Namibia

Today we left Lüderitz behind us around 8h. The new destination was Hobas camp site at the Fish River Canyon; the huge and famous canyon in Namibia. Because I was tired of driving on gravel for long distances, we decided to drive on the tar road through Keetmanshoop; about 150km longer in distance but a … Continue reading »

We booked a tour to visit Kolmanskop at 11h. Kolmanskop is only 15km from Lüderitz so we could sleep long and do everything a bit slower. Kolmanskop is an old German ghost town in the desert. It used to be a diamond town, as there used to be plenty of diamonds in the area. When … Continue reading »

Last night was very cold. We had to make a big fire to keep us warm. In the dark some other people showed up, so at least we were not camping there alone. Today we had to drive another 250 km on gravel and 150 km on tar. Luckily the gravel was not so bad … Continue reading »

Today we woke up at 5h30. Because we were sleeping at Sesriem Camp, we had the privilege to enter Sossusvlei at 6h to go and see the sunrise. We drove to Dune 45 and saw the sun coming up. We took nice pictures of this amazing view. After this we drove to the car park … Continue reading »

After completely packing the car again (we took everything out for the car wash), we left Swakopmund. Our next destination: Sossusvlei, about 430km of which 400km of gravel roads. What a drive, driving 80-90 km/h on gravel roads for 400km. Sossusvlei is a valley in the middle of the desert. It is only reachable by … Continue reading »

Today I went to do some sandboarding and Hanne came along to take some pictures. Around 9h15 a mini-bus from Alter Action, the sandboarding company, picked us up at our apartment and brought us to the dunes. Immediately it became clear to me that we had to walk up the dunes instead of taking a … Continue reading »

Last night we slept very well; no cold and no mattress that goes flat every 2 hours. We slept long today (8h00). After breakfast we went to the centre of Swakopmund. We first went to the carwash. The car was very dirty and needed to be washed urgently. After the carwash we went to the … Continue reading »

Today we left early again (we are always up around 6h :p). After breakfast, packing our tent, a last quick look at the waterhole and some trouble with the GPS to findthe fastest route, we arrived around 13h in Swakopmund. This very nice town is situated at the coast on the western side of Namibia, … Continue reading »

Tuesday morning we left at the backpacker in Windhoek. The new destination was Etosha National Park, more in the north of Namibia.Etosha National Park is one of the world’s greatest wildlife-viewing venues. ‘Ethosha’ means ‘Great White Place of Dry Water’; this refers to the vast greenish-white Ethosha Pan, an immense flat, saline desert. To our … Continue reading »

After an early breakfast with free cinnamon pancakes offered here at the backpacker we started our walk through Windhoek. We went to the tourist office and got a map of the city. We then followed a walk explained in the ‘Go Namibia’ magazine which we got in South Africa. It took us from the city … Continue reading »