Long Drop

Into the Namib Desert (Luderiz to Walvis Bay)

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June 8th 2008
After some 1300kms drive from Cape Town we arrived at the Border between South Africa and Namibia (Noordoewer). A short interlude and we are through the Border controls. Namibian soil, we drive the B1 until the turnoff to the campsites on the Orange River (Gariep River). A goodnights rest and we start off early the next morning. The road is like a switch Back but we follow the D212. This lovely di ... read more

Africa » Namibia » Luderitz

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South Africa occupied the German colony of South-West Africa during World War I and administered it as a mandate until after World War II, when it annexed the territory. In 1966 the Marxist South-West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) guerrilla gr... ... read more