Botany Of Namibia Tour Highlights

• Visit to Botanical Garden in Windhoek
• Waterberg Plateau Park
• Etosha National Park
• Damaraland
• Namib Desert - gravel desert
• Namib Desert - sand desert
• Fish River Canyon Environment
• Kalahari Desert

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• Different natural vegetation zones in Namibia
• Reference to endemic plants in Namibia
• User plants of Namibia
• Adaptation of plants
• Protected and endangered plant species
• Different vegetation zones of the deserts (Namib, Kalahari and Karoo)

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Endangered & Protective Species Tour Highlights

• Visit to the Africat Foundation near Otjiwarongo.
• Visit to Cheetah Conservation Fund.
• Etosha National Park.
• Damaraland – rhino tracking.
• Rock engravings at Twyfelfontein.
• Central Coast
• Walvisbay lagoon – coastal bird sanctuary
• Sossusvlei

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• Wild cats of Namibia.
• The important roll of Namibia in cheetah conservation.
• The important roll of Namibia in the conservation of the black rhinos.
• Protection of vultures in Namibia with special reference to the Lappetfaced vulture.
• Namibia as custodian of a large variety of fauna.
• Protected and endangered plant species in Namibia.

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Natural History Tour Highlights

• Windhoek City Tour including historical land marks, open markets, interaction between different cultures and street markets in Katutura.
• Namib Rand Private Nature Reserve.
• Namib Desert and its sustenance of live.
• Interesting plant and animal live of the Namib Desert.
• History and architecture of Swakopmund.
• Walvisbaai Lagoon as a wetland sanctuary for coastal birds.
• Salt mining south of Walvisbaai.
• History of Cape Cross and the seal colony.
• Rock engravings at Twyfelfontein.
• Grootberg environment as an example of successful conservancy.
• Etosha National Park.
• Otjikoto lake (sink hole in dolomite and limestone area)
• Mining town of Tsumeb, including the museum.
• Cheetah conservancy near Otjiwarongo.

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• The origin and development of Windhoek.
• The creation of the Namib Desert.
• Fauna and Flora of the Namib Desert with reference to specific examples.
• The roll of the ephemeral rivers (dry rivers) in the Namib Desert.
• History of the central coast settlements.
• The origin of the Etosha National Park and its future.
• Conservation in Namibia.
• The pillars of the economy of Namibia.
• Water management in Namibia.
• Migration of people to Namibia.

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Star Gazing Tour Highlights

• Depending on the time of the year the following can be seen in the night sky:
  • Orion
• Southern Cross
• False Southern Cross
• Planets
• Taurus
• Gemini
• Scorpion
• Canis Major
• Canis Minor
• Capella (a northern star visible in Namibia during a few months during the year)

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• How to determine directions with the help of the Southern Cross and Orion.
• Origin of Sossusvlei and environment.

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