Namibia: Walvis Bay, Swakopmund and Spitzkoppe

By | 2018-03-11T22:21:21+01:00 March 11th, 2018|

After visiting the breathtaking vleis, we headed to the Eastern coast of Namibia, Walvis Bay and Swakopmund and afterwards headed to the North of Namibia over Spitzkoppe Natural Park. Walvis Bay Following the appealing photos of the travel bloggers, we were searching for the pink see next to the Walvis Bay. What we found was the Salt [...]

What to do in Otjiwarongo, Namibia

By | 2018-03-05T22:47:27+01:00 March 5th, 2018|

If you would like to visit Etosha National Park (read hereĀ about it), we would recommend you to stay in Otjiwarongo. From here, the drive to Etosha takes about 1,5 hours. Crocodile Ranch Otjiwarongo is a relatively big city where you can find good accommodation for very acceptable prices in comparison to the lodges directly [...]

Surreal Deadvlei: the frozen forest

By | 2018-02-25T18:57:00+01:00 February 25th, 2018|

The absolute highlight of our Namibian journey, the famous Dune 45, Deadvlei and Sossuvlei are all situated in the Namib Naukluft National Park (https://namibia.de/namib-naukluft-park/). Dune 45 We spent the night before at a lounge about two-hour drive from the entrance to the park and therefore arrived at the Dune 45 at around 10 am despite of the [...]

Driving a 2×4 in Namibia: our experience

By | 2018-02-12T21:42:38+01:00 February 12th, 2018|

Our route through Namibia with a 2x4 We have chosen our route through Namibia carefully: we knew that it is sometimes not possible to drive some roads with a 2x4. Here is the map and our route: Windhoek Airport - Windhoek - Rietoog - Sesriem - Naukluft National Park (Dune 45 + Deadvlei + Sossuvlei) [...]