Namibia Travel Blogs

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 ...

A travel blog entry from Keetmanshoop by cpricci
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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 ...

A travel blog entry from Ai-Ais by cpricci
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... 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 ...

A travel blog entry from The Caprivi Strip by cpricci
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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 ...

A travel blog entry from Swakopmund by cpricci
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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 ...

A travel blog entry from Fish River Canyon by jonclark2000
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... 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 ...

A travel blog entry from Rundu by jonclark2000
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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 - ...

A travel blog entry from Etosha National Park by jonclark2000
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... 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 travel blog entry from Twyfelfontein by jonclark2000
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... 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. ...

A travel blog entry from Swakopmund by edamame
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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. ...

A travel blog entry from Swakopmund by jonclark2000
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... 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 ...

A travel blog entry from Sossusvlei by jonclark2000
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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 ...

A travel blog entry from Otjitotongwe, Cheetah Farm by jonclark2000
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... 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 ...

A travel blog entry from Noordoewer by jonclark2000
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... 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. ...

A travel blog entry from Soussevlei by cpricci
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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 ...

A travel blog entry from Swakopmund by cpricci
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... 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 ...

A travel blog entry from Etosha National Park by charmedlife
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... 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 ...

A travel blog entry from Kamanjab by charmedlife
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... 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 ...

A travel blog entry from Keetmanshoop by globedecker
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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 ...

A travel blog entry from Etosha National Park by cpricci
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... 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 travel blog entry from Windhoek by allisonandjeff
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... 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 ...

A travel blog entry from Noordoewer by globedecker
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... . 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, ...

A travel blog entry from Etosha National Park by edamame
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... 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.       & ...

A travel blog entry from Swakopmund by arewethere.yet
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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! & ...

A travel blog entry from Namib desert, Etosha by arewethere.yet
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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 ...

A travel blog entry from East of Tsumeb by cpricci
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... 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 ...

A travel blog entry from The Namib Desert by dazzla
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... 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!

A travel blog entry from Etosha National Park by globedecker
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... 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. ...

A travel blog entry from Rundu by samkirsop
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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 ...

A travel blog entry from Swakopmund by globedecker
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... 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 ...

A travel blog entry from Swakopmund by globedecker
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