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Kaokoland part 2

So far we had done better time than anticipated coming up from Puros so we decided that we would like to venture into Marienfluss … even though we realised it would be a return trip because the only o...

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Sep 24, 2021

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Kaokoland part 1

We woke up to a beautiful and quiet morning in the Khorixas riverbed, with the rising sun colouring the gnarled trees a soft morning-orange! We all had some errands to do before undertaking the ...

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Sep 19, 2021

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Rhino tracking and river bashing

So, at the advice of the rangers we met at Doros , we set the alarm at 6 am, snoozed for another 10 minutes, got up and packed up our home and left Doros Crater for the spring. In landscapes like thes...

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Sep 19, 2021

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Twyfelfontein and Doros Crater

After our night stop along the road we drove the last few km’s to Twyfelfontein and got ourselves a guide who took us on an hours walk to see the rock engravings of this World Heritage Site . Seeing t...

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Sep 15, 2021

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Brandberg and Fairy Circles

We left Uis and made camp close to the start of the White Lady hike . We all went exploring a bit around the camp site and found different spoor and tracks: elephant and giraffe being the most promine...

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Sep 13, 2021

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Messum Crater

Where we had turned right off the main coastal road at mile 108 towards the Messum Crater and had found a spot to sleep, Stefaan had seen a Welwitschia, right there on our doorstep. Welwitschia’s are ...

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Sep 10, 2021

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Dead Sea Swimhole and Cape Cross Seals

We eventually left foggy Henties and the ocean behind and headed towards the desert. We have figured out already that, no matter where we go, signage in is not always what we expect. We had calculated...

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Sep 10, 2021

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Windhoek

When we left Sossus we started travelling into the direction of Windhoek, as we had a camera problem to sort out. We made a compulsory stop at Solitaire to have enjoy their renowned apple strudel and ...

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Sep 1, 2021

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Namib Sand Sea: Sossus and other Vleis

To get an early go into the Unesco World Heritage Site Namib Sand Sea , we booked in at Sesriem Campsite because we knew that insiders may leave for Sossus (and the other vlei’s) an hour earlier than ...

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Aug 25, 2021

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Aus to Duwisib Castle

We had spent quite a while at the feral horses view point and when we left eventually it was already afternoon. We decided not to drive till late and called it a day somewhere along the road to Helmer...

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Aug 23, 2021

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Luderitz and Kolmanskop

The biggest bugger about this Sperrgebiet thing is the inaccessibility of places: roads to places like Oranjemund and Luderitz are one way in and same way out… a few 100’s km there and back, because t...

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Aug 21, 2021

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Richtersveld and Sperrgebiet

After having recuperated (a bit) from our Fish River Canyon hike , we left Ai Ais on Monday, in search of our new found friends from Oranjemund, but made a two hour detour to the Canyon Roadhouse , as...

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Aug 14, 2021

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