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        <title><![CDATA[Across Southern Africa]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[About life, work &amp;amp; fun in Hwange]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[On the way back to Opuwo]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 08 Dec 2019 10:23:43 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[It took us 3 days from the Kunene to reach Opuwo (and the end of our time in the wilderness...). We drove through to red drum and then down to Orupembe. From there, we crossed the mountains to Opuwo first going North than full East. The road D3703 was... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Kunene River]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 08 Dec 2019 09:45:24 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[All the way at the top of the Marienfluss flow the Kunene river. It forms the border between Namibia and Angola and is flowing year around. This years was no different, and despite the drought, serious water was still flowing towards the ocean. We spent... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Driving down the Marienfluss]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 08 Dec 2019 09:39:24 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Himba villages]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 08 Dec 2019 09:36:39 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The Koakovled is home to the Himba people, one of the last remaining nomad tribe. They are well-known for covering their entire body with ochre which give their skin and clothing a rich deep red red colour. They are very proud and beautiful people. They... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Arriving in the Marienfluss Valley]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 08 Dec 2019 09:28:19 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Kaokoveld drums]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 24 Nov 2019 14:21:21 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[One of the famous things to "see" in the Kaokovled are the drums. They are just drums of different colours marking key junctions and used as advertising boards by many companies. its of people also left their names there... Groendrom (17°49'19"S 12°09'11"E)... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Between Puros &amp; the Skeleton Coast]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 24 Nov 2019 13:48:55 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[From the Hoanib river, we drove to Puros through Ganias plains and Puros Canyon. We found some "serious" water still flowing in the Hoarusib river (we met people stranded with a wet engine...), nothing really bad but some deep crossings at time. We spent... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Hoanib river]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 24 Nov 2019 11:43:29 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The Hoanib river is famous for its desert adapted lions and elephants, Amspoort gorge where it reaches the Skeleton Coast NP dunes and its very very big acacia, see for yourself! View on the Hoanib river bed from a above Looking back into the Palmwag... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Palmwag, remote area]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 24 Nov 2019 11:32:09 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[It is possible to drive through the Palmwag concession from Palmwag camp in the South to the Hoanib river in the North. You'll need to buy a permit and pay for nights in the concession. There are several remote campsite in the concession (you'll be given... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Beautiful Palmwag (day area)]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 24 Nov 2019 11:19:37 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Palmwag is known for its desert adapted elephants population. It is a huge concession bordering the Skeleton Coast NP to the East. The camp at the entrance (now operated by Gondwana) offers campsites and chalets. It's a bit overpriced, at least for the... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Treat at the tented camp]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 17 Nov 2019 18:57:05 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Living with elephants ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 17 Nov 2019 18:08:12 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Elephants are really cool to spend the with but they can be super destroying as well... They just spent a few days near Andersson's camp, just 7 of them, and here are the damages... Andersson's pool The culprits And the damage... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[By the waterhole]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 06 Oct 2019 14:52:09 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Tall beauty Daily duiker! ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[A day trip to Etosha]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 06 Oct 2019 14:50:41 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Etosha NP is next door, so it's easy to take a day trip there! Into the dust... Typical Etosha Follow the trails to the water ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Golden kudus]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 06 Oct 2019 14:48:38 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[These 3 came to visit at the perfect time during the golden hours while I was sitting in the underground hide at Andersson's camp during our annual waterhole count... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Waterhole by night]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 06 Oct 2019 14:46:41 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Common duiker Scrub hare Someone is curious about the camera traps! ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[OTC's rock daisies and dassie rat]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 06 Oct 2019 14:44:42 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Ongava Tented Camp or OTC is located at the foot of a dolomite hill, and since they are so many rocks ad crevices around, this is a paradise for rock hyraxes or dassies (Procavia capsiens) and dassie rats (Petomus typicusl) A rock hyrax tuning himself.... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Kitty cats]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 06 Oct 2019 14:22:23 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Here are a few shots of our Ongava's lions... On a giraffe kill... What's there? Golden boy Not a happy lady Brother & sister ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Ongava's landscape]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 06 Oct 2019 11:18:11 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Between flat plains covered with Cataphractus and Mopane, rolling hills of sharp dolomite rocks, termite mounts of a diversity of colours, stromatolite rocks (one's of the earliest fossils)... Typical large Mopane tree, termite mount and sharp dolomites... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Ongava Research Centre &amp; Ongava Game Reserve]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[https://shumbafrica.eklablog.com/ongava-research-centre-ongava-game-reserve-a173568792]]></link>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 06 Oct 2019 10:49:46 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Since February 2019, I've been working as a resident scientist at the Ongava Research Centre (ORC) based on the Ongava Game Reserve (OGR) in Northern Namibia. OGR is boarding the southern side of Etosha National Park, just west of Andersson's gate (check... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[And there were 4!]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 06 Oct 2019 10:45:34 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Hi everyone! ShumbAfrica Safaris has been quiet but it doesn't mean nothing happened! I have organised a total of 4 trips (3 in Namibia, 1 in South Africa) until now, and I must say I like it! I was fortunate enough to have all my clients being extremely... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[2 days at the Spitzkoppe]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 27 Jul 2019 18:03:55 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[No need from much details on the location, this is my favourite place in Namibia and here is why... As the sun sets... Zodiacal lights! ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Time for new beginings]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2019 12:03:43 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Hello all, 2018 has been a very trying and difficult year for me and I was in much a hurry to see it end... But it turned out that December brought many good news and now 2019 is starting on a roll for me!! So first, the most important news. I am officially... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Total lunar eclipse (21 Jan 2019)]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2019 17:20:14 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[I was not in Africa for this eclipse but in my home town, Grenoble, France. And this was hell of a show that Mother Nature offered us! I didn't get nice shots of the 2 previous lunar eclipses I witnessed (in winter 2015 one in the Kalahari and in July... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[A bit of info about ShumbAfrica Safaris]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2019 14:33:50 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[As some of you might know, I'm currently turning an idea into reality. I have been thinking for a while about organising customised trips for people to come visit Africa since I know the place quite well by now... And this is how ShumbAfrica Safaris was... ]]></description>
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