Now, when the most demanding component of our Mauritius trip (beaches) is covered here Mauritius best beaches, I can tell you more about the island and its other places and things of interest. Actually, it is quite unusual for us to stay at the same hotel during the whole duration of a trip. However, Mauritius has simply [...]
One of the obvious advantages of Mauritius is that all beaches on the island are public. Even the Mauritius best beaches in front of the luxurious hotels are open for eventual visitor from outside but under consideration of one condition – you are not allowed to trespass the hotel private territory, which starts where the beach [...]
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 [...]
If you would like to visit Etosha National Park (read here 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 [...]
On our trip, we spent three nights in Otjiwarongo. One of the reasons why we drove so far to the North of Namibia was the Etosha National Park (http://www.etoshanationalpark.org/). Etosha is well-known as one of the world's great wildlife-viewing venues. The entrance fee to the park for the day visitors is 80 Namibian dollars per [...]
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 [...]
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) [...]
After our course ended, we had two days to explore the surroundings of Cape Town. Here are some ideas for the day-trips. Muizenberg This beach is famous for its good waves and therefore loved by surfers from all over the world. To rent a surfboard and a wetsuit will cost you about R100 for one hour. [...]
We spent last week in Cape Town and surroundings. This kind of vacation was new and exciting for us: the first half of a day we attended a language course, got to know couple of locals and students from other countries. In the afternoon, we had enough time to explore this diverse and bright city. Usually, we [...]
Now the time is right to move to the second part of our little Moroccan journey, Marrakesh and Casablanca. Musicians at the Jemaa el-Fna […]
