nebrownii, Etosha National Park |
Okaukuejo rest camp, Etosha National Park |
Okaukuejo rest camp, Etosha National Park |
The famous waterhole at Okaukuejo |
Okaukuejo |
Airstrip at Okaukuejo |
Okaukuejo |
The southern boundary fence of Etosha National Park near Ongava |
The airstrip at Naua Naua, south of Etosha |
The airstrip at Naua Naua (FYNU), Namibia |
Departing Naua Naua |
Naua Naua Lodge |
Crossing the restricted road, western Etosha |
V5-JOG over western Etosha |
V5-JOG |
Owomboland, north of Etosha, enroute to Epupa Falls |
Settlement in Owomboland |
Strange leopard-skin like patterns, Owamboland |
Owamboland |
Owamboland |
Owamboland |
Owamboland |
Leaving the flat lands of Etosha and Owomboland behind us, we enter mountainous terrain |
Mountains of northwestern Namibia |
NW Namibia |
Ondorusu Falls, Kunene River, Namibia/Angola |
Village along the Kuene River, Kaokoland, Namibia |
Headed for Epupa |
Kunene River (Rio Cunene) Namibia/Angola |
Zebra Mountain |
Kunene River (Rio Cunene) Namibia/Angola |
Epupa Falls seen from the Angolan side |
Epupa Falls |
Epupa Falls (Angola left, Namibia right) |
Kunene River, Epupa Falls |
Following the Kunene River towards the Atlantic |
Mountains around Epupa Falls |
Epupa Falls airstrip (FYEF-Elev 2500ft, Rwy 11/29, 950m) |
V5-JOG on the ground at Epupa Falls |
The mountains around Epupa Falls reach 6800 feet |
Valley west of Epupa Falls airstrip |
Epupa Falls airstrip, Namibia |
Epupa Falls airstrip |
Kunene River at Epupa Falls, separating Angola and Namibia |
The Epupa Camp is hidden among the trees |
Epupa Falls |
Low level pass over the Epupa Camp, Kunene River |
Flying together from Epupa Falls to Opuwo, Namibia for fuel |
Opuwo, Namibia |
Departing Opuwo for the coast |
Opuwo Airport, Namibia (FYOP) |
Flying between Opuwo and the Skeleton Coast |
Tonnesenberge, Kaokoveld |
Toennesenberge, Kaokoveld |
Toennesenberge, Kaokoveld, between Opuwo and Mowe Bay |
Kaokoveld |
Kaokoveld |
Kaokoveld |
The Hoarusib, a dry river valley, near the Skeleton Coast |
Flying over NW Namibia |
Kaokoveld |
This type of area is where the desert elephants of Namibia live |
A dirt track to the Skeleton Coast |
Dry valleys, Kaokoveld, Namibia |
Dirt track around the Hoarusib |
Hoarusib Valley |
Mountains give way to sandy desert nearing the coast |
Hoarusib Valley |
Sandy desert nearing the coast |
Seasonal Hoarusib River, Skeleton Coast, Namibia |
Skeleton Coast, Namibia |
V5-JOG flying over the Namib Desert |
Sesriem Canyon, Namib-Naukluft National Park |
Sesriem Canyon |
Sesriem Canyon |
Airstrip at Sossusvlei Lodge (FYSU), not to be confused with Sesriem (FYSS) |
Sossusvlei Lodge from the air |
Sossusvlei Lodge and the road to Sesriem Canyon |
Namib Desert |
Dunes along the road from Sesriem to Sossusvlei |
Large dunes between Sesriem and Sossusvlei |
Large dunes between Sesriem and Sossusvlei |
Dune 45 |
Dune 45 |
Mountain south of Sossusvlei |
Dead Vlei |
The dune we climbed at Sossusvlei |
Sossusvlei is a dry pan in the middle of the Namib Desert |
Sossusvlei |
The dune we climbed at Sossusvlei |
Sossusvlei |
The Namib Desert meets the Atlantic |
The Lange Wand, or Long Wall |
The Namib Desert meets the Atlantic Ocean |
Rocky outcropping, St. Francis Bay (25 07S) |
Coast of Francis Bay, Namibia |
Coast of Francis Bay, Namibia |
Easter Point, Namibia (25 17S) |
A sea cave along the Oyster Cliffs, Namibia |
Black Cliffs, Namibia |
Sandy stretch of coast between St. Francis Bay and Spencer Bay |
Inhospitable coastline |
Namibian coast |
Just north of Spencer Bay |
Interesting dark area along the cliffs |
