Swakopmund, Namibia Travel Blogs

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 by cpricci
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... spent the past few days in the city of Swakopmund on the Atlantic Coast. There are many Germans 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 ...

A travel blog entry 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. ...

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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 once ...

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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 by arewethere.yet
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... the corner. After stopping of at the Seal Colony (the newborns were so cute!), we pulled into the Promised Land... Swakopmund!! A real modern city! Paved roads, sidewalks, coffee shops, stores....paradise!! And a bed, TV, private bathroom... luxury! ...

A travel blog entry by globedecker
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... 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 German architecture, populated ...

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... windows on the truck pulled down. Everyone was freezing and wrapped in hats gloves and sleeping bags. We arrived at Swakopmund and went straight to a place called Desert Explorers where we could book numerous activities. Swakop is a popular Namibian ...

A travel blog entry by jonclark2000
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... 's been a few days now since we left Cape Town and any kind of civilisation. We've just arrived in Swakopmund on the Skeleton Coast of Namibia after 5 days of overlanding up the West coast of Southern Africa. It's been an incredible few days and start to ...

A travel blog entry by samkirsop
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... , we were better suited for the bar anyway. The seafood meal was superb and only $30A including drinks. We decided we liked Swakopmund already! Our clothes (or lack of them) was now really starting to get us down. One more check at the Air Namibia ...

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... 'd already done, and even if it was really fun, we'd already far exceeded our spending limit for Namibia with our Sossusvlei tour.  What we did in Swakopmund was still excellent fun, however, and I'd recommend a jaunt there if you've got a minute for ...

A travel blog entry by youngtravellers
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... a massive sleep in until 8:30am -usually up by 6am and on the road by 7am. Spent the day wondering around swakopmund which is such a beatuiful town - reminds me of Lorne with a German influence. Well yesterday was the much anticipated sandboarding and ...

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... which was inland, a huge sandstone mountain set in the desert, the stars were beautiful that night. Now we are in Swakopmund, you feel like you are in Germany not Africa, the architecture and food, drinks, and the language...they speak German!! Its a ...

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Onto Swakopmund - the adrenalin centre of Namibia. After a bit of a hardsell from the activities company, I managed to avoid the draw of Skydiving (need a bit more courage before I get on to that!!) and chose a scenic flight over the Kuiseb canyon, ...

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... week I sat and watched the waves roll in and felt something therapeutic in the crashing waves. My week in Swakopmund consisted mostly of eating sausages, and wandering around aimlessly. Probably the highlight of the week came with the arrival of ...

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... Peggy was with my jump lift with someone from a Nomad overland truck.  The flight up gave us 20mins to look out over Swakopmund, the dunes to the south and strangely enough a golf course in the middle of the desert.  You can see the mountains of ...

... $100 US to make sure it was covered and I would leave the rest at the hostel in Cape Town as everything was closed in Swakopmund on Sundays (weird). So took my bus and again it was weird to be leaving the group and I felt a little down leaving them. ...

BBC country profile: NAMIBIA http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/country_profiles/1063245.stm From the BBC site: Namibia, a large and sparsely populated country on Africa's south-west coast, enjoyed more than a decade of stability under its ...

... , so you get to see these animals really close-up. There is a much larger colony at Cape Cross Seal Reserve 100km or so North of Swakopmund. Here,there can be up to a quarter of a million or so seals but it is a long drive and apparently the smell of fish ...

Back to civilization! We crossed the continent and are now facing the Atlantic Ocean. It's very cold and windy! Swakopmund is like an oasis, growing right out of the Namib Desert. It looks like for a moment we are in Germany. It's great to sleep on a bed ...

Years ago, flipping through one of my National Geographics, I became intrigued by the people and landscapes of Namibia. I remember ochre-covered bodies gleaming in the sun, desert dunes stretching endlessly on. It was this memory that led me, somewhat ...

... I know what people are thinking but these animals are not endangered and the meats were actually very tasty). Saturday 12th September. Swakopmund has strange weather patterns being by sea and desert in that for most days of the year fog clouds the town and ...

... Fish River - been there Becs?) Seeing wild Ostriches and Oryx Cooking, eating and sleeping outdoors with leopards keeping guard Namibia has the most incredible scenery - the landscapes go on forever with a neverending horizon. We drove for hours and ...

... a while which is a shame as we had got used to it. We join a group on Friday in order to see the rest of Namibia as it is very difficult to travel to the interesting parts without transport. Hopefully this will be a good trip - we met some people last ...

... , many dead trees. Our next adventure was two days on a houseboat on the Okavango River, just south of the border from Namibia. A very nice, luxurious, quiet and slow way to travel and see and hear the wild life close to the river. On either side ...

... things considered, I think we did ok.    We also just got back from a weekend trip to Walvis Bay and Swakopmund (spelling?), 2 coastal towns about 5 hours west (obviously). Umu, a young sister in the hall, myself and Susy took a bus and had a ...

I am writing this a little later than the actual day, as it was difficult to get to a computer.  Today we had booked to go quad biking on the sand dunes.  I must admit I went a little nervously as I am a bit of a sook, and have never driven ...

... I stayed at the lovely Puccini House for the night and then took a shuttle to Swakopmund the next day. Swakopmund is a small seaside town on the coast of Namibia, which is gaining renown as an extreme sports centre. It was cold and rainy when we ...

... when I was a little boy. The sand castles here can be bigger than when I was a kid, that's the only difference. Swakopmund is a small coastline town that makes you feel like you've just landed in Germany. It's pretty weird to drive for hours in the ...

... his ascent. Walvis Bay also offered little in terms of attractions, for us at least, and we made our way to Swakopmund. Swakop is a quaint little town, where the German influence can still clearly be seen in both the architecture and the people. At our ...