A six-day field trip through three provinces of southwestern Angola (Huíla, Namibe and Cunene), starting and ending in the city of Lubango, with the purpose to observe some of the main sites of geological interest in this region of Angola, including “Fenda da Tundavala” (Tundavala Gap), Plateau of Lubango, waterfalls of Humpata, Serra da Leba (Mountain range of Leba), Iron Mines of Cassinga, volcanic rocks of Namibe and the Cunene Anorthosite Complex.

This field trip allows participants to visit the Tundavala Gap, a huge escarpment more than 1,000 m high and the Katchillwa Waterfall, on a quartzitic scarp at 2,200 m asl. On the second day, the destination is the carbonatites complexes of the Tchivira and Bonga Mesozoic alkaline massifs. On the third day, the visit will involve the Lubango-Cunene Anorthosite Complex, one of the world’s largest anorthosites Eco-construction of raw earth constitutes a real GeoHeritage of this region of Cunene. On the fourth day the destination is the iron mines of Cassinga, one of the five main iron mining zones of Angola.

In the fifth day, the itinerary is through Leba passage, a spectacular part of the Serra da Chela, towards the volcanic basic rocks of Namibe and an interesting paleontological site in Bentiaba. In the sixth day, the field trip will continue to the Namib Desert (UNESCO World Heritage Site), home of the ancient plant Welwitschia mirabilis, finishing at mineral sand deposits in the beautiful bay of Tombwa.

Field Trip Leaders: Isabel Duarte and Antonio Gonçalves                                          
Start/end: Lubango, Angola
Date: 6 days, 4^th to 11^thSeptember 2016
Price: USD 1100

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