Arrival Walvis Bay

Swakopmund

Day trip to Swakopmund. Deviousl lunch at The Tug.
WALVIS - the brief

“A five-day hike stretching over 100 km. The Namib100 takes you through one of the wildest, most unspoilt places on
the planet. As a part of the greater Skeleton Coast, you will walk over massiveもっと詳しく
Day 1 Start the Journey

The support vehicles collected us at Lagoon Chalets. The transfer from Lagoon Chalets to the starting point (50 kms) in special converted 4x4 vehicles.
We got our lunch parcels and the hike began.
Day 1 Oysters and Champaign

Modderbankies is where the Kuiseb River in ancient times flowed into the Atlantic before it was stopped by the desert. Here we saw the remnants of mud and
silt that were deposited at this estuaryもっと詳しく
Day 2 Seal colony

We passed a number of huge seal colonies on your way to the Langewand where the dunes drop directly into the ocean.
It is only possible to walk the Langewand at low tide as you will be trappedもっと詳しく
Day2 Langwand

The 22.4km walk ended early in the afternoon.
The weather was very kind with little wind and the camp was set up to overlook the sea.
We sneaked in a quick walk late afternoon to visit the Shawneeもっと詳しく
Day 3 Room with a view

We started the day again at the wreck of the Shawnee that stranded in 1976. The skeleton of this wreck reminded us again that this coastline is the book of remembrance; telling the story of hopes andもっと詳しく
Day 4 Die Soutpan

On the 4th day we turned inland to see a completely different face of the Namib. The sea coast and dunes were replaced with long stretches of scattered white quarts or the black snake-like formationもっと詳しく
Day 5 Soutknersvlakte

We started the last day with a quick hike to the old mining town.
The hike started through a patch of greenery where the tracks and droppings of oryx tells of a nearby natural spring. Just imageもっと詳しく
Day 6 Olifantsbad

After toasts and
celebrations at the wreck, we were transported by 4x4 vehicles over some of the highest dunes on earth into the deep Namib Desert.
One last night at the foot of a giant dune –もっと詳しく
The food

Aand 1:
Oesters en sjampanje
Fillet steak sosaties
Gemengde slaai
Brownies
Aand 2:
Vis sosaties
Skaap potjie met rys
Varsgebakte brood met konfyt
Aand 3:
"Oopsies" - varkvleis op 'nもっと詳しく
The Skelton coast

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