Map showing the Sperrgebiet surrounding Lüderitz |
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 |
Wreck of the Otavi surrounded by a Cape Fur Seal colony |
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 |
Ruins at Hottentotspunt north of Lüderitz |
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 |
Overflying the ghost town of Kolmanskuppe on approach to Lüderitz Airport |
V5-FIS tied down against the strong winds common at Lüderitz |
Lüderitz International Airport (FYLZ) |
Lüderitz can be reached from Windhoek by paved road |
Passing Kolmanskuppe headed for town |
We stayed at Gästehaus Zur Waterkant, belonging to Eckhart's aunt |
Zur Waterkant Gästehaus, Lüderitz |
Zur Waterkant |
View of Lüderitz Harbor from the guesthouse |
Sunset with a chuch tower, Lüderitz |
Sunset through a cactus |
Residential areas on the north side of Lüderitz |
Breakfast at the guesthouse Zur Waterkant |
100th anniversary of Luderitz celebrated in 1983 |
View of Lüderitz with the Felsenkirche |
Lüderitz |
They say it's named after a different Goering |
Skool Zone, Lüderitz |
Lesehalle (Library) Lüderitz |
Lesehalle (Library) Lüderitz |
Turnhalle (Gym) Lüderitz |
Felsenkirche, Lüderitz |
Schnitzstrasse, Lüderitz |
Lüderitz |
Tischlerei (Cabinetmaker) Lüderitz |
Kaaps Hotel, Lüderitz |
Diaz Coffee Shop, Lüderitz |
Bismarckstrasse, Lüderitz |
Hotel Diamond Reef, Lüderitz |
German School, Lüderitz |
Kapps Konzert und Ball-Saal |
Barrels Pub, Lüderitz |
Lüderitz |
Haus Eberlanz, Lüderitz |
Lüderitz |
Apotheke, Bismarckstrasse, Lüderitz |
Nedbank, Bismarckstrasse, Lüderitz |
Biltong shop, Bismarckstrasse, Lüderitz |
Lüderitz Tours and Safaris |
Lüderitz Tours and Safaris shop |
Lüderitz Railway Station |
Lüderitz Railway Station |
The railway was founded in German South West Africa in 1897 |
Lüderitz Railway Station |
Lüderitz |
NamPost Lüderitz |
Felsenkirche, Lüderitz |
Felsenkirche 1912 |
Goerke Haus, Diamantbergstrasse |
Goerke Haus |
Goerke Haus |
Goerke Haus |
Front hall, Goerke Haus |
Goerke Haus, Lüderitz |
Stairway, Goerke Haus |
Original glass, Goerke Haus |
Felsenkirche from the tower of the Goerke Haus |
Felsenkirche |
View of Lüderitz from the Goerke Haus |
Today, the Goerke Haus functions as a guesthouse for Namdeb |
Lüderitz from the Goerke Haus |
The road to the airport, Kolmanskuppe and beyond |
Goerke Haus |
Goerke Haus |
Weathervane, Goerke Haus |
Goerke Haus, Lüderitz |
Lüderitz |
Cliffs behind the Felsenkirche |
Old defences, Lüderitz |
Lüderitz |
Historical marker |
Lüderitz |
Lüderitz |
Lesehalle and Turnhalle later in the day |
Ringstrasse, Lüderitz |
Lesehalle, Lüderitz |
Namibian coat of arms |
Lüderitz |
Hotel Zum Sperrgebiet, Lüderitz |
AIDS awareness, Lüderitz |
Lüderitz |
Lüderitz |
Lüderitz waterfront |
Lüderitz waterfront |
Namibian Office of the Ombudsman |
Colonial architecture from 1906, Lüderitz |
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Woermann-Linie building, Lüderitz |
Deutsche Afrika-Linien (Woermann-Linie) |
Reinhold was the first to make it up the Felsen for sunset at Lüderitz |
Sunset, Lüderitz |
Ralph filming sunset on the cliffs at Lüderitz with the moon rising |
Sunset in Lüderitz |
Felsenkirche |
Window in the Felsenkirche donanted by Kaiser Wilhelm II, Luderitz, Namibia |
Kaiser Wilhelm's window, Luderitz, Namibia |
