Namibia Travel Blogs

More Desert
Jan 13, 2006 (1 photos)

We left the canyon for Keetmanshoop and the ancient Quiver Tree forest. These trees are only found in this region and are actually aloe plants. They grow among rocks and acacias, living for many hundreds of years. We didn't stay too long. We wanted to ...

Into Namibia
Jan 12, 2006 (6 photos)

We drove through the night, whizzing by a donkey. Luckily it was in the right lane. We reached the border a little after sunset. Crossing was smooth. Our first destination was Ai-Ais (pronounced eye ice), where lies Fish River Canyon and some incredible ...

The Caprivi Strip
Jan 20, 2006 (2 photos)

... it to the border before it closed at six, so we camped in a German-run rest camp. My hammock hung under papayas. Namibia has been great, though mostly desert. I never felt unsafe, and everyone was kind and helpful. They have amazing bread everywhere ...

Back On the Road
Jan 16, 2006 (4 photos)

Yesterday we went out to nowhere at all - the welwitchia plants. Where to begin about these...? These plants are remnants of tropical forest. They have adapted to live in the some of the driest desert on earth (2 cm of rain per year - many years with no ...

Another Missed Sunset
May 6, 2006 (11 photos)

Another cold night in the desert, we were up and waiting at the entrance gate to Soussusvlei for when they opened at 5:30am. We did the 45km to Dune 45 and climbed most of the way to the top for sunrise. I was ...

Caprivi Strip and Angola in sight
Apr 28, 2006 (2 photos)

... by fields of sorghum on the long road that seemed to stretch out for ever into the distance. The border crossing into Namibia was a piece of cake. This overland truck business seems a bit easy after what had happened in east Africa. Once in Namibia ...

Close encounters with a mongoose
Apr 30, 2006 (16 photos)

Banded mongoose were all around the camp, as I lay on my front to take a photo, one inquisitive the little blighters came face to face with my lens! The wildlife was much the same as the previous day. Lots of Gemsbok - ...

Bush camps and inept guides
May 2, 2006 (12 photos)

... the truck and our first stop was in the town of Kamanjab for a little shopping. This seemed more like how the real Namibia should be, dusty and run down. The Herero women here still wore these huge, often colourful, Victorian dresses and headgear from a ...

A taste of Namibian culture
Mar 16, 2006 (14 photos)

... living in Swakopmund as well as the rest of Namibia because it used to be a German colony (South Africa later ruled Namibia until it gained independence in 1990). We were very surprised by the very European look and feel and affluence of Swakopmund. ...

Rolling quad bikes and biting turtles
May 5, 2006 (3 photos)

Excellent fun packed day. We signed up for a quad bike/sand board combo. After a quick ride on out semi automatic quads we stopped for about 40 minutes at a place where we sped down a steep dune on a thin veneered polished piece of plywood. ...

How not to organise an overland trip
May 5, 2006 (2 photos)

... Tanzania! In the end it was 1:30 before we left, due to general ineptitude it looked like we wouldn't make it to Namibia's top tourist attraction that evening! We went the first 30km down the coast to Walvis Bay, this place was occupied by the South ...

Playing with the moggies
May 1, 2006 (11 photos)

A May Day national holiday in Namibia today, just like most places in the world. We did a sunrise game drive that was very nice, although we failed to spot rhinos and the only elephants we saw were 2, briefly the previous day. The level of enthusiasm ...

The naked cyclists!
May 7, 2006 (4 photos)

... Erica, and I was looking forward to that. In Namibia we stayed at Felix Unite, a very nice campsite on the Orange River. Namibia is bigger than Botswana that in turn is the size of France. 2 weeks in this amazing country is nowhere near enough. I ...

The Great Red Sand Dunes and Namibian Coast
Jan 14, 2006 (8 photos)

... park. The gates open at sunrise and its an hour drive to the big dunes. These dunes are a main tourist attraction in Namibia. They tower to 1500 ft. above the surrounding landscape. Some people snowboard here. We spent at least three hours out in them. ...

Resting in Swakopmund
Jan 15, 2006

We arrived in Swakopmund before sunset and I rushed to the beach. I jumped in just as the sun touched the water. When the sun is near the horizon here it moves very fast because we are so near the equator. It was gone within a few seconds. I jumped in ...

