Exploring Namibia's North

A sandbar extending from the shore into Sandwich Bay, part of the reason the harbour is so sheltered from the rough Atlantic Ocean

“You’re going to Namibia in November?”
There’s usually an aspect of incredulity accompanying the above comment when I tell people that I’m off to lead a workshop in Namibia in November. Most photographers tend to associate shooting in Namibia as a winter or late summer early autumn experience. The former for the night skies and the incredible Milky Way opportunities and the latter for the late summer rains. Both are excellent times of year to visit this amazing country, but November can be as good.

First off, November is usually the start of the rains in Namibia. This means for dramatic cloudy sunsets, rain dumps and long dawns. Secondly, It isn’t nearly as hot as December through to February (although it can reach the mid 40’s centigrade in some places) which is what most travellers think when you tell them you are heading there in November. Thirdly, it’s the start of the tourism low-season, so you get fewer people at the top photographic locations. This has served us well for several years on our ‘Composing the Dunes’ workshop which runs in the south of the country.

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