episode description
Marlice, Rudie and their kids visit the Walvis Bay region on the West coast of Namibia to explore this desolate shoreline and meet some of the people who are experts in the fauna and flora there. First they visit Sandwich Harbor a saline wetland that was declared a wetland of international importance by RAMSAR in 1995. Near the wetland their guide shows Rudie and Marlice how to find fresh water in this seemingly dry terrain. Rudie and Marlice travel further north and meet up with Frikkie van Solms who shows Marlice the fascinating Welwitchia mirabilis plant, some of the specimens here are more than 2000 years old. Frikkie then takes them into the Messum crater, a massive geological feature caused by volcanic action, where he shows them the ancient and delicate lichen fields that occur on the Western slopes of the ridges inside the crater. Their last stop is in Walvis Bay where Pieter Pretorius, a tour guide and conservationist, takes them out on a boat to learn more about the marine life there. For Marlice and Rudie the West coast is definitely a place worth visiting.
