Sossusvlei Wilderness Camp Namib-Naukluft Park

... the main house and not visible from the road. Each pitch is massive, our landcruiser and roof tent, plus Paul's ground tent only covered a small area. There is a campfire, a raised braii area plus a raised washing up area. Reed screening and planting means that each pitched is secluded from its neighbour. Edged pathways lit by candles at night lead to the ablution blocks. One block was round, thatched roof, and inside 2 ...

... is so dry and dusty that it's impossible to stay clean, so while the boys head off for a dip in the swimming pool, the girls head off to get showered and cleaned up, It feels so good to be dirt free, even if only for a matter of minutes!! Dinner tonight is chicken curry with rice and it goes down a treat. As I've been coming down with a cold today (had the sniffles since this morning), I decide to have an early night so I'm in bed by 9:30pm.

... off under the midday sun towards the pan of Sossusvlei, a place surrounded by bright red dunes... 5km away.  With the heat rising and not entirely sure where we were going or what it was to see, we contemplated turning back a few times, but with 4x4's whizzing passed us, piled with passengers, we figured it had to be something worthwhile so plodded on. Near an hour later we stood in a semi sparse area surrounded by dunes, all stunning but especially one which was shaped like an S. Was it ...

... is pretty much impossible because I can't bend my knees.  Little more info than you probably wanted but hey that's truck life. Pulled into Sesriem Camp Site in Sossusvlei National Park around 4pm where we headed straight to the bar for beers and icecream.  Great combo.  Suzy on her third cornetto for the day.  Think she's trying to set a new record. There were a few other overland trucks in the park.  Funny seeing them everywhere this side.  Were so ...

... events then you can picture how this stretch went. There was no slowing down, and all I could see was Bernard pointing left, then right, then left again as he indicated to Peter in which direction he should be heading. I was using my only two hands to keep myself from being ejected through the canopy roof and from being moulded to the sides of the canopy. Despite not having a 4x4 vehicle we ...

... canyon floor runs a long way in both direction. A bunch of us decided to hike/swim on an adventure through the canyon. Its a little creepy but very cool at the same time. We were told there were no crocodiles in here but it doesn't stop your mind from thinking about it. We stayed at the canyon until close to sunset and then headed back to the campsite. We had fijitas tonight for dinner...way too much food but they were excellent. Its an early night.

... he insists on wearing flip flops if he's so accident prone as he currently has 4 toes taped up after incidents with rocks). Yuri immediately sped off like some sprinter eager to show us all the things she could find. The first being a trap-door spider but the spider wasn't in the hole. Undeterred she headed onwards showing us various plants, animals and droppings along the way. She explained how the dunes got their shape and that every ...