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Karoo National Park

After we left SALT in Sutherland , we headed into the direction of Beaufort West , criss-crossing our way through the wet Karoo via back roads and dirt roads, past some vanilla and chocolate sheep and...

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Feb 4, 2022

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Caprivi Strip part 2

We left Mudumu park and continued to Nkasa Rupara National Park , further south, situated along the Kovango River which makes a natural border between Namibia and Botswana. As we wouldn’t make it into...

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Oct 22, 2021

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Grootfontein and Okavango River

After our amazing week in Etosha , we headed east towards the Caprivi. Actually first south towards Grootfontein and then north again towards Rundu, where we would follow the Cubango River towards Div...

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Oct 15, 2021

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Epupa Falls to Etosha National Park

We woke up to the sounds of rushing water from the Epupa Falls and went for a walk. We walked further down the valley to “the beach” where Stefaan hoped to see a crocodile, but he had no luck. It was ...

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Oct 4, 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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Spitzkoppe

After saying our goodbyes and MeWeAh to the San group, we headed out towards Spitzkoppe , an epic mountain in Namibia. We parked under a tree some 6km away from the Spitzkoppe National Park and enjoye...

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Sep 7, 2021

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Erongo Mountains

After our cattle grid sleepover when we had left Windhoek , we took it slow… real slow: slow wake-up, slow cup of coffee, slow packing up. And… we continued on the dust road over the endless yellow hi...

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Sep 5, 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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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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