Although Namibia is more famous for being the home of the Namib much of eastern Namibia is covered by the Kalahari Desert. The Kalahari is not a true desert as it receives too much rain(!), it is actually a fossil desert.

Do not expect to find the tall sand dunes associated with the desert, the landscape is more one of golden grass and small red dunes.

It comprises both windblown sand and, in the north, sand from river deposition. The sandy soil soaks up any rain even in the wetter north and east, so that surface water is rare.

The area surrounding Pokweni consists of large farms specializing in sheep it has a truly unique atmosphere with herds of Gemsbuck and Springbuck, Ostriches, Eland, squirrels, and many more share this beautiful but arid area together with the local sheep the Dorper Ooi.

The area is crossed by long red dunes which run from north west to south east in between the dunes are clay pans which occasionally flood with water after heavy rains. Only in recent geological history, 10 to 20,000 years ago, were the dunes stabilised through vegetation.

The Copper Red sand masses were created by the erosion of soft stone formations. The wind shaped the sand ridges, which are so typical of the landscape in the Kalahari.