On the way from Swakopmund to Windhoek, we stopped at the Erongo Mountains to visit the granite boulders at the Ameib farm and also have a look at some rock paintings at Philipp’s Cave. The farm has a campsite, so we stayed there for 2 nights. If you can, book their special bush camp between …
From the Kuiseb River we made our way north, past the Ganab waterhole to the Blutkuppe. The drive had some good and some bad parts, with corrugated pads and sandy river crossings. At the Blutkuppe we chose camp site no. 8, which was the last in the north before the deep sand started, something we …
From Sesriem we continued past Solitaire and crossed the Kuiseb River before we turned off the main road into the desert. Our destination were Mirabib and Homeb south of the C14 and later the Blutkuppe further north. Mirabib is an island mountain, where simple campsites are provided around the granite rock. The road to get …
From Aus we drove North taking the D707, which led us along the border to the Namib-Naukluft NP. We stopped at the Koiimasis Farm for 2 nights, before we continued past Betta to Sesriem, where we had to get our permit for the Namib desert. From the Koiimasis farm gate it were another 20 km …
Ten kilometres inland from the port town of Lüderitz lies Kolmannskuppe, a ghost town in the Namib desert, once a small but very rich mining village, until no diamonds were found here any more. In 1908, in what was then German South-West Africa, the worker Zacharias Lewala found a diamond while clearing the railway tracks from sand. Soon after, German miners began to exploit …
From Aus, it is a long drive through the desert until you reach the coast and the little town of Lüderitz. After we had stopped at the Garub Pan to look for feral horses, it was mostly sand we saw, until the first houses came into sight. South of the road it is diamond country …
From the Brukkaros crater we drove a fascinating route west to Helmeringhausen, a farm which serves as a rest stop, and further south to Aus, where we were lucky to see the feral horses of Namibia. We stopped in Aus, not at the Bahnhof Hotel, but at the campsite of Klein Aus Vista, a lovely …
Near Berseba, a very impressive crater stands out of the plain. We learned that it is not a volcano, but caused by an explosion. We went to explore it on a hike. The Brukkaros is over 650 metres taller than the surrounding area, and the crater floor lies 350 m below the rim. The mountain is …
From the Fish River Canyon, we came past the Norte Dam, where we stopped for the night, before we reached Keetmanshoop, the biggest town in the South of Namibia. We did some shopping here, but also went to the museum. In the afternoon we drove 40 kms further east to the Mesosaurus Fossil Camp. The …
From Aussenkehr we drove up through a desert like landscape until we reached Ai-Ais, the hot springs in the Fish River Canyon. After a hike through the canyon we could relax in the warm water of the spring. The next day we explored the upper part of the canyon with its breathtaking landscape. There is …
