Namibia

Namibia is located in the south-western part of Africa and was known as “southwest-Africa” for quite a while. It has a population of about only 2.1 Million people and an area of 824’292 square kilometres or 82’429 hectare.

Namibia is one of the most fascinating and diverse countries in the world and a number one travel destination. It’s best known for it’s high red dunes in Sossusvlei, the beautiful Namibia desert, the huge Etosha Nationalpark and many other. It’s the only country in the world, were dunes that high meet with the ocean. All in all it’s a very harsh environment, especially the southern part of the country, but especially in the north eastern part that changes dramatically. There it borders to north eastern Botswana as well as Zambia and starts getting really green and water rich with an abundance of wild animals of all kinds -fantastic for fishing, birding, boat trips etc.

Marco of Wild&Untamed is travelling this beautiful country since 2006 on a regular basis, while Melanie joined him 2014 for the very first time. Since then we visited Namibia almost on a yearly basis, sometimes even twice a year to see it in the different seasons.

Marco is offering 14 day Herping trips to Namibia for interested parties (max. 8 people). This means instead of looking for the Big 5, we are seeking for the smaller, more elusive & overlooked animals like reptiles, spiders and scorpions. The focus usually is on the fantastic variety of snakes Namibia has to offer like black Mamba, different Cobra or Viper species. If you are interested in these kind of animals, please do not hesitate to contact us. It’s a very safe way to get as close as safely possible to some of the most incredible and venomous snakes in Southern Africa. While Marco is making sure you get the most out of your photo- or videography in a snake friendly way, his local friend and snake expert Francois is more focused on spotting the snakes, explaining their biology and making sure all participants are following the safety rules of @Herping Namibia

These trips are usually taking place in December/January, because that’s basically peak season of the snake activity.