Spitzkoppe, Namibia Travel Blogs

Visit to the Bushman's paradise!
Oct 3, 2009 (12 photos)

... so, we had to get back to the truck to make it to the campsite for our bush walk. Our campsite was located at Spitzkoppe (in German this literally means pointy-head).  This granite isle burg is the remnant of an ancient volcano.  It stands 1728 metres above ...

Damaraland and Toyotas
Mar 16, 2009 (14 photos)

We travelled for about 5 hours from Etosha to Damaraland for our bush camp.  We were lucky as there were actually bush toilets (a loo with a bit of canvas around it) in the middle of the grass near the camp!  We got set up with our tents (we ...

A night under the stars
Aug 16, 2006 (12 photos)

... the road to purchase some mineral rocks. I purchased a purple and green rock for my mom for 10 Rand. We arrived at Spitzkoppe shortly thereafter.              At Spitzkoppe, we took a walk along the ...

On to Spitzkoppe
Jul 31, 2006 (6 photos)

After a morning of shopping, email etc., we left Swakopmund after lunch for the comparitively short journey to Spitzkoppe - 165km. Spitzkoppe is sometimes called 'Africa's Matterhorn' and it's one of a few mountains that just stick up out of the huge ...

Spitzkoppe
May 8, 2007 (3 photos)

... to drive the overland truck around the parking lot a while. After the short visit we got back on the truck and headed to camp at Spitzkoppe. We arrived about an hour and a half before sun set and I was able to climb the granite hill in front of our camp. ...

This is class
Apr 4, 2008 (5 photos)

... . The normally dry salt pans of Etosha give way into a sandy landscape. In the middle of all this is Spitzkoppe. A strange and magnificent savannah dominated by large red rocks, that just beckoned to be explored. We spent the afternoon bouldering ...

Leopard Alley, Right Next to Snake Rock
Sep 29, 2009

In Spitzkoppe we stayed in a remote camping site under the granite mountains of Namibia. Unlike many of our previous camps, we had no end to the amount of room we had. Most of us clustered together for safety, but Elena, seeking a little privacy set her ...

Day 8 - Spitzkoppe
Aug 21, 2005

After another heavy day of driving, we eventually reached our end destination of Spitzkoppe. This is an tranquil place, with ancient rock formations tower above the dry, desolate plains. Once unpacked we quickly ventured out to explore the nearby bush ...

Northern Namibia
Aug 10, 2008 (57 photos)

... aggression, but everyone seems a bit happier now and it was an entertaining show! As best friends again, we drove to Spitzkoppe, an area that bears a striking resemblance to Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, where we spent a relaxing day. I climbed one ...

Spitzkoppe
Mar 23, 2007 (3 photos)

After a morning drive from the cheetah park, we arrived in spitzkoppe, which isn't a town, just simply a camping area in the middle of the desert.  This area was completely stunning....called the matterhorn of Namibia.  When I pu the photos up ...

Day 176 - Namibia, Spitzkoppe Rocks - Needle Grass
May 3, 2009

... were clear blue, would have been nice to stay and have one full day in the sun on the beach. Drove for a few hours to Spitzkoppe where we arrived at 2. Spitzkoppe is a mass of rocks rising 1728m from the dusty plains of southern Damaraland within a small ...

Spitzkoppe
Nov 15, 2008 (20 photos)

... from top to toe. The females with their babies was selling some beautiful bracelets, which Cecilie just had to buy a few of. Spitzkoppe is some really large rock formations in the middle of no where. When you looked closer at the surface of the rocks ...

Cruising through Namibia
Dec 30, 2006 (19 photos)

... ). Tazznibia took us to Etosha (National Park), where we nearly ran over a male lion having a sleep on the road, to Spitzkoppe where we bush camped and spent a shitty Christmas eve, to Swakopmund which just felt like Germany and finally to the best place ...

Campsite at Spitzkoppe
Mar 16, 2006 (9 photos)

I think this has to be my favourite place of the trip. We arrived yesterday afternoon and watched the sun set over the rocks. Rosey and I were up at 6am this morning and climbed up to a shoulder on the rocks to watch the sun come up. Beautiful.

