This exciting last day started with visiting a settlement of the nomadic Himba People. A great priviledge to have the opportunity to visit such unique people who continue to live in almost complete isolatation and in a tradional unchanged tribal lifestyle. We know that such tribal people are increasingly endangered in upholding their places and their identities in our developing world against the tides of the globalisation and modernisation. A reason why the Himba are one of these twenty nine unique peoples in the world which photographer Jimmy Nelson has included in his already famous book "Before they pass away". That we got the permission to take photos made this priviledge all the more special.

Another highlight that last day was water. Being in the desert the least one imagines is making a boat trip. We did just that on the perennial Kunene border river between Namibia and Angola. A lavishing artery of water, lush green jungle and, expectedly, full of (wild)life. And then ......we flew back all the way to Windhoek with just a desert stopover for lunch, spiced up with some geology of intriguing rock formations.

An amazing journey of just four days that seemed endlessly beautifull in its vistas. Flying, driving and walking through it in high and low gears. Exploring a deceivingly 'empty' desert world that, on the contrary, is full of wonders.  Seeing and feeling the desert's  'heart beat', dictated by the powers of sun, wind and water. Imagining the lifes of vanished ancient hunter people. And, last but not least, having the mind travel back and forth hundreds of millions of years of geological time, seeing a fascinating time-lapse 'movie' of the landscaping evolution of its mountains, plains, dunes and rivers and ....ever present life.

Thank you Henk and Helga for being our guides and guards, pilots and drivers and, above all, .....hospitable and warm safari companions!