A little desert Oasis
4月23日, ナミビア ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
We left Camp at 9am and an hour into the drive the sat nav said there was a petrol station approaching which we didn’t believe.
10 minutes later we came across the desert town of Betta where thereもっと詳しく
Just a 10km walk today
4月22日, ナミビア ⋅ 🌬 18 °C
Today was sunny with a chilly wind which made the temperature quite deceptive on our 10km walk só we came back with sunburn.
Duwisib Castle
4月21日, ナミビア ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
After unpacking we walked to the castle and had a look around. The castle was built in 1909 by an ex German soldier and they also brought 6000 hectares of land to start farming.
They imported theもっと詳しく
Duwisib Guest Farm & Camping
4月21日, ナミビア ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
We left Klein Aus Vista at 8:40am and initially the sat nav said it was 4 hours but we had only allowed for 3.
As it turns out it was gravel all the way and we did it in 2 hours but it was likeもっと詳しく
The Stone Horse Hike
4月20日, ナミビア ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
After visiting Kolmanskop and luderitz we drove the 130km back to camp and then went on a 6km hike to see the stone horse from 600 meters up in the desert.
Kolmanskop Ghost Town
4月20日, ナミビア ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
.The wind got up overnight and the temperature plummeted. We had our normal quilt, then a double duvet and then a fleece blanket. To top it off we were also wearing our thermals and we weren’t hot.もっと詳しく
Klein Aus Vista Camp
4月19日, ナミビア ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
After leaving Keetmanshoop it was another 240km and 2.5 hour drive to our next campsite. There was nothing but totally baron landscape inbetween with huge swathes of long straight roads that were justもっと詳しく
Keetmanshoop Shopping
4月19日, ナミビア ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Our first real stop of the day was Keetmanshoop. It’s 30km in the opposite direction but they have all the shops here that we could want and decided to stick up in fresh produce. We also found someもっと詳しく
Halfway to Keetmanshoop
4月19日, ナミビア ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
We are heading to the next town 100 miles away and halfway there we found an abandoned train station and a building that looked like an old windmill.
This is not in fact a windmill but an old limeもっと詳しく
Giraffes in the road
4月19日, ナミビア ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
We left camp at just gone 8am and 30km into our drive we spotted a huge heard of giraffe crossing the road. This is the most bizarre sight in the desert and they looked content and full thanks to theもっと詳しく
Back to Camp
4月18日, ナミビア ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
We arrived back at camp and it has been a full day out considering we haven’t done much.
We decided to stop at the shop on the way back to pick up a Namibia mug for our collection and it was here Iもっと詳しく
The Southern Viewpoint.
4月18日, ナミビア ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
It took us over an hour of real off road rock crawling to get to the southern viewpoint and we were hoping it would be a loop road but unfortunately we had to take the same road back and that was evenもっと詳しく
Fish River Canyon
4月18日, ナミビア ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
We stopped halfway along the canyon and got the drone out as nobody was around and got a shot of the canyon and the car before moving on.
Fish River Canyon Lookout
4月18日, ナミビア ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
The drive to Fish river canyon didn’t take too long. This is the 3rd largest canyon in the world and the views were spectacular. From here we took a 5km hike to the next viewpoint before returningもっと詳しく
The Richterveld Transfrontier Park
4月18日, ナミビア ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
This morning we were up early and took a drive to fish river canyon. This is situated in the richtersveld National park and we had to pay an entry fee of £27.
The Canyon Road House
4月17日, ナミビア ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
At 4pm we finally reached our campsite at the Canyon road house. It’s a really quirky little place and our camp is completely unfenced and beautiful.
We cooked Wors and vegetables on the Braai andもっと詳しく
Namibia is vast
4月17日, ナミビア ⋅ 🌬 19 °C
After another 90 minutes of driving the road ran out and we hit the gravel and aired the tyres down. We still haven’t seen another car. This country is just vast and full of nothing.
Namibia
4月17日, ナミビア ⋅ 🌬 19 °C
Our first stop in Namibia 90 minutes after the border was the Spar at Karasburg where we stocked back up in fresh fruit and veg and milk. Then we sat in the car for an hour waiting for the telecomsもっと詳しく
Leaving South Africa - Customs
4月17日, 南アフリカ ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
It was a 130km drive taking nearly 2 hours on a road that was as straight as an arrow all the way to customs.
Leaving South Africa was easy at the Netty customs station and we had decided to take ourもっと詳しく
Proper dinner & Proper Sunset
4月16日, 南アフリカ ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
After heading out for a run to do laps of the campground I got caught in a huge thunderstorm. Once that cleared we had our first amazing sunset while we lit the Braai.
The good thing about Southもっと詳しく
Upington
4月16日, 南アフリカ ⋅ 🌬 29 °C
After sorting all of our stuff out we drove back into Upington to get some cross border stickers, a shovel and some blocks of wood to go under the caravan legs as our last ones went rotten. We visitedもっと詳しく
The Kalahari Monate Lodge
4月16日, 南アフリカ ⋅ 🌬 28 °C
After the Kalahari Mall it was just 10 minutes to our next campsite the Kalahari Monate lodge where we are the only ones camping só had the whole place to ourselves. This gave us a chance to finallyもっと詳しく
The Kalahari Mall
4月16日, 南アフリカ ⋅ 🌬 26 °C
Our first stop of the day was Upington and the Kalahari Mall where we stocked up in supplies for tomorrow and grabbed some last minute bits before our border crossing tomorrow.
The Kalahari mall is aもっと詳しく
Our first night camping
4月16日, 南アフリカ ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
After a great nights sleep if nearly 9 hours we were woken up by the cockerels and ducks. Once we emerged from the tent we were greeted by the fallow deer, alpacas and then a very lovely cat.
Weもっと詳しく
Red sands country lodge
4月15日〜16日, 南アフリカ ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
It took us 6 1/2 hours at 120kph to get here and we had some sketchy moments passing the Lorry’s that can only do 70kph but we’ve made it.
We arrived just as the sun was setting so the lovelyもっと詳しく