Blogs from Namibia, Africa

AFRICA - OUR CARAVAN CONTINUES Of course, I knew Africa was vast, but our daily travel confused me. There were no street signs and few cities or towns. We drove for days on unimproved roads, mere sandy tracks. Our trip could be an episode of "Where's Waldo?" or "Where in Africa is Carmen Sandiego?" I was surprised by the constantly changing terrain. There were game drives through Etosha National Park in Namibia. Herds of animals grazed the flat, grassy plain. Then, huge granite domes rose out of the desert at Spitskoppe. We watched a dramatic sunset on a walk to Sossusvlei over the world's highest sand dunes. And we even visited the wild and rocky shore of the South Atlantic. During our two days in Etosha, we stayed in a campground with a floodlit waterhole where ... read more

Here we are, the last entry of a stunning long week in Namibia. We spent a night in Windhoek as we had to do the Covid test. So drop the big car for a smaller one. Next, drove to play the best golf course in Namibia, I name Omeya. Not cheap compare to South Africa, but beautiful place 30kms South of the capital. Not much to write about a crappy hotel. Dinner may have been in the number one spot by tripadvisor...we did eat way better in Walvis Bay and Swakopmund. The drive from Walvis Bay from Etosha took us a good 6 hours. Most of the road is actually tar which was not really expected. We crossed very few villages where here you feel really in the middle of nowhere. 10km before reaching Etosha....the Fortuner ... read more

Here it is, one more little trip. This is the first visit to Namibia for Tanya. I have visited once nearly 10 years ago and always wanted to come back. It is also my 7th country visited in 2021, not too bad in regard of the current worldwide situation. PCR test done, here it is a little easier as they do not apply the 72 hours rule, but rather the 7 days rule. The country has also entered their third wave, the same we have in South Africa. But Namibia is pretty easy as there is very little social contact without mask due to the few people living outside of the capital. I will publish three blogs on this little big week trip. We first spent some time for a little of golf and shopping/food in ... read more

Taking Route C14 we commenced our drive towards the remotest point of our Namibia journey, actually of our entire journey in Africa. Sossusvlei is a salt and clay pan surrounded by high red dunes, located in the southern part of the Namib Desert, in the Namib-Naukluft National Park. The name "Sossusvlei" is often used in an extended meaning to refer to the surrounding area, including other neighboring vleis such as Deadvlei and other high dunes, which is one of the major visitor attractions of Namibia. The name Sossusvlei is of mixed origin and roughly means "dead-end marsh". Vlei is the Afrikaans word for "marsh" or "field", while "Sossus" is Khoisan spoken by the nama tribe here, and means "no return" or "dead end". Sossusvlei owes this name to the fact that it is an endorheic drainage ... read more