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Namibia Wildlife
Namibia may have been called "the land God made in anger" by the ancient San tribes, but it is home to quaint coastal towns, tribal villages and the 80-million-year-old Namib Desert - a magical and captivating destination. The gemsbok, or oryx, of Sossuvlei, are perhaps the most visible of all the wildlife in the area, and have become a symbol of the Namib and Kalahari Deserts. They are among the most remarkable of all the antelope species, adapted as they are to living in harsh climates with extreme temperatures and little surface water. |
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At Moringa valley my guests and I were walking to at the end of the valley to do some birding. We smelt a strong smell and followed it to find a small mountain zebra that had been killed by a leopard. The leopard had killed it and only feed on it once. We assume that the leopards feed often on mountain zebra babies, but this was the first time we ever...
Posted: Sossusvlei by Vernon Swanepoel, Date: 24 June 2007
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I saw a single Brown Hyena near Sossusvlei Mountain Lodge. It was the first ever sighting of a Brown Hyena by Sossusvlei Mountain Lodge rangers. They have been seen previously on the reserve, but extremely seldom.
Posted: Sossusvlei by Vitalis Chingo, Date: 19 June 2007
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I was going out on a drive with guests who were specifically looking for one of our lodge's star birds, the Pygmy Falcon. These birds are sometimes hard to find. On this occasion we were fortunate to find one. When we located a Pygmy Falcon we could see it was holding a prey item in it's talons. It was easily identified as a Lark Like Bunting. This is...
Posted: Sossusvlei by Vitalis Chingo, Date: 4 June 2007
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There are two forms of the Common Fiscal in southern Africa. In the east they have an unmarked black head, but in the dry west, the head has a clear white eyebrow stripe. We usually always see the western form anywhere in southern Namibia. However, recently we have been seeing a Common Fiscal with the eastern form head, very far from their known range.
Posted: Sossusvlei by Vernon Swanepoel, Date: 1 June 2007
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 A while ago we discovered a brand new species of gecko at Sossusvlei! In April 2007, we were visited by Professor Bill Branch. He VERY luckily found this little chap - A BRAND NEW HATCHLING -next to his boots inside his room. It was only 4cm long, and was the final missing piece of the proof needed to confirm our brand new gecko. He thinks the colouring...
Posted: Sossusvlei by Sossusvlei Mountain Lodge Rangers, Date: 23 May 2007
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 This morning the whole area was closed in with fog. This is a very unusual event in the eastern part of the desert. At the coast the Namib has fog about 200 odd days of the year. At Sossusvlei, about 50km in from the coast this is down to about 50 days. At the lodge we get fog only a handful of days in the year. In these dry years, the fog rain that we...
Posted: Sossusvlei by Vernon Swanepoel, Date: 20 May 2007
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After a planned ballooning trip was canceled due to wind, I took all my guests out on an early drive. Fortunately they were rewarded with our first leopard sighting for 2007
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Posted: Sossusvlei by Vitalis Chingo, Date: 12 May 2007
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 Driving to Sossusvlei is an incredible sight - with huge dunes as a backdrop to lonely game.
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Posted: Sossusvlei by Wilna Beukes, Date: 26 April 2007
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I have had a number of interesting sightings recently. Along with a number of Bat-eared Fox, Cape Fox and Aardwolf, I also saw three Lappet Faced Vultures feeding on a small carcus near the lodge on my way back from a Sossusvlei Trip and a Stripped Polecat near Bushmans.
Posted: Sossusvlei by Ronney Tsowaseb, Date: 13 April 2007
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This morning on their regular walk our guest astronomers came across something rather strange. A small mammal, not much bigger than a beetle, was crawling along and dug itself into the sand. It was furry, with no eyes. We assume it must be a golden mole or something similar. But it was not in the dunes, simply a sandy area, and a good distance from the...
Posted: Sossusvlei by Peter & Evelyn Petkow, Date: 6 April 2007
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