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Extraordinary NAMIBIA Extraordinary NAMIBIA Prst Std U.S. Postage Paid Putney, VT Permit 1 ExtraordinaryExtraordinary NAMIBIANAMIBIA October 15 – November 1, 2009 (18 days) ® Where elephants walk on sand... explore the wonders of Namibia with The Explorers Club. ® Dear Traveler, The Explorers Club Travelers is excited to offer a new program this fall to explore the cultural and natural wonders of Namibia with Dr. Hu Berry. This is an opportunity to discover for yourself the wild beauty and cultural history of a vast, ancient land in the company of an expert—with university degrees in entomology, ornithology, zoology, and ecology, Dr. Berry’s background enabled his 33-year career in wildlife conservation in Namibia. Namibia, despite a population of less than two million, is comprised of eleven ethnic groups, each of which contrib- utes to the rich tapestry of customs, languages, and ways of life that make Namibia so intriguing. You will begin your adventure with two nights in the capital city, Windhoek, before driving south to Rehoboth. There you will learn about the Rehoboth Basters, a fiercely proud and independent people who are the descendants of a group of farmers of mixed European and Khoisan blood. Drive to the Namib Desert, thought to be the oldest desert in the world. Beautifully shaped dunes such as those in Sossusvlei are common in areas where abundant sand allows prevailing winds to become the sculptors of the dunes’ contours. While there you will enjoy two nights at the elegant Le Mirage Desert Lodge and Spa. From Swakopmund, where you will spend three nights, take a private plane up the Skeleton Coast for a full-day excursion to Opuwo, where you will examine the incredible geography and wildlife from safari vehicles and learn about the local Himba people. Head north to Twyfelfontein, site of one of the largest and most spectacular collections of petroglyphs in the world. The gigantic rock canvases display engravings of exceptional quality depicting a range of animals, patterns, and circles. Drive to Etosha National Park and the huge, flat Etosha Pan for two full days of game-viewing. Time spent at one of the local waterholes is like watching a wildlife play unfold, with a cast of animals emerging herd by herd out of the haze and heading toward the water to drink. Continue east to Bushmanland, an area rarely visited, where you will spend two nights in a specially-prepared camp. Experience the Bushmen’s language, laced with clicks, and their way of life that is perfect in its adaptation to raw nature. The Bushmen never kept livestock or cultivated crops—with their sharpened hardwood digging sticks, they find water, hunt, and live off of indigenous plants. Explore the area in the company of a !Kung Bushman to learn about their superb tracking and hunting skills. Enjoy a final tour night near the Waterberg Plateau, where the thorn bush savannah contrasts vividly with the area’s red sandstone and the plateau provides a natural haven for wildlife. Visit the Cheetah Conservation Fund, where an Education Centre encourages you to learn about cheetahs, their habitat, and issues of conservation. I hope that you will seize this special opportunity to explore Namibia with Dr. Berry—the group will be comprised of no more than 20 travelers, so space is limited and there is just one departure. Contact the Explorers Club Trav- elers office at (800) 856-8951 or [email protected] to make your reservations today. Sincerely, Daniel A. Bennett President The Explorers Club® ® Extraordinary NAMIBIA October 15 - November 1, 2009 (18 days) Discover the wonders of Southern Africa’s best kept secret with the Explorers Club Travelers. WILDLIFE & NATURAL WONDERS Game view in Etosha National Park, home to over 100 mam- mal species including lions, cheetahs, leopards, elephants, gi- XPLORERS LUB E C xxxxxxxxxxx raffes, zebras, black-faced impalas, and the rare black rhino, as LECTURER & HOST well as some 340 species of birds. Dr. Hu Berry retired as Senior Scientist at the Ministry of Visit the Walvis Bay wetlands, which are among the ten most Environment and Tourism, Namibia. A native of South Af- important coastal wetlands in Africa and support up to 80,000 rica, he trained as an entomologist and zoologist at Pretoria birds in summer and 68,000 in winter, plus take a boat ride to University, worked for the South African Bureau of Standards see the area’s dolphins. testing pesticides, and settled in Namibia at the age of 30. For Journey by private plane up the Skeleton Coast, which covers the next 33 years Dr. Berry worked for Namibia’s previous approximately four million acres, to the frontier town of government and the current Ministry of Environment and Opuwo, in one of Namibia's most scenic regions, where desert- Tourism as an ornithologist, chief biologist, Control Warden dwelling elephants, rhinos, and giraffes roam. of Etosha