A trek through the vast Sperrgebiet wilderness that will soon be opened to tourism reveals an abundance of flora and fauna, mountains, meteorite craters, pristine beaches, isles with names like Roast Beef Island — and swarms of killer bees.
Second of two parts
Trygve* Cooper, chief warden of the Sperrgebiet, Namibia's 26,000 sq.-km diamond fields, has wilderness in his blood. For more than 35 years he's been protecting it, loving it, and extolling its importance, and never has he been as happy as he is now, organizing the imminent proclamation of the Sperrgebiet as Namibia's latest national park.