Today we headed out to Luderitz on the way we were going to visit the old diamond mining town of Kolmanskop. Before reaching Kolmanskop we travelled though the private diamond lands in the Namib desert this is home to a population of wild horses. Without having to go to the specific viewing point we saw the horses up close and were even able to pet a feed one of them, it had a completely brown coat and a white sock on its left hind leg, we later found a picture of this same horse in a tour book.

After departing the horses, we shortly reached the Ghost town of Kolmanskop, where we received a tour explaining how the town worked and what the remaining buildings were. There was a hospital, power station, school, and meat house. there was even a recreational area for bowling.

There were several houses built for the wealthier inhabitants of the area, such as the architect mine manager, teacher, shop owner and the doctors. All but two of the buildings that were present could be explored the exceptions being the teachers house and the Power Station.

On exploring the buildings many animal tracks could be found from rodents to large mammals even several snake tracks were found, I also collected several feathers to add to my hat.

Someone found an endemic Chameleon by one of the buildings and called people over, it was mostly a dark brown with a yellow underside to its head. I took many photos of this fascination creature

After regrouping we once again set off to our next location, Diaz point this is a headland that faces out into the open Atlantic, the headland is where the desert meets the sea. Diaz point has a cross placed upon its summit to show where the first Europeans made landfall.
From Diaz point you could see a small rocky outcrop covered in Fur seals basking in the sun I snapped several phots of these before rock pooling with my mother finding start fish, small fish and urchins.

After observing the beautiful coastal vista, we would take a short trip to a hotel to try oysters, something I’d never done before, well I’m not a fan I’d rather have mussels anyway. Although the shells are very pretty may have kept mine from the tasting. Before departing to return to our hotel we sat out on the front and watched the sea I spotted a pair of Black oyster catchers perched on a nearby rocky outcrop.