The Water Monitor
Last week I wrote about the Rock Monitor and today I will chat about the Water monitor (Varanus niloticus) that is found in southern Africa. They’re apparently called monitors because they are good at...
Last week I wrote about the Rock Monitor and today I will chat about the Water monitor (Varanus niloticus) that is found in southern Africa. They’re apparently called monitors because they are good at...
2012 – The ‘year of the dragon’ according to Chinese astrology. The closest thing that southern Africa has to the dragon is the Rock monitor – a distant relative of the ferocious-looking Komodo Dragon...
What on earth inspired the title of today’s blog you may wonder. As always our research has lead us to some interesting information and in case you haven’t already guessed from the photo below,...
We had to stay in Windhoek over Christmas and New Year, which, to nomads like ourselves who enjoy being outdoors in nature, is tantamount to hell! However, a chance sighting of a Yellow mongoose...
One of the fun things about living in Namibia is that most lodges or rehabilitation centres have interesting animals, either that frequent the places for food or are being homed until they can be...
There are a number of tented lodges in Namibia that give guests the experience of camping, but on a more luxurious scale, with proper beds and usually a nice bathroom attached to the tented...
It’s sad when humans encroach on the habitat of wild animals and it’s not often that they can live side by side without conflict. Here, on the outskirts of Windhoek, we live beneath a...
I have to confess that I am known to hug beautiful trees. Not wanting to appear loopy, I usually first have a good look around to make sure that no-one is watching me! Namibia,...
Being avid hikers and birders, Rob and I spend many hours walking outdoors and a snake that we have come across a number of times in Namibia is the Horned Adder (species – Bitis...
You must have heard of the musical based on the comic book character Superman, with the words – “It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s Superman!” Well, here in Africa we have a new...
We’re planning a trip to the Erongo Mountains next week (one of our favourite spots in Namibia) and because of the rocky nature of the environment, we know we will come across the dassie,...
During the early evening of 15 June 2011, Namibian time, the respective orbits of the sun, moon and earth carried them into an alignment, with the earth sandwiched between its closest celestial neighbours, such...
Visit any of the game reserves in southern Africa and you are sure to see loads of buck of every description, especially impala and springbok. Whilst it’s great to see the common buck, it’s...
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