Cliffs north of Spencer Bay, Namibia |
Cliffs north of Spencer Bay, Namibia |
Cliffs meeting the sandy desert at Spencer Bay |
Mercurcy Island, Namibia (25 43S) |
Mercurcy Island, one of Namibia's penguin islands |
Wreck of the Otavi, 1945, surrounded now by a fur seal colony at Spencer Bay |
The cove containing the wreck of the Otavi |
The stern has broken off the Otavi |
Dolphin Head, Namibia (25 44S) |
Dolphin Head, Namibia, looking north towards Spencer Bay |
Remote outpost in the Sperrgebiet around 55nm north of Lüderitz, perhaps Saddle Hill |
Namib Desert at Hottentotbaai |
Namib Desert at Hottentotbaai |
Namib Desert at Hottentotbaai |
Hottentotspunt and Hottentotsbaai, Namibia |
Hottentotspunt, Namibia (26 08'S) |
Ichaboe Island south of Hottentotspunt |
Industrial buildings for the guano mine on Ichaboe Island |
Bootsbaai |
North end of Lüderitzbaai |
Small wreck just north of Lüderitz |
Civilization approaching Lüderitz from the north |
Settlement on the northern edge of Lüderitz |
Lüderitzbucht |
Lüderitz, Namibia |
Lüderitz |
Lüderitz |
Lüderitz |
Lüderitz |
Ships docked at Lüderitz |
Lüderitz, Namibia |
Nest Hotel, Lüderitz |
Southern end of Lüderitzbucht |
Lüderitz |
Diaz Point, Namibia (Dias Point for the Portugugese) |
Diaz Point lighthouse |
Another pass over Lüderitz before landing |
Lüderitz |
Lüderitz International Airport (FYLZ) |
Kolmanskuppe is near the Lüderitz Airport |
Kolmanskuppe ghost town from the air |
Kolmanskuppe |
Residential area near Lüderitz |
Lüderitz |
Lüderitz |
Felsenkirche, Lüderitz |
Rounding Diaz Point |
Grosse Bucht, Namibia |
Diamond mine in the Sperrgebiet, Namibia |
Elizabeth Point, Sperrgebiet |
Elizabeth Point mine, Sperrgebiet |
Elizabeth Point, Sperrgebiet |
V5-JOG overflying the southern end of Possession Island, Namibia |
Sperrgebiet |
Coast of the Sperrgebiet |
Buildings on a rocky point, Sperrgebiet |
Bogenfels, a major landmark in the Sperrgebiet south of Lüderitz |
Bogenfels, Namibia |
Heading inland across the southern Sperrgebiet towards Fish River Canyon |
Sperrgebiet, Namibia |
Sperrgebiet, Namibia |
Sperrgebiet, Namibia |
Sperrgebiet, Namibia |
Scorpion Mine on the edge of the Sperrgebiet |
Mountains of Southern Namibia |
Huib-Hoch Plateau |
En route from Bogenfels to Ai Ais |
Southern Namibia |
Main road outside the Sperrgebiet |
Mountains of Southern Namibia |
Following V5-JOG to Fish River Canyon |
A dry waterfall, Namusberge |
Highest terrain 5500' |
Mountains west of Fish River Canyon |
Hunsberge, near Fish River Canyon |
Hunsberge, near Fish River Canyon |
Richtersveld National Park across the Oranje River in South Africa |
Fish River Canyon is the largest canyon in Africa |
Fish River Canyon |
Fish River Canyon |
Fish River Canyon |
Ai Ais Hot Springs, Namibia |
Fish River Canyon |
Fish River Canyon |
Fish River Canyon |
Fish River Canyon |
Fish River Canyon |
Fish River Canyon |
Fish River Canyon |
Fish River Canyon |
Fish River Canyon |
Fish River Canyon |
Fish River Canyon |
Fish River Canyon |
Fish River Canyon |
Scenic drive and overlook, Fish River Canyon |
Road on the eastern rim of Fish River Canyon |
The Fish River north of the main Canyon |
Fish River north of the main canyon |
Naute Dam near Keetmanshoop |
Near Keetmanshoop, Namibia |
Bridge along the Keetmanshoop-Windhoek Highway |
Namaland |
Parallel dunes northeast of Mariental, Namibia |
Low parallel dunes of the Namibian Kalahari |
The worst runway of the trip, Ellingerode, Namibia |
There's a runway down there |
Ellingerode |
Ellingerode |
One of the dunes passing through Oliphantwater |
