Namibia - The Most Amazing Night Sky, But So Much More

Namibia was the first destination for my two-month-seven-country Africa trip, and maybe the one I was most excited about.

 

This part of the journey was organised by https://www.stefanliebermann.de, Sony Ambassador for Germany as a 12 day workshop in collaboration with Richard Morsbach, a local tour guide.

The trip was focused on astrophotography, as Namibia has some of the best dark skies in the world and the Milky Way was visible all night during new moon. We did however also have the opportunity to take some daylight cityscape, sunrise and sunset, wildlife, and landscape images.

Namibia is incredible and definitely a destination I’d come back to.  Read on to find out what you can see in this country, and the photos I captured to document it.


You can also head over to my Instagram (www.instagram.com/djflore) and check my Story Highlights for a bit of background info.


The Quiver Tree Forest

Our first destination after flying into Windhoek was the Quiver Tree Forest, north-east of Keetmanshop, where we arrived just in time for sunset after a 5h drive and lunch break.

Onwards

After a sunset, night, and sunrise at the Quiver Trees, we moved straight on to the next spot., Fish River Canyon for a night, and then into Lüderitz, one of the country’s most famous towns.

The Abandoned Town of Kolmanskoop

About 10km from Lüderitz you can find one of Namibia’s most popular destinations - a ghost village!

Onwards to Sossusvlei

After Lüderitz and the abandoned town, our next destination was the famous dunes of the Namib Naukluft National Park a bit further north of the country.

Swakopmund

To the northern end of the park lies this small city and its attractions.

The Spitzkoppe

or Africa’s Matterhorn, as they call it.

Etosha National Park

Our last destination was in the northern part of the country for some wildlife viewing.

Scroll through the gallery for some of the animals we captured during the 2 days.


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