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- Windhoek
- Capital
- Namibian Dollar (NAD)
- Currency
- 1,797,677
- Population
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Namibia Slideshow
Namibia
Travel Blogs from Namibia
Ooops - Maybe not!
4th Oct - We woke around 5am, packed everything up and were in the truck at 5.40 to leave for the sunset over Dune 45 (only so called as it's 45kms from Sesriem Canyon). As the truck started to leave the campsite...disaster struck...we got stuck in ...
Gamesdrives and Waterholes
Today we arrived at Etosha National Park. This Park is one of Africa’s largest (roughly the size of Wales). The two campsites (Namutoni and Okaukeujo) were amazing with great showers and a nice swimming pool. However the best thing about these ...
Stink City ... !!
This is a top pick! Without doubt one of the smelliest places I've ever been on earth !! There are around 10,000 seals here at any one time, and bloody hell - they're not too hot on the old hygiene. I didn't retch, but came close to it and could smell them for about an ...
Swakopmund
2nd October saw a lazy start, as we had breakfast provided by the hostel and we didn't have to be at the info place until 9am...bliss! When presented with all the options of activities available in Swakopmund, we decided to split and do different ...
Fish River Caynon
Today we drove to Fish river Canyon, the second biggest canyon after the Grand Canyon in the states. It was an amazing site to see. Nat says it was good but not as spectacular as the grand canyon. Here we seen the biggest grasshopper we ...
Namibian Capitals
... day after the Mando and struggling along till inspired by riding past a huuuuge sign indicating that Gobabis, meat capital o’ Namibia is coming up!!. Lowlights: Riding 207km, looking forward to a relaxing evening, only to have the all too common ...
Seals, Sandboarding and Shinanigans
Today we headed to the small coastal town of Swakopmund. On the way we stopped at the Cape Cross seal colony. I swear there were 100,000 seals on the beach. I have never seen anything like it before in my life. It was amazing but the stench was ...
Last night in Swokopmund
Swokopmund beach was lovely, we went to the local museums and saw loads of old stuff. Stuart ate the local lighthouse (its a burger - look at the picture!) The weather was lovely and I got burnt shoulders! Also, on our last night we saw the most ...
I'm flying without wings
I guess you are wondering what flying without wings might mean... If you have read m previous entries, you might have already guessed it had something to do with adrenalin and that is was another crazy stunt of mine. Well Swakopmund is another one of ...
Morning drive along the Skeleton Coast
Another heavenly day, Namibia is fast becoming my favourite country of the trip. It's stunning. Vast, empty, pale grasses, bleak sand dunes, red granite rocks.. From Twyfelfontein we headed due west towards the skeleton coast. The red rocky hills and ...