Flying Adventure: Namibia Tour – Day 7 (FYGL – FYTF):

For today, we have a short flight ahead of us. We will continue further up north to Twyfelfontein in the Damaraland.

Twyfelfontein means “fountain of doubt” or “uncertain spring”. It is the site of a small spring, which does not always produce water, in an otherwise extremely dry surrounding. He has not been able to find out where that little bit of water actually comes from. May be rain from 100 years ago somewhere far away.

But this little bit of water, might be the reason why this place has actually been inhabited by humans for over 6000 years, initially by hunter-gatherers and later by Khoikhoi, an ethnic group related to the Khoi San bushmen. It is home to ancient stone carvings and rock paintings, which are a declared World Heritage Site.

After arrival and check-in at Twyfelfontein Country Lodge, we thus head out to check the place out. After all, these stone carvings and rock paintings were the reason we added this stop to our tour.

The precision of these carvings is pretty impressive. More impressive even, some of the animals depicted could not have possibly lived in this area, which indicates that these people had already traversed across the region thousands of years ago.

From Twyfelfontein we proceed to visit the Burnt Mountain and the Organ Pipes.

The Burnt Mountain is part of a volcanic ridge in the Damaraland. The lava flow is 80 million years old on surrounding 200 million year old rock. A geologist could travel far back in time, long before humans existed. The Organ Pipes, next to the Burnt Mountain, are basalt columns which resemble the pipes of an organ.

It is then time to return to the lodge and relax for the next day. We will be heading further up north to the border with Angola.