Naukluft Preview

Okay, so this photograph isn't actually from Naukluft. We met up with the Cape Town Crew two nights before the hike started, and spent the day before the hike on an unexpected bonus day trip: Sessriem and the Sossusvlei dunes. Basically, without planning it, I got iconic dune photos as well as the exact photo on the cover of Lonely Plant: Southern Africa. Sweet deal! This is AH and I on top of one of the dunes.

The Naukluft Trail was mountainous, desert, and rocky. It was also stark, stunning, at times austere and at times voluptuous with colour and warmth.

Quiver Tree (Kokerboom)

Tree with social weaver bird nest.