Lüderitz is a harbour town in south-west Namibia, lying on one of the least hospitable coasts in Africa. It's known for its colonial architecture, including some Art Nouveau work, and for wildlife including seals, penguins, flamingos and ostriches.
The town was founded in 1883 when Heinrich Vogelsang purchased Angra Pequena and some of the surrounding land on behalf of Adolf Lüderitz, a Hanseat from Bremen in Germany, from the local Nama chief Joseph Fredericks II in Bethanie. When Adolf Lüderitz did not return from an expedition to the Orange River in 1886, Angra Pequeña was named Lüderitzbucht in his honour.

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He somehow sneaked into our pick-up. He travelled with us. We discovered him behind the spare wheel when we took out our luggage at the end of our journey in Namibia. We called people from Windhoek zoo but he hid himself deeply in the car body when they tried to catch him. They finally succeeded. "A very poisonous Yellow Cobra; you lucky people", was their comment.
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The second largest canyon in the world and the largest in Africa. 160 km long, 27 km wide, 550 metres deep.

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