The mountains SE of Windhoek |
Approaching Windhoek at 8500' MSL |
Windhoek lies just over that ridge |
SE of Windhoek |
Suburbs of Windhoek, Namibia |
Windhoek, Namibia |
Eros Airport, Windhoek |
Eros Airport with the new Presidential Palace |
Central Windhoek |
Central Windhoek |
Windhoek |
Windhoek |
Heinitzburg, Windhoek |
Central Windhoek |
Independence Avenue, Windhoek |
Christuskirche, Windhoek |
Central Bank of Namibia, Windhoek |
Shopping mall, Windhoek |
Eros Airport, Windhoek, Namibia (FYWE) |
Mamuno, Botswana (800m), on the Namibian border |
Veterinary cordon fence, Botswana |
Maun International Airport, Botswana (FBMN) |
Maun International Airport (FBMN), Botswana |
Maun |
Okavango Delta |
Our first elephant at a waterhole just north of Maun |
V5-JOG |
Flying over the Okavango Delta |
V5-JOG over the Okavango Delta |
Okavango Delta |
Okavango Delta |
Santatadibe airstrip (600m), Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana |
Chief's Island, Moremi Game Reserve |
Chief's Island, Moremi Game Reserve |
Chief's Island, Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta, Botswana |
Okavango Delta |
Okavango Delta |
Okavango Delta |
Okavango Delta |
Okavango Delta |
Okavango Delta |
Okavango Delta |
Okavango Delta |
Vumbura airstrip (1015m), Okavango Delta |
Elephants, Okavango Delta |
Elephants, Okavango Delta, Botswana |
Elephants, Okavango Delta |
Caprivi Strip, Namibia, across the Chobe River |
Elephants in the Chobe River |
Elephant at a waterhole near Zibadianja |
Chobe airstrip (1000m) |
Savuti airstrip (FBSV-1000m), Chobe National Park |
Chobe National Park |
Elephants at a waterhole, Chobe National Park |
Chobe National Park |
Elephants at a waterhole, Chobe National Park |
Elephants at a waterhole, Chobe National Park |
Elephants, Chobe National Park |
Village near Kavimba, Botswana |
Cattle herd outside Chobe Park |
Muchenje, Botwana |
Muchenje, Botwana |
Muchenje, Botwana |
Muchenje, Botwana |
Chobe Transit Road |
Kasane Airport (FBKN) |
Botswana border post to Zimbabwe, outside Kasane |
Meeting point of Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe along the Zambezi River |
That's me in V5-FIS heading for the falls |
Victoria Falls, viewed from the Zambian side |
Victoria Falls with the lower gorges |
Ralph in V5-JOG over Victoria Falls |
Ralph in V5-JOG over Victoria Falls |
V5-JOG, Victoria Falls |
Victoria Falls |
Zambezi Sun Hotel, Zambia |
Royal Livingstone Hotel, Zambia |
Victoria Falls |
Eastern Cataract of Victoria Falls, Zambia |
Victoria Falls and the Zambezi Sun |
Victoria Falls Bridge and the lower Zambezi gorges |
Victoria Falls |
Victoria Falls |
Victoria Falls |
Victoria Falls |
Royal Livingstone Hotel and Victoria Falls |
Royal Livingstone Hotel |
Victoria Falls |
Victoria Falls |
Victoria Falls |
Zambezi River, upstream of Victoria Falls |
Victoria Falls |
Victoria Falls |
Zambezi Sun, Zambia |
Victoria Falls |
Victoria Falls |
Victoria Falls |
Victoria Falls |
Victoria Falls and the Zambezi Sun |
Victoria Falls |
Victoria Falls |
Zambezi River gorges below Victoria Falls |
Victoria Falls |
Town of Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe (aerials of the falls under Zambia) |
Victoria Falls |
Victoria Falls |
Victoria Falls Hotel, Zimbabwe |
Victoria Falls from the Zimbabwe side |
Livingstone, Zambia |
Livingstone, Zambia |
Livingstone, Zambia |
Zambezi River upstream of Victoria Falls |
Irrigated fields along the Zambezi, Zambia |
Zambezi River |
Zambezi River |
Meeting point on the Zambezi of Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia |