indwe magazine - april 2010 - wolwedans
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oceans[ nam i b ia]
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of sandever wondered what it would be like to getlost in your own private desert sanctuary?
Words and photography by scott smith
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NamiRan Natr Rsrv isa v-or riv rom tNamiian apital, Wino. Asw pass t sin or it, t roaoms mpy an tlansap wilr. Atr travllinor mils tro solat, roytrrain, w s t rst ints o
san ns littrin on t orion an inlosr, ry, rown rasslans on itr si. Wvntally trn o an sna aron t Losrpa on or way to t srt saari amps o tWolwans rsrvation. T talin in t ar ialsown rom xit attin to sort, wisprWows or Oos at t xpans an aty o tsnry, wi ovrwlms or snss.
T NamiRan Natr Rsrv, rat in 1984,
is amainly wll pt. Its a li to say so, t itsvirtally nto. Its a yon, privat rsrvwit limit ns, t t manamnt is spr.
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It sows no sin o its prvios li as a sris osp arms.
NamiRan is onsir to t larstprivat onsrvation ara in sotrn Aria an, Isspt, t wol o Aria. Masrin at st lsstan 180,000 tars, its . It sars a100m-lon orr wit t Nami-NaltNational Par to t wst, so t masti lansap
r strts ot ntil it laps on t sors o tAtlanti Oan som 120ms away.
T lansap is ivrs: srt, smi-srt,savanna an ns allatr. Most o t ns,owvr, ar ovr in ary-rown rass as oxtnsiv rain ovr t pastopl o yars. Wr, onwonrs, ar t am rns o t NamiRan?S ampl rainall rins
AT juST LeSSThAN 180,000hecTAReS,
NAMIbRANd IS huge
The mysteriousfairy circles are aspecial geological
feature of the area
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om rom or ow ty ar orm. Sstionsran rom trmits, mtor sowrs, nrronas vnts an animal st ats. For a onation oN$500 to t NamiRan consrvationFonation, yo an aopt on.
To ta all o tis slim natr in, op in a 4x4,it t iin trails or ta a ot-air alloon trip atawn an li ovr t risin rrnts. Its t stway to ta in t snry an soar wit t irs tr ar mor tan 100 spis r. I yo visitnary Sosssvli, to t nort, at awn, yoll ssptalar yllows, rs, las, inios anrnin oran olors onin o t larstns in t worl.
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NamiRan is ma p o 13 ormr sp arms,wi as to onomially vial atr arot in t 1980s. In 1984, t onr o t
rsrv, Ai brnr, onvin is niorstat ontroll torism an willi manamntwas t way to o. T ns am own, livstowas sol an t NamiRan Natr Rsrv wasorn. All t ownrs av sin a onstittion osorts to nsr t prottion o t ara or nowan into t tr. It wasnt lon or Ais son,Stpn, av p a i-yin arr as asinssman an st ot to rat a sris o saariamps in t ns o Wolwans, is avorit ot arms.
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mor animals to ra annoy t lay trs or sa.Tr ar tosans oanimals in t rsrv oryx,ra, ostri, ira,mso, Arian wilat,cap ox, lipsprinr,aoon t yo wont n
t bi Fiv r. (For tat,a to t caprivi rion in t nort o tontry.) Trs also n a ssslintrotion o lopars in an attmpt to oost tirlinin nmrs. Ty tn to p to t rosan rarly vntr ovr t savanna, spiallyrin t smmr monts, t w i isovr arnt ill on on o or am rivs, ar away romtowrin Losr an t Ni montain ran.
A spial oloial atr o t ara ar tmystrios san irls, nown as airy irls, tatot t lansap. No on rally nows wr ty
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The elevated pool atDunes Lodge
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dn camp, wi slps a maximm o 12sts, was ilt in 1994. T latst, bolr camp,wi aommoats it popl, was ompltin 2007. ea amp is ilt aorin to o-rinly stanars st ot y Stpn brnr.Most o t alts anvas tnts nas y awoon sll ar ilt on pols sn 1.5m into tron. All t alts ar sin to
ismantl asily, so i a amp as to los orany rason, itll lav no tra on t ns.
T spaios rooms av n rnislantly an omortaly, an t s isin int amps is o an xptionally i stanar,wit mals atrin slnt am mat, loalvtals, n wins rom aron t worl analos ssrts. M o t oo is oo yraats o Wolwans xllnt Wino-as ooin sool, t Namiian Institt oclinary eation, st p in 2007.
Trs no ttr way o ronin o a ay at
Wolwans tan to t into a n innr an sitaron t r at dns Lo an av a i tllyo storis o t Nami popl or tr wrplans, ofs an lit polltion. T starainan asoltly aw-roppin, an i yo linlin, yo an slp otsi on t s. Trsrvation will soon orin a ompltslp-ot xprin, wit lxrios s loat
in a sl part o t rsrv, wr sts ansnoo in t rat wi opn wit notin twntm an t lmnts xpt a vt. Tal aotin at on wit natr
The mysteriousfairy circles are aspecial geological
feature of the area