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Namibia

Photographs from Tom's recent trip to Namibia.

Cheetahs
There is an orphan family of cheetahs at the Bagatelle Kalahari Game Ranch, and one of the activities on offer is a chance to get close to them. They are a recognised site for cheetah conservation.
Love the pose!
Near Sossusvlei
We drove soon after sunrise as far as we felt comfortable in our 4x4 towards Sossusvlei - thankfully there is a better adapted dune vehicle that takes you the final distance. This was the scene while we were waiting for it.
Dead Vlei
The climate became hotter around 900 years ago cutting them off the river, and eventually it became too hot for them even to decompose.
Dead Vlei
Big Daddy Dune!
The famous Big Daddy dune!
Big Daddy Dune!
Wisely, I didn't try to reach the top - taking photographs was more sensible!
Hotel
Our hotel!
Car
Our car!
zebras
We were very excited seeing zebras on the roadside... but this was well before we got to Etosha. By the end of the week, we'd probably seen hundreds!
Hotel
Another incredible hotel setting.
Giraffe
On our way to the next hotel...
Elephant
The waterhole was a short walk from our (very basic) room.
Zebras
Giraffe
Impala
Impala
Zebra
Zebra
Elephant
Lion
This was fascinating to watch... and very tense. For a couple of hours, the lions clearly wanted the elephants out of the way, but neither wanted a fight.
Lion
Lion
Elephants
Elephants
Lion
Giraffe
Wildebeest
The wildebeest are coming!
Elephant
Elephants
Lions
These two lionesses eventually lay down just a few feet from our car window. I should probably have put it up sooner than I did.
White rhino
The seriously endangered white rhino.
Elephants
So we knew it was getting close to the time when we really had to be out of the park gates as it was starting to get dark, but looking up we saw the elephants coming!