LÜDERITZ BAY AND KOLMANSKOP
Kolmanskop - an era gone by! This ghost town near Lüderitz is fast being taken over
by the Namib desert, and life had moved to Lüderitz.
Angra Pequena - as this small coastal port was first known, a name given by
the Portuguese seafarer, Bartholomew Diaz, & later re-named Lüderitzbucht
in honour of the merchant/adventurer, Adolf Lüderitz.
A quiet, fairy-tale town today, Lüderitz - in conjunction with Kolmanskop - boasts one of
the richest chapters in Namibian history. History, not in normal politics or war, but politics &
war of a different kind - Diamonds!
What more can be said, all over the world and through the years, the mere word "Diamond"
created many things for many people - literally & figuratively. In the hot sands of the Namib
desert around Lüderitz & Kolmanskop, those things played themselves out in probably the
longest running human drama on the most unusual stage. Only Kolmanskop can re-enact it!
The few photographs on this page can only hint at the true Lüderitz and Kolmanskop, and
they are particularly relevant to those safaris in the Seven Wonders of Namibia collection,
that have Lüderitz and Kolmanskop included in the itinerary. With any luck, the wild Feral
horses of the southern Namib desert could be encountered en-route to Lüderitz.
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Feral horses View of Lüderitz Probably the most View over the bay
of the Namib from the bay photographed house from a local hotel
NOT the Scottish View from Examples from Kolmanskop
moors, Diaz Point the top
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