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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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Oranjemund

When we arrived in Oranjemund we made a beeline to the local Spar to do some shopping and find Mike. Mike proved to be so passionate about his town he just could not stop talking about it and he offer...

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Aug 16, 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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Fish River Canyon Hike

9 August 2021 was d-day : the start of our 6 day hike in the Fish River Canyon : an epic bucket list item! We got up early as our shuttle to Hobas- some 70km north- would be leaving at 7am. We packed ...

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Aug 8, 2021

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Namibia... here we come!

As said: after we got our vehicle registration and second covid shot, we made the booking to hike the Fish River Canyon with Lut and Gerhard and Gavin and Lee. Now all our prep to go to Namibia got in...

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Aug 1, 2021

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Retired and with our family spread around the world, we decided to get out of here and hit the road to see more of this amazing planet! Feel free to browse our photos, read our stories, and follow us on our travels.

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