Namib Desert Waterhole
Oryx, ostriches and jackals on a live webcam at a remote waterhole in the world's oldest desert.
About this view
A single waterhole in the Namib, the oldest desert on Earth, with a camera and a sound feed trained on it around the clock. In a landscape this dry, water is destiny: everything within kilometres eventually walks into this frame.
The regulars: oryx (gemsbok) with their fencing-foil horns, springbok, ostriches, jackals at dusk, and nights that belong to porcupines, hyenas and owls. The audio matters: approach footsteps crunch long before animals enter frame.
Namibia runs on UTC+2. Dawn (5:30–8 am) and the last two hours before sunset are busiest at the water; midday belongs to heat-haze and doves. The overnight infrared hours reward insomniacs with the desert's second shift.
