This morning we signed up for a guided tour of the Namib Desert. We were driven by our guide in a 4 x 4 into the nearby desert for a very interesting and informative morning. The coastal dune belt may seem barren and lifeless, but in fact it is alive with a fascinating variety of little desert adapted animals, which are able to survive on the life-giving fog which consistently rolls in from the cold Atlantic Ocean.

The transparent Namib Dune Gecko (Pachydactylus rangei) with webbed feet that are used to walk and dig in soft dune sand.

This is  a legless Lizard (Fitsimmon’s Burrowing Skink).

Sand Diving Lizards (Meroles Anchieta) that dance on the hot sand.

The photo on the left was what our guide spotted (those are eyes at the surface) and when disturbed this is what emerged, a Sidewinder Snake (Perinquey’s Adder).

Nearby  he also located these, and I promise you none of us ever would have known they were there. (a little disturbing)

This little fellow changed colour and his size when he was fed a mealy worm.

You have to watch where you step this is another very poisonous resident of the desert.