Our second tour from Swakopmund was an excursion by boat, to visit the animals which live in the lagoon of Walvis Bay, a big natural bay with calm sea. Pelicans and seals are used to the boats and visit them to get their share of fish. A pleasure for the guests to get to see …
In Swakopmund we went first on a “Living “Desert” tour, where they show you all the creatures, who live in the sand dunes. The area around Swakopmund is the Dorob National Park, to protect this fragile ecosystem where every car beside the path would destroy some little plant or animal living in the sand. We …
The Spitzkoppe is just such an incredible fascinating mountain, standing on a flat plain, beautifully formed by erosion, that it is included in every Namibia trip. Luckily the area is so big, that you can find a secluded campsite, even when it is full with tourists. After doing some climbs around the Spitzkoppe, they decided …
From the Brandberg, we made our way past Uis to the very well known Spitzkoppe. We met Richard there, a professional climbing guide, who will do some rock climbing with the kids. We will watch them with a cold drink in one hand. The Spitzkoppe has a beautiful campsite spread around this giant mountain, organised …
We drove south from Etosha, heading to Brandberg, the highest mountain of Namibia with the Königstein (2573 metres high). At the Brandberg White Lady Camp we had a nice lunch next to the pool and the cactus garden, before we drove with our “escort vehicle”, the Toyota of our son, which is much better suited …
After our 4 days in Etosha, we reached Kamanjab, where we refilled the cars and went shopping to stock up again. We didn’t want to go any further that day, so we went to the Porcupine campsite nearby. The owner of the farm had the porcupines living in the area gotten used to being fed …
The place to see most of the animals were of course the waterholes. During the day we tried to go to as many waterholes as possible and at night we sat at the waterholes of the campsites. Halali and Okaukuejo have the best places to see many animals. In Halali we saw the lionesses, in …
The Etosha National Park is very well known and everybody goes there. As we are travelling during high season, we had booked all the camps we wanted to stay at already months ago. We entered the park from the east, starting at Namutoni, afterwards we camped one night at Halali, Okaukuejo and finally Olifantsrus, before …
As we are talking to many people along our journey, we decided to post some portraits of those who helped us to learn more about Africa!
As I check every day the wheels and chassis of our Sprinter, I found that both distance blocks of our rear suspension had moved. No surprise after 6000 Km on African roads and no real problem, but needed to be fixed before breakfast. And yes, Airfilter change and oil check! Let’s start ….
