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Swakopmund Slideshow
Swakopmund
Travel Blogs from Swakopmund, Namibia
Cape Cross Seals
We went to Cape Cross today to see the seals..... my goodness, they smell.... and they are very loud! We saw a jackal try and kill the baby seals, but the big daddy seal beat him off - it was very interesting to watch! Once again - they smelt of ...
Sand, sand and more sand
... whale would turn up and give us a hunting show but it didn't happen. Another couple of hours later we arrived in Swakopmund where after about an hour we found our accomodation (they had changed the street names), which was a hostel where camping cost us ...
Cape Town to Swakopmund: Back to the Desert
... nbsp; People are really idiots sometimes. The next campsite at a wayside called Solitaire was just a stopover before continuing to Swakopmund, the first place we have internet since Cape Town. Our tour leader rallied the men on the tour (only ...
Three days at Swakopmund
We had a few days to relax here. It's a strange place, a picture-postcard German town in the middle of the desert. It was lovely to potter around town and make the most of the availability of fresh coffee and cakes. One afternoon I went on a walk out ...
Working those Quads and Boards
... a month to Botswana and the next one would be on 5th April which fitted in with our planned itinerary. Next stop on our Namibia trip was Swakopmund which was a town on the skeleton coast. It was a pleasant drive and we started to see road signs warning of ...
Swakopmund activities
Its been a jam packed couple of days since I last updated you. Since we are staying in a town we are all able to stay in hotels (included in the price of course - I'm not being taken for a ride...) so I have been able to sleep in a bed for the last ...
burning sand and frozen toes..
Hi We've had two days in Swakopmund "the adrenaline capital of Namibia" apparently. There are tonnes of things on offer but I decided to go for the Sandboarding a group of us did it - Its a snow board on sand dunes. they split us into groups who had ...
Yah, right - ees good.
... sure to let the girls know when they should get their sweet tongues back in line... ;-) After the desert, we headed into Swakopmund for a couple of days of R&R (a real bed!) and some adventures - yesterday a few of us went tandem skydiving (wow!!! it ...
Back from 2 amazing weeks with EHRA
I am now back in Swakopmund after 2 weeks spent with an organization called EHRA (Elephant Human Relation Aid - www.desertelephant.org). There would be so much to say about these two weeks. However, a bit egoistically, I want to keep most of it for me ...
Still in Swakopmund but heading north tomorrow!
... desert is definitely more lively than it looks like (as you can see on the pictures). Although I appreciate the relaxing atmosphere of Swakopmund, I am very much looking forward to exploring another area of Namibia. I hope I will have a good time! I will ...
Swakopmund on the coast
... , 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 ...
Township Tour
... . The town felt safe to wander at our leisure despite the electric fence surrounding our hostel! Our tour leader's home town is Swakopmund so we spent an evening seeing the township where he grew up, meeting some of the local people and then eating dinner ...
Brad and Angelina
... they were covered in beautiful shades of green and had spectacular castle-like mountains in the background. Our next stop was Swakopmund, and we have discovered that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are also somewhere in this small town. Many girls ...
Namibian Desert
... watch the game and caught up with the truck again in Swakopmund. No need to say anything about the rugby, only it was awesome. Swakopmund was where we done a sky dive over the namib desert. 10,000ft, free falling for 30 seconds. we both nearly cried ...
Welwitschia Drive, Swakopmund
... babies - it was an incredible sight to see them all running along, before they quickly disappeared into the mountains. Sunday in Swakopmund meant that most things were closed except for the odd tourist shop. We drove around looking at parts of the town ...
Down to Swakopmund
... to everyone at Okonjima, it had been such an amazing experience and got back into our 4X4 for the long trip down to Swakopmund. Roads in Namibia tend to be incredibly straight, a means to an end and this was no exception. It was also very boring just ...
Rocks and seals
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 the Coast
... seem so luxurious after this! The next day we had a "briefing" and then a tour of different areas of Swakopmund, everywhere from the poorer informal settlements to the extravagant multi-million dollar summer homes of the fabulously wealthy. We ...
Atlantic Coast & Sandboarding!
... at least Zanzibar had officially crossed Africa from East to West…it was quite an exciting revelation. We arrived in Swakopmund, which is essentially a German seaside town. I’m still not used to the German influence here…it seems ...
Living Desert and Quad Biking, Swakopmund
... to my favourite shop under the Tug restaurant. What I liked about this curio shop was that it actually sold wares from Namibia - a rare thing. I bought a couple of lovely bracelets and a genuine Bushmen Bag decorated in beads. That evening we ate in ...
The Namib Desert
... of his tour, he did show us a surprising amount of life hidden in the desert. However, as we made our way into Namibia, it was one of the most desolate places I’ve seen. Scrawny shrubs dotted the landscape here and there, but for the ...
Stunning Namibia
... can see, perfectly formed and such a surreal landscape...wait for the photo's!!! From Sesriem we headed to Swakopmund - the 'adventure capital of Namibia"...what it actually is is a tiny little coastal town that should be called little Germany. All ...
Onwards in the Albino Penguin
... conversation in our Nightcap Night...) and drove to our camp. A Bush Camp... in caves! (our Flintstones Camp). We arrived in Swakopmund yesterday and a group of us beelined it for skydiving. THAT WAS AMAZING! I was in the last group of us to go ...
Moutain camping
Tonight we are at Spitzkoppe not far from Swakopmund. its a desert rocky region where the mine for gems. staying the national park and have spent time learning about the rocks, ancient rock painting and the vegetation (only animals here are leppard...) ...
Swakopmund to Spitzkoppe
... back on and bounced our way to the shop and the end of an incredible day. Spitzkoppe Exhausted and adrenaline drained, we left Swakopmund and headed north towards the bush and, eventually, Etosha national park. Our first stop along the way was at a ...
Swakopmund: A city that has 4 faces
... and their holiday homes down at Coromandel's Pauanui), this small German influenced city has its extreme contrasts. Swakopmund is also an adventure capital of Namibia so was a welcome break from the last few weeks of travel. With two nights spent here at ...
Sand, sand dunes and more sand
The day after our arrival into Swakopmund a couple of us headed into the dunes for some sandboarding. We certainly got our exercise walking up the dune repeatedly. I had naiivly thought, that they would put us beginners onto a small slope at least to ...