Category: Overlanding
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Luderitz, Wild Horses & Wind
The drive down south is through long forgotten farmlands and gumtrees. You expect to see an old mustacheoed man leaning on an ox cart wheel after every bend in the road. The Namibian gravel roads are again excellent and it’s easy going
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Sossusvlei, Dunes & 4×4 Routes
The approach to Sesriem becomes even more dramatic with the arrival of the Naukluft mountain range which borders to the East of the national park
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Namib-Naukluft, Welwitschia Drive & Camp Duikers
Believe it or not, there is yet another completely unique and barren landscape stretching to the horizon to discover. There sure is a lot of horizon in Namibia. We drive past age-old cart tracks and lichen playing dead in the hard-baked earth
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Cape Cross, Lounge Fires & Fish Braais
It is over three hundred kilometers of coastline down to Swakopmund and scenic but the landscapes of the Skeleton Coast are overwhelmingly superior. Our old friend Omukuruvaro (Brandberg Mountain) can be seen one hundred kilometres away
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Skeleton Coast, Dunes & The Restaurant at the End of the World
The mud huts of the Himba rise and disappear behind us interspersed by hills of baked sand the same colour as their linimented skin. We take a turning into the Namib Desert proper and the ancient coastline ahead
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Namib Desert, Fossil Forest & Welwitschia Mirabilis
The scenery has again changed by degrees of sand colour and heat but the desert is most definitely continuing. The sand is lighter, deeper and the air is drier
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Small Towns, Omaruru Cappuccinos & The Burning Mountain
Antelope with fine detail are hunted by spirits and an eland’s shoulders shadow the shape of the eternal mountain ridge still standing behind this ancient cave
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Etosha National Park, Salt Flats & Rhinos
Stretching as far we can see, a hazy flatland of white cracked clay curves a horizon in front of us. For an unknown reason, a lonely oryx traipses across the scenery leaving an infinite trail of hoof prints behind
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Mechanics, Rain & An Olympic-Sized Swimming Pool
In Tsumeb we find another perfect admin stop-over at the Kupferquelle Resort (I have no idea how to pronounce it). Rolling green lawns and an olympic sized swimming pool make camping a pleasure
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Kavango River, Dog Pee & Tiger Fishing
Eventually we find the “perfect paradise” I had penciled time in for on the Caprivi leg of the trip. A few kilometres after the Cuito River meets the Cubango River is the best campsite ever
The Colour of Travel 