National Park, and chief biologist of Namib Desert Explore the Namib Desert’s picturesque Sossusvlei Dunes— National Park. Dr. Berry has done detailed studies on flamin- some of the highest in the world—and Sesriem Canyon, a gos, pelicans, cormorants, wildebeests, and lions, among oth- deep, narrow sandstone fissure carved by the Tsauchab River. ers; and his 15 years as biologist and warden in charge of Etosha enabled him to experience firsthand the cycles of African wild- Visit the Cape Cross Seal Reserve, a breeding colony whose life. His career in the conservation of Namibia's wildlife cul- population of Cape fur seals fluctuates between 80,000 and minated in his being made responsible for the Namib Research 260,000. Institute, a research station set in the heart of the Namib Desert. CULTURAL & HISTORICAL TREASURES Dr. Berry has trained tour guides at the Namibian Academy See the superb rock engravings at Twyfelfontein, where more of Tourism and Hospitality, and is himself qualified as a Badge than 3,000 petroglyphs of animals, human hand- and foot- III (Specialist Guide) on the Namib, Etosha, ornithology, prints, and animal tracks were chiseled into giant boulders. fauna, and ecology. He was nominated for the prestigious Paul Morrison Guide Award 2006 by Wanderlust Publications Experience Bushmanland (Odjozondjupa), where we take part (Windsor, U.K.), aimed at recognizing the world's best guides in traditional San (who are more popularly known as Bush- for enriching the travel experiences of tourists. Dr. Berry is men) activities, including collecting bush foods and making completely at home in the Namibian wilderness and will share traditional crafts, and enjoy a traditional dance performance. with you his experiences and understanding of the way in which Tour historic cities and towns including Windhoek, the capi- its unique and fascinating natural system functions. He lives tal of Namibia, and Swakopmund, with their vibrant combi- in Swakopmund with his wife Cornelia, a botanist and author nation of African and Western cultures and historic architec- with whom he has two sons, and he still writes management ture. plans for Namibia's parks and training programs for guides, Learn about a fascinating ethnic group known as the Basters, while also undertaking other special jobs such as leading our who carved their own free republic in Rehoboth in 1870, hold- Explorers Club Travelers tour. ing on to their land even through the apartheid era. ITINERARY Days 1 & 2: Thursday & Friday, backgrounds of Namibia’s indigenous Day 6: Tuesday, October 20 October 15 & 16, 2009 people, and its Director will meet with our Namib Naukluft Park Home / Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA group and introduce us to the collections. Set out early this morning on an excur- Depart home on independent flights to Following a traditional lunch at Joe’s Steak sion into the Namib Desert to visit the Johannesburg, South Africa. Arrive on Day House, drive out to one of the city’s town- Sossusvlei Dunes, reputed to be the high- 2 and transfer independently to our air- ship areas and meet with local residents. est in the world. The best time to visit is port hotel. Overnight at the Garden Court The contrast with the colonial center is early in the morning, when the color trans- Airport Hotel. marked. Also meet with the female formation of the dunes is at its peak. This founders of a successful local design busi- unique parting of the southern Namib's Day 3: Saturday, October 17 ness that encourages the use of traditional great sand-sea has probably been main- Johannesburg / Windhoek, NAMIBIA designs and fabrics and employs local resi- tained over the millennia by the action of Fly to Windhoek this morning and trans- dents. (B,L,D) the Tsauchab River and the wind. We walk fer to the Heinitzburg Hotel, originally up the dunes to experience the splendid commissioned by Count von Schwerin as Day 5: Monday, October 19 views. Continue on to the Sesriem Can- an elegant stone castle for his fiancée Windhoek / Rehoboth / yon, a narrow fissure in the sandstone that Margarethe von Heinitzburg in 1914. The Namib Naukluft Park is 100 feet deep in places and carved by hotel offers splendid views across Drive south today to Rehoboth, which was the Tsauchab River. Return to our hotel Windhoek and the surrounding Khomas home to a group known as the Basters, a this afternoon and enjoy time at leisure. Hochland. This afternoon begin a gentle mixed race of Khoi-Khoi and Dutch (B,L,D) exploration of Windhoek, capital of people who originated in South Africa and Namibia. Windhoek derives its name from settled in Rehoboth in 1870, driving off Day 7: Wednesday, October 21 the Khoi word khomas, meaning “hilly or the local Herero and Nama clans and carv- Namib Naukluft Park / Walvis Bay / mountainous terrain,” and the German ing out their own free republic.
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