You might have reasonably wondered, after reading my last post (or was it three posts as I edited typos?), "Marian, what is a Tok Tokkie Walk?" A Tok Tokkie is a Middle-sized, desert-dwelling, black beetle that makes a call that sounds to us human like knocking on a door. "Tok Tokkie" is Afrikaans for … you guessed it… knock knock. You can see a photo below of a Tok Tokkie in a boot print in the red sand. You will notice he is not quite black. He has some waxy green substance on his back to reflect the sun.
Learning about how the animals and plants of the area -- a private reserve created by purchasing 20 neighboring ranches adjacent to the Namib-Nauklauft Reserve -- was a major part of our 11 km walk. Our very fine guide was Orlando Haraseb, pictured below discussing a "fairy circle" used as a nest by ostriches. He stood on the eggs to demonstrate their strength.
Off to drive from Swakopmund to Twyfelfontein to see the petroglyphs em route to Etosha.
More later.
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