Helmeringhausen, Namibia Travel Blogs

Desolate and beautiful
Dec 1, 2006 (7 photos)

He Said: Departing Windhoek, we headed south into the desert. The Namib Desert is mostly scrubby, dry brush land but there is a significant portion that is huge sand dunes. The area we entered had dunes that were renown for their size and stunning red ...

The highest dunes in the world
Mar 28, 2007 (27 photos)

This was another very strange place. Sossulsvlei is home to the highest sand dunes in the world, but it looks like something out of an apocalypse. There are dead trees everywhere, and its very eerie. It was interesting to look at though. We climbed one of ...

Fish River Canyon
Mar 21, 2007

oldest and 2nd biggest canyon in the world

Fish River Canyon trek
Jun 3, 2006 (49 photos)

Fish River Canyon trek tbc

Namib Naukluft National Park
Jan 25, 2006 (5 photos)

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Namibian Desert
Oct 1, 2007 (18 photos)

For more photos to go with this section - you may need to cut and paste it into your browser to get it to work: http://picasaweb.google.com/tree2222/NamibiaSussosvleiFishRi verCanyon Monday 1st - We left Swak at around 11am and headed for the ...

Dans la poussière et la sueur
Oct 9, 2004 (2 photos)

L'aventure n'en serait pas une s'il n'y avait de temps en temps un pépin technique. De préférence au milieu de nulle part (40 Km de la première habitation). Malgré la chaleur et les efforts, l'excitation est à son comble. Un premier pneu qui éclate alors que ...

Dans la poussière et la sueur / Of dirt and sweat
Oct 9, 2004 (2 photos)

... to the ladies. But my German is completely rusted. And they just speak German. Ohh yeahh I forgot to tell you, I'm in Namibia. Finally the three old man resolve the situation. They make me understand the have to go. They are expected. Of course, you ...

Grandpa Tim comes out
Oct 4, 2009

After a whole day on the truck, we arrived at the campsite full of energy. We played our music too loudly, raced to find the best tent site and set up our tents, and talked too loudly. Grandpa Tim was not happy with us at all. That became his new nickname ...

Fish River Canyon to middle of nowhere
Jul 26, 2006 (4 photos)

... in this small African town in the middle of absolutely nowhere, and find ourselves listening to German folk music in the background! Namibia, as South West Africa, had been a German territory until WW1 when South Africa was asked to run it by the League ...

Crashed bike
Oct 3, 2009 (2 photos)

To Betta, 409 ks The roads in Namibia are good. Mostly groomed shingle but they can, and will catch you out as Dave found out. I was waiting for Dave at one intersection and he did not show up so i rode back to find him. The BMW was in a heap in the ...

Wild Horses
Jan 11, 2008 (5 photos)

We travelled North from Springbok to the border with Namibia and crossed at about 11.00 am on Wednesday the 9th Jan, no real problems just had to clear customs both sides of the border. The drive fron there to Fish River Canyon went through miles and miles ...

Last chance to part like its 1999
Jan 1, 2000

16 People in the middle of no where to see in the new year

second day
Sep 10, 2006

To be added to

Luxury Living in Aus
Nov 24, 2007 (1 photos)

... nbsp;  Beth kept finding porcupine quills which we will use in a mobile that we plan on making when we get home.  After the hike we packed up and took off for Fish River Canyon, the second largest canyon in the world and our last stop in Namibia.

Namtib Biosphere Tiras Mountain
Jul 14, 2009 (3 photos)

Namtib Biosphere 14th & 15th July 2009 To reach our destination we had to travel back along the B4, then take the C13 north and turn left onto the D707, and follow the signs to Namtib Biosphere Reserve. Namtib is only a short drive of about 100 kms ...

sand sand.........and more..............sand
Nov 27, 2001

We headed off at 4.30 this morning. We had to clean up the camp after jackals ransacked the camp last night and got into all our stuff. We headed into Sossusvlei and arrived at Dune 45 which we were hiking up to watch the sunrise. It was bloody hard work. ...

Klein Aus Vista
Jul 13, 2009 (2 photos)

Klein Aus Vista 13th July 2009 From Norotshama we had to continue on the C13 to Aus. First though we had to stop at Rosh Pinah to have the exhaust repaired.  In town we asked directions for garage repairs and arrived at a small building where we were ...