Ready to "Go" @ 05h00
9. Juli 2017 in Südafrika ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
UK visitors ✓
Swiss visitors ✓
4x4 vehicles✓
Food ✓
Biltong ✓
G&T's ✓✓✓
Wine ✓✓
Warm clothes ✓
Passports ✓
Pienk Padstal
9. Juli 2017 in Südafrika ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Once again the Pienk Padstal stop was worth a giggle 😂
Day 1 Done & Dusted
9. Juli 2017 in Südafrika ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Freezing cold when we left at 05h30 ... 😨
Arrived safely at Augrabies after about 900km!
Day 2 - The Richtersveld
10. Juli 2017 in Südafrika ⋅ ☀️ 5 °C
Today it's "Farewell" to civilization as we know it 😲
No connectivity, only carrier crows (not even pigeons) and those are scare 😃. Dirt roads will become the norm, rather than the exceptionWeiterlesen
Day 3 - Tatasberg
10. Juli 2017 in Südafrika ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Lovely to have to whole camp to ourselves 😆
Richtersveld 1
11. Juli 2017 in Südafrika ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Richtersveld 2
11. Juli 2017 in Südafrika ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Amazing scenery and wide open spaces.
Day 4 - Sunrise @ Kokerboomkloof
12. Juli 2017 in Südafrika ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Beautiful quiet campsite. Amazing sunrise over the hills.
Shit happens ....
12. Juli 2017 in Südafrika ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
After warning the visitors to watch out for rocks on the road .... A hidden little b@stard surprised us 😲
Thank goodness we had an Engineer with us 😆
Helskloof
12. Juli 2017 in Südafrika ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
After a quick tyre change we made our up and over Helskloof on our way to get the Pont across to Namibia at Sendlingsdrift
And another one ...
12. Juli 2017 in Namibia ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
After 30 years of travelling to the bush, we've never had a tyre problem 😨. Today our luck ran out ... 2 tyres in the space of 8 hours .... 😲
I guess we'll be going tyre shopping inWeiterlesen
3's
12. Juli 2017 in Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
They say things happen in 3's ..... 😲😨
Thankfully we had 40l on the roof ☺
Paul Goosen
How? You are still in civilization. What's going to happen when you leave the beaten track?
Day 5 - Canyon Roadhouse
13. Juli 2017 in Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
This place has grown immensely since our last stop here 15 years ago. Then it was a small little Padstal where we had a toasted jaffle and got some fuel.
Day 6 - Fish River Canyon
13. Juli 2017 in Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
After a quick shopping trip to Keetmanshoop for 2 new tyres, we got to Fish River Lodge.
Day 7 - Fish River to Sossusvlei
14. Juli 2017 in Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
After a very comfortable night at the Fish River Lodge, we're making our way up to Sossusvlei.
Helmeringshausen
14. Juli 2017 in Namibia ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Passing through the metropolis of Helmeringshausen on our way up to Sossusvlei, we stopped for fuel and ice-cream 😊
A well stocked shop selling everything from biltong to brandy and Mr MuscleWeiterlesen
Coffee stop
14. Juli 2017 in Namibia ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
A coffee stop on the way to Sesriem. A social weaver nest which has been abandoned and the reason for 50% of the dust in the car 😂
Sossusvlei
15. Juli 2017 in Namibia ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
So many buses, so many people 😨
Went all the way to the vlei hoping to find water, but no such luck. Dry as a bone 😲
Our energetic guests decided they want to climb a dune, so we found themWeiterlesen
Sesriem Canyon
15. Juli 2017 in Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
A stop at the canyon before going back to camp for some lunch and a snooze 😊
Sossusvlei to Luderitz
16. Juli 2017 in Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
A scenic drive along all the back roads to Luderitz
Final preparation
16. Juli 2017 in Namibia ⋅ 🌬 18 °C
Pauli & Jeff here safely✓
Petrol ✓
Water refilled ✓
Last night in a REAL bed ✓
About to head off into the wide beyond
17. Juli 2017 in Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
With Volker and Johnny of Desert Magic
Entering the Sperr Gebied
17. Juli 2017 in Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
After each driver had to blow into a breatherliser at the security section, we headed to the Restricted Area.
Charlotten Tal
17. Juli 2017 in Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
A diamond mine last used 100 years ago. 480 000 carats mined here.
Deflating tyres and briefing
17. Juli 2017 in Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C