September 24, 2012

2012 Okavango Bird Count

A landmark bird count took place in July along the Okavango River. What made this count so unique, was the fact that it was the first […]
May 21, 2013

Namibia – River spotting

Text and photos by Peter Cunningham Since Namibia is a desert destination, most visitors do not stake too much importance on its rivers, although the country […]
March 25, 2025

A Love Letter to the Sandhof Lilies

These extraordinary flowers bloom only when nature grants them the perfect gift: rain, and lots of it. They don’t follow schedules or care about convenience. One day they’re there, standing proudly in shallow pools of water, delicate yet resilient, a sea of white and pink stretching into the distance. The next, they could be gone. If you hear they’ve bloomed, you don’t think twice— you go.
June 11, 2025

The Pan’s Pink Pilgrimage

Etosha National Park, renowned for its stark beauty and vast white salt pan, is also home to one of Africa’s most extraordinary and seldom-seen wildlife spectacles: the mass breeding of flamingos. In this shimmering and seemingly inhospitable expanse, both Lesser and Greater Flamingos have adapted to thrive, bringing colour, sound and movement to the landscape when seasonal rains transform the pan into a shallow lagoon.