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Beauty at Sossusvlei

For anyone who has never been to this lodge, I would really recommend it. It is beautiful. The desert is amazing, and our guide Fillon really brought the area to life, showing us the most amazing timeless places in this desert wonderland. One of these shots is from our day trip to the Sossusvlei dunes, and the other shows the shear beauty we were...

Posted: Sossusvlei by Laura Dyer, Date: 30 January 2010

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strip pole cat

on the way back from a long drive we spoted small spoted genett by the cheetch rock and than later we saw two stripe pole cat diplaying their mating behavior on the side of the road

Posted: Sossusvlei by petrus nuugonya, Date: 11 September 2009

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Klipspringer prints

While walking on the ridge above the "cave" west of Sossusvlei Desert Lodge, I obserrved these very distinctive markings on a black limestone rock adjacent to a Klipspringer fecal deposit and scent mark. They are Klipspringer hoof scuff marks. Compare the size of the markings in the second image to the fecal pellets. On later hikes we observed...

Posted: Sossusvlei by miles paul, Date: 12 June 2009

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Namaqua Chameleon

On a drive with guide Nestor, we made this rare sighting of a Namaqua Chameleon on the sand near the Petrified Dunes. Miles Paul

Posted: Sossusvlei by miles paul, Date: 16 May 2009

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Not 1 but 3 Leopards!

We were lucky enough to spot a beautiful leopard on the rocks in full view during our afternoon nature drive at Sossusvlei Desert Lodge. The Leopards have apparently not been spotted in over a year, so you can imagine the excitement when we saw her. Very well camouflaged in the Rocks, we had to look twice to make sure our eyes were not playing tricks on...

Posted: Sossusvlei by Natalie Sokolich, Date: 24 March 2009

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Permanent home

The pair of Spotted eagle owls found the permanent home in the tree next to a.t.v(quadbikes) parking.This pair is probably the most photogragh owls in the desert as they are use to the people around them and also allow our guest to take photos from close range.

Posted: Sossusvlei by Ronney Tsowaseb, Date: 12 March 2009

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Northern Black korhaans

Sossusvlei Desert lodge has recently add new specie to their bird list.On the afernooon drive to keerwerder (Warden's house) to go view the recently introduce cheetahs, one of the Trainee rangers spotted a bird under one lonely camelthorn and we did not stop to idetify as we were running out of time for appointment.Next morning I decided to go and...

Posted: Sossusvlei by Ronney Tsowaseb, Date: 9 February 2009

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Secretary bird near Bushman Koppie

This was a rare sighting of a secretary bird near Bushman Koppie. Its name is derived from the Arabic "saqr-et-tair" meaning "hunting bird". Miles Paul

Posted: Sossusvlei by MILES PAUL, Date: 26 December 2008

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web-footed gecko fluorescense

We were walking on the sand dunes at night looking for scorpions with UV flashlights and noticed that the white body stripe and eye ring of the web-footed gecko were fluorescent. These little lizards are very beautiful and easily spotted in UV light. Miles and Dorothy Paul UV image by Dorothy

Posted: Sossusvlei by MILES PAUL, Date: 23 December 2008

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Brown hyena observation

With our guide, Fillon Gaogaseb, as we were returning from an early morning drive to the Petrified Dunes and had turned the corner near ‘Hyena Water”, we spotted a brown hyena on the gravel plain near the mountains. The hyena appeared very relaxed and seemed unconcerned about our presence, and at one point while we were watching, it turned and walked...

Posted: Sossusvlei by MILES PAUL, Date: 21 December 2008

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