Stinking seals and Lion King Land
Nov 14, 2009

... dogs and the enormous males roar like lions and make this odd throaty cough to show off. We drove north to a spot called Spitzkoppe which is large red granite outcrops sticking out of Savannah its like being in the Lion King! There is even a rock that a ...

Sunrise, Sunset
Apr 23, 2006 (25 photos)

... 're on the road again! But not before a long process of air-drying our cash, passports and paperwork. Before leaving for Spitzkoppe, we discovered that the safe in the truck (AKA "Francis") got drenched when the truck was washed earlier. Everything ...

Spitzkoppe
Jan 24, 2008

Spitzkoppe

Post Trip Info
Aug 28, 2009 (14 photos)

TIP: Take as much water as you could possibly imagine! We had to do a run to the water tanks to get more as we went through 2 days worth in 1 day. TIP: Do go on the Village Walk, you will meet so many of the locals and you'll get to chat with them ...

The Rocky Road
Dec 22, 2006

We left the bush camp early and headed down the Skeleton coast to Spitzkoppe.  We were back along the crashing Atlantic Ocean and we stopped for a middday swim.  It was great to be back in a 'proper' ocean, one so cold that you don't want to ...

Day Nine - Spitzkoppe
May 22, 2009

... and the toilet is a hole we have dug in the ground, which Hilary makes more homely by leaving her Cosmo magazine there!). Spitzkoppe is another rock formation in the middle of the Namibian desert and it's really beautiful. When we arrive we're told there ...

Spitzkoppe
Dec 20, 1999 (5 photos)

Decided to make an unscheduled stop at Spitzkoppe. This place was in the middle of nowhere with huge boulders that seemed to pop up out of the middle of the earth. Decided to forgo the comfort of a tent and sleep in the wild. Sherri was attacked by a ...

Rocks
Nov 7, 2009 (2 photos)

I woke up feeling like crap and couldn’t eat anything at all.  Good news though, the other three people who were sick were now much better so that means whatever they passed onto us, we would be better in a little over 24 hours time.  We ...

Bushcamp in the middle of Nowhere
Sep 16, 2006

Not too much to say about here. it literally is a plie of rocks which look quite neat and thats about it. I cooked a mean chicken curry for 24 folk here which was received well. Thankfully know one was posioned as I'd not like to be responsible for ...

The Matterhorn of Africa
Mar 7, 2009 (7 photos)

March 7th - Etosha to Spitzkoppe We had heard the roads in western Namibia had been washed out so it was with some trepidation that we set off today. We were due to bush camp next to Spitzkoppe (a spectacular mountain with ancient rock paintings) but ...

In the desert....
Oct 21, 2007 (1 photos)

Here we hiked up a huge rock mountain to view some San rock paintings from thousands of years ago - very exciting!! Then we sauntered home and collapsed in the shade before being treated to a romantic candelit dinner in a cave

Spitzkoppe
Mar 3, 2009 (7 photos)

Spizkoppe is one of those amazing places in the middle of nowhere. This is one advantage of going with an overland tour company. You are able to go to the places that you would never be able to make it to on your own. Actually, on our way there we came to ...

Rocks and seals
Dec 12, 2009 (3 photos)

We spent a night bush camping again at one of Namibia's most recognisable landmarks. Spitzkoppe is an impressive group of rocky mountains providing fabulous views. It certainly provided a beautiful backdrop for our bush camp. The camp had no facilities ...

To Spitzkoppe
Apr 14, 2007

To Spitzkoppe

Rocks, Rocks everywhere
Dec 22, 2006

Running out of time, will update this in due course!

The World Dances
Sep 12, 2009 (23 photos)

After another great omelette and 4 pieces of toast for breakfast we loaded up the truck and set off for Bush Camp near Spitzkoppe. Along the way we played a big game of Hearts, we've now taught half the truck the game and I think it’s safe to say it ...