Dawn on Safari
Dec 11, 2006 (84 photos)

... to find these out in the middle of the desert, but I am grateful after drinking 3 litres of H20. We stop at Okahandja, Namibia's largest wood carving market. Having honed my bartering skills in China and Nepal, I'm ready to make a deal. I end up buying a ...

Namibia Safari Part II
Dec 15, 2006 (63 photos)

... of towns. We visit a tribal area called Oase Village where the tribespeople migrated from the far north Kaokoland region of Namibia, close to the Angolan border, living their traditional way in their village on a farm. We visit the teenage girls in their ...

Those Adorable Meerkats!
Dec 3, 2006 (5 photos)

... surprisingly tame, letting me approach quite closely and snap some great photos. They are fantastically photogenic little guys! My Namibia experience is complete, everything else is icing on the cake! She Said: In addition to meerkats, our campsite ...

On Safari... Again
Jan 17, 2006 (6 photos)

Yesterday I called another homeopath on my way to Etosha just to double check that my meds weren't conflicting. Apparently, Namibia has an amazing homeopathic network. The doctor was very helpful and gave me a few tips on keeping malaria away. I asked her ...

Into the Namibian Desert with the Pastores
Aug 30, 2005 (17 photos)

... gas station and its famous apple crumble - seriously, we heard about Solitaire apple crumble any time somebody talked about a trip through Namibia...) to attempt to call the campground and beg them to keep it open for us. No luck getting through on the ...

A big ditch
Dec 5, 2006 (2 photos)

... We headed south from there to the Orange River so some of our group could do a bit of canoeing and spend one last night in Namibia. We are on to South Africa tomorrow to spend the last few days of our overland trip visiting the wine-growing region around ...

The 'Big Five'
Mar 20, 2006 (15 photos)

... . While we are looking to shoot the Big 5, it will only be with our cameras. Etosha National Park in northern Namibia did not disappoint us. While there were plenty of springbok, we also saw some more traditional African animals such as zebras, ...

The Magic of Namibia
Dec 6, 2007 (40 photos)

... in motion merits its title as King or Queen of the jungle. After learning all of these facts and witnessing amazing animal behaviour, Namibia, our second country in the South of Africa is proving to be one of our favourites.       & ...

The Wonder of Trees in the South of Africa
Dec 17, 2007 (22 photos)

The wonder of trees   Traveling in Africa, you start to wonder how trees can grow so big and so beautiful.  The climate here does not always promote growth, yet in certain areas, trees prosper.  There must be spirits in these trees! & ...

Among the Khoi San
Jan 18, 2006 (5 photos)

Roy's Restcamp was a great place to stay. It was run by a young German couple, who were helpful in every way. They have a huge tract of land and I taught them some things about hunting mushrooms. I was pleased to find at least 5 different species of ...

Desert, Dunes and Canyons
Oct 29, 2006 (17 photos)

... and shifting shadows as the sun rose. Imagine my disappointment then when a busload of Croatians showed up. So I left. Next up on Namibia's list of wonders was Fish River Canyon. It's 550m deep, up to 17 miles across and second in size to only the ...

Animals Under the Lights
Nov 29, 2006 (14 photos)

... anyone who wants to go on an African safari. The accommodation is comfortable, the park is huge with a large variety of animals, and Namibia is a very developed country. And the lions feasting on the zebra was definitely a once in a lifetime experience!

Into Africa
Feb 5, 2008 (1 photos)

... to get the best view. Further North we stayed at Cheetah Park, which splitm opinion amongst the group we're travelling with. Namibia has the World's highest population of cheetahs, and as such they are considered pests by farmers who try to kill them. ...

Seals and Civilization!!!
Nov 22, 2006 (3 photos)

He Said: From Spitzkoppe we drove straight west until we arrived at the Atlantic Ocean. The difference in temperature between here and the interior could not have been more dramatic, from the frying pan into the refrigerator! The coast here is flat and ...

Vacation in civilization!
Nov 25, 2006 (6 photos)

... a German colony until the end of WWI when South Africa was given jurisdiction of the territory. It wasn't until 1990 that Namibia became fully independent of South African control. Swakopmund reflects this past by being a town of full of cute, historic ...