Expedition Medicine are very excited at being able to offer a comprehensive course for all those medical professionals responsible for clients, patients or team members in a desert environment.  The course aims to introduce participants to the skills required to be a valuable member of a desert expeditionary team, and to care for and treat injuries and illnesses likely to occur in this fascinating environment.

Our Desert Medicine Course is based in Damaraland, an area bounded to the south by the spectacular Namib Desert, to the east by the Kalahari, Ovamboland to the North and the world famous Skeleton Coast to the west. Overshadowed by Namibia’s highest and most impressive peak, Brandberg – which means ‘burnt mountain’ and whose Omukuruvaro name more aptly means 'mountain of the Gods'and whose massive bulk covers over 650 km² and with its peak Königstein at a height of 2573 m. Our training area is a natural reserve for specially adapted desert elephants and rhinos, which we hope to see during our week long stay. The top of the mountain is a large, flat area, that due to its height and inaccessibility, has been largely isolated from the surrounding countryside. This inaccessibility has created a unique ecological area, in which it is suspected, new species are yet to be found.

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