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CAPE CROSS SEAL COLONY
Duration approx. 5 hours.

We travel along the coast in a northerly direction and visit some salt-pans where Flamingoes can be seen. We continue along the coast and stop once more to take a closer look at the lichen-fields next to the salt-road. Afterwards we proceed to the Cape Cross seal reserve. Here in 1486 a Portuguese explorer named Diego Cao, the first European to set foot in Namibia, erected a stone cross in honour of King João II of Portugal. To-day there is a large colony of Cape Fur Seals which can be viewed at close quarters and is an experience of a lifetime. Since the introduction of legislation controlling the utilisation of seals in Namibia in 1922 the seal population at Cape Cross has increased to more than 250,000.

Our return journey to Swakopmund includes a short sightseeing tour of the small holiday resort Henties Bay. Henties Bay developed from a mere sprinkling of fisher huts into a very popular holiday resort within a few decades.

Prices as per attached Price-List.

Prices include refreshments/cold drinks.

Lunch packs can be ordered before-hand.

Flamingo
Cape Cross
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