Felsenkirche |
Felsenkirche, Lüderitz |
Lüderitz |
Sundowner on the cliffs by the Felsenkirche |
Felsenkirche |
The lights coming on in Lüderitz |
Felsenkirche at night |
Felsenkirche at night |
Eckhart's regular evening pose |
Another long day for Eckhart |
Please don't steal the diamonds |
Lüderitz is pretty much a company town for Namdeb, the Namibian diamond company |
Namdeb's mission |
Kolmanskuppe, a turn of the century diamond mining town 14km inland from Lüderitz |
The Sperrgebiet is the restricted diamond area that covers a huge area |
Kolmanskuppe |
Recreation Hall, Kolmanskuppe |
Recreation Hall, Kolmanskuppe |
Museum at Kolmanskuppe |
Huge rough diamonds, Kolmanskuppe |
Theatrical stenciling in the Recreation Hall, Kolmanskuppe |
Gym, Kolmanskuppe |
Stove, Kolmanskuppe |
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Kegelbahn, Kolmanskuppe |
Kegelbahn, Kolmanskuppe |
Old electrical equipment |
Don't pee in the ruins |
Butcher |
Meat hooks |
Kolmanskuppe |
Kolmanskuppe |
Kolmanskuppe |
Kolmanskuppe |
Kolmanskuppe |
Kolmanskuppe |
Kolmanskuppe |
The sand has really taken over some houses |
Sand nearly to the ceiling |
Kolmanskuppe |
Kolmanskuppe |
Kolmanskuppe |
Kolmanskuppe |
Kolmanskuppe |
Sandy hallway |
Stenciling, Kolmanskuppe |
Kolmanskuppe |
Kolmanskuppe |
Kolmanskuppe |
Kolmanskuppe |
Hospital, Kolmanskuppe |
Hospital, Kolmanskuppe |
Hospital, Kolmanskuppe Ghost Town |
Call the plumber! |
Kolmanskuppe |
Kolmanskuppe |
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Reinhold in a tub |
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Recreation Hall, Kolmanskuppe |
Architect's House, Kolmanskuppe |
Kolmanskuppe |
Inge's tired of the blowing sand |
Architect's House, Kolmanskuppe |
Reinhold, Inge, Ralph, Christian |
Architect's House |
Electrical outlet and switch |
Architect's House, Kolmanskuppe |
Mine Manager's House, Kolmanskuppe |
Mine Manager's House, Kolmanskuppe Ghost Town |
Architect's House |
Mine Manager's House, Kolmanskuppe |
Mine Manager's House, Kolmanskuppe |
Mine Manager's House, Kolmanskuppe |
Mine Manager's House, Kolmanskuppe |
Mine Manager's House, Kolmanskuppe |
Mine Manager's House, Kolmanskuppe |
After Kolmanskuppe, we took a brief excursion to Diaz Point and Grosse Bucht |
Low-flying seagull |
Diaz Point (Dias for the Portuguese) |
Diaz Point Lighthouse, Namibia |
Diaz Point Lighthouse |
Diaz Point Lighthouse |
Waves crashing against the shore at Diaz Point |
The wind today is pushing 30 knots |
Diaz Point foghorn |
Diaz Point |
Diaz Point Lighthouse |
Diaz Point |
Landing point of Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias in 1488 |
The current cross at Diaz Point is a replica |
View from the Diaz Point cross to the fog horn |
Grosse Bucht, south of Diaz Point |
Grosse Bucht |
Wreck of a small ship at Grosse Bucht |
Wreck at Grosse Bucht |
Tanking up for the flight south along the coast to Bogenfels, then inland over Fish River Canyon, on to Keetmanshoop |
Residential area near Lüderitz |
Lüderitz |
Lüderitz |
Felsenkirche, Lüderitz |
Lüderitz |
Rounding Diaz Point |
Diaz Point (Lüderitz) |
Grosse Bucht, Namibia |
Wreck of a fishing boat, Sperrgebiet |
Diamond mine in the Sperrgebiet, Namibia |
Diamond Mine, Sperrgebiet |
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 |