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Travel Blogs from Sesriem, Namibia
How not to organise an overland trip
This is a top pick! ... to 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 ...
The Great Red Sand Dunes and Namibian Coast
This is a top pick! ... the 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 ...
A Sea Of Sand
This is a top pick! ... of our most memorable campsites ever with a real wilderness feel to it. However, after successfully securing ourselves a spot at the Sesriem campsite inside the park, the following morning we managed to be first in the queue to enter the park. The gates ...
Dunes
This is a top pick! ... the great red color! Hiking through the dunes, which are part of the 20,000 sq-mile sand sea that covers much of Western Namibia, was a sombre experience. The dunes, which reach as high as 1,000 feet, are part of one of the oldest and driest ecosystems ...
Desert, Dunes and Canyons
This is a top pick! ... dunes 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 ...
Sand Sea & If God Exists, He's Taunting Me
This is a top pick! ... according to some claims). A few shoots, a few bites, a little gas (the car, not me), and away we went. In Sesriem, the NWR (Namibia Wildlife Resorts) have a campsite right at the gates to the park that allows you to be racing towards the dunes at about ...
Dead Vlei - Sandunes & Views.
This is a top pick! ... to our destination. Quite isolated country, with only a few settlements of no consequence and then eventually we reached Sesriem, which consisted of a small camping grounds, shop and park office. We knew that the only reasonably priced accommodation ...
Dunes, dunes and more dunes
This is a top pick! Moved on to Sesriem after Aus, and I started to get really excited again after a few days of frustration at sitting on the truck! This was one of the highlights of the tour for me - really looking forward to seeing the dunes, especially having had a ...
New Year Wishes
This is a top pick! To my dear Family and Friends, My New Year wish for you, in the pictures attached. Click on 'view as slideshow' and also read the titles. All our love, Dr T and ...
Nieuwjaarswensen
This is a top pick! Voor onze liefste familie en vrienden, Mijn nieuwjaarswensen, met foto's. Klik op 'view as slideshow' en lees ook de titels. Liefs, Dr T en ...
The most beautiful dunes in the world
This is a top pick! ... the 2 km hike. Of course, by now it is noon and this is one of the driest and hottest places on earth. Despite being Namibia's number 1 attraction, it is deserted (!). We see nobody on our whole hike. The total surface of the desert is 32.000 km2. ...
Namib Desert, by Roman
This is a top pick! Version traduite plus bas Nov 10, Sesriem, Namibia desert, by Roman We stayed at Sossus Oasis campsite Magnum misadventure… what is this? It's been sitting on ice in the cooler, why is it liquid ...
Solitaire village
This is a top pick! We have to drive 300 km today. The roads will not be that good, so minimum 4 hours drive. Dr T booked us a 'lodge': http://www.namibialodges.com/solitaire.html There is very little choice around the Dunes and it IS high season, so we consider ...
Sossusvlei
Sossusvlei (sosh-us-fly) is one of the highlights of Namibia & it has been on my mind for some time. The area is filled with magnificent red sand dunes that are unshifting. A long, dry river valley is flanked on both sides by massive ...
Walking In The Sand
... term for “guide”, and our guide in the park is a Japanese woman named Yuri! Imagine that, a Japanese guide in Namibia supposing telling you what the bushman knows. Oh, this is going to be something special. Yuri, it turns ...
Giant Sand Dunes
... for the last while so I'm going to do a quick update from Cairo about one of our last stops in Namibia. We stayed at a desert camp in Sesriem, which gave us access to Sossusvlei national park. Sossuvlei is home to some of the largest sand dunes ...
Fish River Canyon, Namibia to Sesriem, Namibia
... better last night. I didn't use my hat, but those wool socks are a blessing in disguise! Today we were driving north through Namibia to our campsite in Sesriem and we were in for a very long 10 hour bus ride. Although I napped quite a bit on the bus, ...
Dune 45 and Dead Vlei, Sossusvlei
... 80 900 km (31 200 square miles), stretching about 1000 miles (1,600 km) along the Atlantic Ocean coast of Namibia. Its east-west width varies from 30 to 100 miles (50-160 km). The Namib Desert also reaches into southwest Angola. ...
Désert du Namib, Sossusvlei, Sesriem
... (bien liquide cette fois ci) de Sossisvlei qui va disparaitre si il ne pleut pas rapidement. L'après midi visite du canyon de Sesriem, creusé au fil du temps par une rivière maintenant assechée, et qui donne asile à des chauves souris. Lumières ...
De sable et de feu / From sand and fire
Les dunes de Namibie sont célèbres. Elles le méritent. En parler est une chose, les voir en est une autre. Les grimper une expérience qu'on oublie pas. Ces dunes sont vivantes. Leur couleur change au cours de la journée. D'un jaune pâle à un rouge ...
GREAT APPLE PIES
Tuesday 15th September. Back on the truck after a group food shop and we were on our way at 10am.Driving out of Swakopmund we drove through the desert again and headed south where the landscape while still sparse there were the Brandberg mountain ranges ...
The red dunes
The next morning we drove for an hour and a half to Sesriem, the gateway to the famous giant red dunes of Namibia. From Sesriem, there is a 35 mile road to the end of the road, Sossusvlei. After the road ends, the dunes extend for hundreds of miles all ...
Sossuvlei - The Namibians Dunes
From Swakopmund we headed south taking the scenic route through what's known as the Namibian "moon landscape." This place does not really look like it belongs on our planet with its unearthly colorless hills and bizarre flora, including the walwitchia, ...
Fish River Canyon to Sossusvlei
Morning started with the local baboons picking there way through the rubbish bins. We drove and drove and drove for 10 hours. Namibia is sparce as we only passed through one tiny town in all the driving, and the locals come out to see you as ...
Dune 45 and the Dead Vlei
Up rather early this morning and onto the truck without brekkie, the plan is to be up on top of Dune 45 to watch the sunrise. Fell asleep on the truck and woken up when we got to the carpark for Dune 45 then it was off the truck and get your arses up the ...
More Sand!
... 50,000 years old. After dinner of Tacos we had an early night as tomorrow we have a very early start in the morning. March 11th - Sesriem to Kon Keip A 4.30am start today as we raced to the park gate to be first in line to drive to dune 45 in the ...
I love Sossusvlei
Thinking about our trip to Sossusvlei/Sesriem makes me extremely angry that all our photos are lost. Going to Sossusvlei was amazing. Even though the drive there was bumpy and long and totally mashed my brain, seeing the massive red dunes at ...
Sossusvlei and the amazing nature of Namibia
... to Sossusvlei we saw ostriches and various types of antilopes. And the sand got redder and redder. Arrived in the afternoon to Sesriem Camp, a true milking machine. Disliked the setup, where they have done everything to only give the benefits to the ones ...