For those who survive its harshest interval, Etosha becomes, once again, a Living Eden. The searing Namibian desert and the frigid Atlantic sea meet along this 1200-mile strip of land off the southwestern coast of Africa. Here, the basic elements of the earth exist in paradoxical extremes. Namib, the hottest of lands, is obscured in mist created by the Benguela, one of the coldest of ocean currents. The inhabitants of Eden Namib have adapted superbly to this tortuous climate.
Lizards swim through sand, snakes surf the sand dunes, beetles race over miles of desert.
You will be surprised by many of the creatures who call this desiccated landscape home. Reputed to have been a vast lake, the channel appeared in 1957, and then mysteriously began to vanish again in 1982. The footage is exceptional. I have visited Okavango region in 1995, and in my opinion, Tim Liversedge really captured the essence and magic of the place. It almost makes you feel being physically present on location while watching this documentary.