Zeepaard Boat Tours, Karas Region, Namibia

5BoardingPass466887 5:00 PM Jul 12, 2022

Informative & entertaining boat tour, beautiful scenery
This tour out to Halifax Island with Heiko is like touring with your best teacher ever. We were so impressed by Heiko's extensive knowledge of nature, history, and the sea. Any question we asked him, he had an answer for. When we passed a grave on the shore, he rattled off the name, birth and death dates, and what was known about the guy's passing. He identified every bird we saw and told us about the different species and how to differentiate between them, as well as what their habits are. He had photos of the penguin population on Halifax before it was decimated by guano miners, and he told us lots of stories about what went on and why ("it was the wild West"). The waves were pretty high the day we were out, but we felt safe. He clearly knows what he's doing and has a wealth of experience (surfing, diamond diving, sailing, rebuilding his boat) to draw from. He stood up in the bow talking to us while the boat went up and down, and at one point even brought us hot tea/chocolate. We loved it and got lots of great photos, though not as close up to the penguins as we would have liked. Need a longer camera lens.

4Krzysztof K 5:00 PM May 15, 2017

Pleasant. Cold.
Nice boat ride. Positives: blankets, hot chocolate. Negatives: cold, wildlife far away, price may be slightly too much. Advice: if you've never seen penguins, seals or dolphins, then get all your warm clothes(seriously) and go. If you're on a tight budget; or have seen all these before, don't count on close encounters, you can skip it!