April 15th:
Walvis Bay is located at the northern end of Namibia. We left the ship to take a wildlife cruise on Walvis Bay. As we were waiting for our tour boat to arrive the tour group ahead of us headed out for the tour with a couple of extra passengers. If you look between the two Yamaha outboard motors you will see two seals attempting to board the boat.
We were not ignored by the local inhabitants. Shortly after leaving port one young one and one half year old seal boarded our catamaran tour boar. He (we were told only males will attempt a free lunch aboard a boat) grabbed an early lunch before returning to find another tour boat.
Our second seal visitor was an older male nicknamed Popeye by the ship’s crew. He stayed longer, ate more fish, and for a while didn’t want to leave. The crew member even lured him toward the edge of the boat but wouldn’t follow the the fish that were thrown over the side.
Seals weren’t our only visitors looking for a handout. A black cormorant landed on the boat railing and got several fish for the effort.
Besides an abundance of seals and and a few cormorants, we saw a number of small dolphins, but were unable to photograph them. To finish off our wild life cruise, the harbor area had large numbers of pelicans.
Craft stalls were located at the pier and these two local tribal women (not sure which tribe) posed for photos for $1.00. Yes they were bare breasted and the baby was naked, but Anne chose a modest pose for her image.
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