Where we went. We drove 1700 km in Namibia over 23 days
Cape Town and Table Mountain
Cape Town from Table Mountain. In the background is Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 18 years
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Cape Town
An African penguin at Simon's Town, on the Cape
An ostrich at the Cape of Good Hope
The Stellenbosch district near Cape Town is famed for its wine and scenery
Dogs of Stellenbosch. Finley (front) and friends were fine company at Zebra Cottage
Quiver trees at Quiver Tree 'Forest', Namibia
Giant's Payground, Namibia. Huge dolerite boulders stacked and strewn like toy blocks
Birds' nests in a quiver tree. They are built by weaver birds and can house hundreds of birds
Somewhere near Fish River Canyon, Namibia
Fish River Canyon, from Fish River Lodge
Fish River Lodge, perched on the edge of Fish River Canyon
Sunset, Fish River Lodge
Springboks at sunset, Fish River Lodge
Fish River Canyon
A gemsbok near Fish River Lodge
Dias Point near Luderitz
Accountant's house at Kolmanskop ghost town, once a rich German diamond mining town
Desert sands are slowly taking over many of Kolmanskop's buildings
Lesser flamingos near Luderitz. They're the smallest of the flamingo family
A greater flamingo (taller, less pink than lesser flamingos) at Gross Bucht near Luderitz
Flamingos near Luderitz
Somewhere near Aus
Somewhere south of Sossusvlei
Deadvlei, a clay pan with ancient dead trees and surrounded by huge sand dunes
The trees of Deadvlei are over 600 years old. They don't decompose because it's so dry
Deadvlei
Cassie powers ahead on the long climb up 'Big Daddy', which towers 350m above Deadvlei
The view over Deadvlei from the top of 'Big Daddy'
Running down 'Big Daddy' into Deadvlei was more fun and a lot quicker than the climb up
Desert ballet at Deadvlei
Solitaire rest stop is home to a great collection of car wrecks
Birds at Walvis Bay
Flamingos at Walvis Bay
Seals at Cape Cross, one of the largest brown fur seal colonies in the world. It's an amazing sight, but the smell is horrendous
There are around 100 000 seals in the colony. They appear to spend most of their time asleep
There were occasional domestic disputes
Namibia's Dead Sea. Floating in the very salty waters of this old flooded tin mine in the desert was great fun
A local told us we might see elephants in this river valley...
Our first elephant. At 30 metres he flared his ears and lunged forward. Close enough
Only one narrow track out and two elephants blocking our way. They eventually moved aside and we crept past, but one started coming at us, so we fled
Zebras at Etosha National Park. Remaining wildlife photos were all taken at Etosha
A giraffe at Etosha. The acacia's thorns aren't a problem for the giraffe's leathery tongue
One of several female lions in a pride by the road. Best to stay inside your car at Etosha
Wildebeest
We saw about ten rhinos. They were most likely all black rhinos, which are far more common in Etosha than white rhinos
Another black rhino. There are fewer black rhinos than white rhinos in Africa (but more in Etosha). They're the same colour and not so easy to tell apart
Zebras, giraffes and elephants were far more common than rhinos
This male lion lazing near a waterhole was the only male we saw
Leopards are hard to spot, but we were lucky to see this one
A black-backed jackal
Better to get a flat tyre on the way to the airport than in Etosha with the lions. We were grateful for help from passersby
On our final night in Africa we watched the Wallabies get crushed by the Sprinkboks in Johannesburg
