Hi everybody,
I haven't been very active on the forum this year but in December 2013, I've had the chance to make a trip to Namibia for a few less than 2 weeks. After seeing the teaser of Martti Niskanen, I knew I had to do the following report as soon as possible because otherwise, I wouldn't have dared to post my snakeless report. Indeed, as you can surely imagine, my goal was obviously to see as many snakes as I could and unfortunately, I must say that the target hasn't been reached at all. Indeed, I've only seen 2 snakes...DOR! Anyway, it was a nice trip all the same (despite the frustration to know that there were many Bitis and Naja in the area waiting for me which I haven't been able to find) and out of the snakes, I've been lucky to see stunning landscapes and some other animals including some cool herps. Special tribute to Jürgen Gebhart because we all know he's a son of the desert
I've made the trip with a guy I had met in 2011 when I had been visiting South Africa (People Like Us Safari). I had met him on a boat when we were looking for white sharks and he organizes safari tours in South Africa, Namibia and Botswana (and maybe even in more places actually). With us, a very nice couple (an austrian guy and a south african girl) who admitted that they had never ever been looking so much for snakes in their entire life
We travelled by car covering around 5'000 km within 10 days and obviously, we've had the chance to see many beautiful places of Namibia such as Orange River, Fish River Canyon (2nd biggest canyon in the world), the Namib desert, Spitzkoppe (the Matterhorn of Namibia) and at the end, the national park of Etosha where we've seen to me the most exciting herp of the trip (at least, alive), a nice rock monitor eating snails 1 meter away from our car. We've also had the chance to witness lions mating there which was obviously also a highlight of the trip.
Now, here are some pictures to summarize that. Hope you'll enjoy and won't be as frustrated as I've been not to see living snakes in there
Landscapes