Kaokoland has been described as one of the last true wilderness areas of Africa. It is a remote and uninhabited region, with the exception of a few Himba villages. We regretted missing this part of Namibia in 2019 and were determined to visit this time. If you plan to travel to Namibia’s “Wild West” make sure you have enough water, […]
Scattered across the remote North Western corner of Namibia lie (or stand or sit) some 37 stone men (possibly more, possibly less – no-one really knows). These half-size statues, comprising stone and steel, started appearing a few years ago amidst great secrecy. The artist prefers to remain anonymous and rumour has it that he/she works on an installation during the […]
Sorry for the delay in posting – our last post was in July 2021. At that time we had rushed back to Zambia so that we could fly home for David to say good bye to his Dad. We returned to Lusaka in late November, just as the latest mutation of Covid, Omicron, surfaced and we decided to make a […]
At our camp on the bank of the Zambezi river, close to the Zambia border post, we are reflecting on our 88 days in a country we have come to very much like; Namibia. We are definitely more than a little sad to be leaving. Namibia is a very easy and safe country to explore and we’ve made it our […]
(A shorter recreation of our post from 2019 which was mysteriously deleted…) Whilst staying with Nikolai and Aniela at their lovely home-cum-lodge on the Namibian Caprivi strip, Aniela suggested we take a river trip with Dan, their British neighbour. From Middlesbrough, Dan established Mashi River Safaris in 2010 having been in the area since 2007. Dan is a true no […]
After returning from the lush green countryside of Angola, where one can buy huge avocados and other delicious fruit and vegetables from the roadside vendors, we are now back in the arid north of Namibia. We plan to spend a few weeks here before crossing over to Zambia in December. Etosha, Namibia’s premier national park, is in the north and […]
We couldn’t blog about Namibia without mentioning the wildlife! As we drove out of the airport at Windhoek, we saw giraffe (albeit behind a fence) and we knew we were in for some special animal encounters in the country. Whereas the centre and south of Namibia has many large fenced private farms, the north has more “conservancies”. In these conservancies, […]
We have completed our 3589 km loop of southern Namibia and have returned to Walvis Bay to cool off. In Namibia, you can drive from the dry desert heat of 40⁰c to coastal coolness of 20⁰c in two hours! All thanks to the Benguela current that keeps the coastal sea temperature at 12⁰c. Southern Namibia has spectacular landscapes, but not […]
Travelling down a gravel back-road towards Fish River Canyon, we were starting to wonder where we might camp as the clock hit four pm. It was then we came across a brightly painted plough with a sign for the De Klerk Boerdery (farm). We took a chance, opened the gate and trundled over a rise to be greeted by a […]
(A shorter recreation of our post from 2019 which was mysteriously deleted…) Francine has always wanted to skydive and the clear skies of Swakopmund in Namibia provided an excellent opportunity to fulfil her ambition (although David was very happy to watch proceedings from terraferma). Ruud, Francine’s South African ‘co-pilot’ took very good care of her, and she returned to planet […]