Maori Camp Site Grootfontein

We got to our campsite in the late afternoon and relaxed after a long day on the truck around the pool. The campsite pool was complete with a bathtub waterfall which we found particularly classy. We planned on going for a swim, but that activity was cut short because the water was cooler than the freezing water we were forced to shower under in Athens because we were too cheap to pay for a hot shower. Instead, we hung out in ...

<br><br> Sunday 6th Sept We travelled along the Caprivi strip a panhandle on the north east corner of Namibia that was until recent years an area fought over between Namibia, Botswana and Zambia but now safe to travel through. Heading west we arrived at the town of Grootfontein and arrived at the nearby camp 12kms out at Roy&#8217;s camp. the day was stinking hot and we enjoyed a dip in the very ...

TIP: Bring enough money to buy some of the local wears from the shop in the village. You can buy shields, spears, musical instruments (ask to hear one of the Bushmen to play one, it's a really interesting sound!), jewellery, etc. You can also ask to have ...

Duwisib Castle 16th July 2009<br><br>We hadn't been sure whether to stay another night at Namtib or move onto the NWR site as Duwisib where we had prebooked and paid in advance. The decision was made that we would go to Duwisib. <br><br>From Namtib we had to continue on the D707 north, and then take the left turning for the C27 for 23 km, then it&#8217;s right to Duwisib on the D826 road to Maltahone. The castle is only ...

Another early start, as we want to be packed and ready to go in order to get an early morning game drive in. Hilary and I are determined to get as much of a lie in as possible, but still get up at 6:10am. After breakfast, we set off and check out some of the local watering holes for wildlife before setting off to the san bushman village.<br><br>After a long drive, (including a stretch down a very sandy road that the trip notes assured us we would get stuck in but ...

Up at 4, 4:30, 5, 5:15, 5:45, 6, 6:30, 7 then finally 7:30. So much for a sleep in. Finally got up at 7:30. Oliver decided to go on the game drive so was just Sarah, Martin, Jamie, Muz and I left at camp. Took down both tents in search of brownie points then took off to the pool for a brief sunbathing session. Nothing better than a dip in a pool in lieu of a shower. <br><br><br><br>Truck returned just after 9:30 ...

"Be careful how you try to help" is the lesson I understood from this story. You see, our guide to our African journey Johan, had many stories and all of them were either thought provoking or very humourous. This one, I will cherish. It seems that in a village in Namibia, like many villages in Africa, a group of women would trek close to 20 km a day back and forth to fetch the daily intake of ...

Up until now my time in Namibia has been amazing but one of the main reasons that I came to Namibia was to view the amazing Dune scape at Sossusvlei. This part of the Namib desert contains miles and miles of huge spectacular looking red dunes, which tower up to 350 meters tall making them three times larger than those found in Morocco! We left Swakopmund and drove south passing through the several mountain passes and the tiny ...

We left Swapkomund and headed South to the Namib-Naukfult National Park which is in Southern Nambia. Nambia has a land area four times that of the UK, but only has a population of 1.7m, so we spend long chunks of time without seeing anyone whatsoever. The landscape is lunar like at times and again, very different to what we have seen before We get the chance to see some of the famous sand dunes and climb dune 17 ...

We drove north for 5 hours (primarily on paved roads, which are in short supply in Namibia) to get to the city of Mariental. Unfortunately, the city didn't have much of anything - the best restaurant we could find was a Wimpy's (like a low-class McDonald's) at a gas station. We were going to stay at Hardap Dam Resort but the advertised "watersports on a beautiful dam and Olympic sized swimming pool" turned out to be some muddy ...