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- Day 1
- Sunday, July 9, 2017 at 9:09 AM
- ⛅ 9 °C
- Altitude: 1,632 m
South AfricaWestcliffe26°10’6” S 28°0’55” E
Ready to "Go" @ 05h00
July 9, 2017 in South Africa ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
UK visitors ✓
Swiss visitors ✓
4x4 vehicles✓
Food ✓
Biltong ✓
G&T's ✓✓✓
Wine ✓✓
Warm clothes ✓
Passports ✓
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- Day 1
- Sunday, July 9, 2017 at 4:00 PM
- ⛅ 12 °C
- Altitude: 741 m
- South AfricaKai !Garib28°47’43” S 20°27’57” E
Pienk Padstal
July 9, 2017 in South Africa ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Once again the Pienk Padstal stop was worth a giggle 😂
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- Day 1
- Sunday, July 9, 2017 at 7:00 PM
- ☀️ 26 °C
- Altitude: 1,228 m
- South AfricaO’Reilly’s Pan26°53’36” S 24°56’54” E
Day 1 Done & Dusted
July 9, 2017 in South Africa ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Freezing cold when we left at 05h30 ... 😨
Arrived safely at Augrabies after about 900km!
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- Day 2
- Monday, July 10, 2017 at 7:55 AM
- ☀️ 5 °C
- Altitude: 853 m
- South AfricaKai !Garib28°50’59” S 20°9’35” E
Day 2 - The Richtersveld
July 10, 2017 in South Africa ⋅ ☀️ 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 exceptionRead more
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- Day 2
- Monday, July 10, 2017 at 5:00 PM
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitude: 660 m
- South AfricaRichtersveld28°19’4” S 17°16’50” E
Day 3 - Tatasberg
July 10, 2017 in South Africa ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Lovely to have to whole camp to ourselves 😆
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- Day 3
- Tuesday, July 11, 2017
- ⛅ 20 °C
- Altitude: 521 m
- South AfricaRichtersveld28°21’31” S 17°14’27” E
Richtersveld 1
July 11, 2017 in South Africa ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
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- Day 3
- Tuesday, July 11, 2017
- ⛅ 20 °C
- Altitude: 661 m
- South AfricaTatasberg28°19’49” S 17°15’41” E
Richtersveld 2
July 11, 2017 in South Africa ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Amazing scenery and wide open spaces.
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- Day 4
- Wednesday, July 12, 2017 at 7:09 AM
- ⛅ 20 °C
- Altitude: 590 m
- South AfricaRichtersveld28°18’22” S 17°17’26” E
Day 4 - Sunrise @ Kokerboomkloof
July 12, 2017 in South Africa ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Beautiful quiet campsite. Amazing sunrise over the hills.
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- Day 4
- Wednesday, July 12, 2017 at 8:30 AM
- ⛅ 15 °C
- Altitude: 249 m
- South AfricaClaim Peak28°20’40” S 17°9’49” E
Shit happens ....
July 12, 2017 in South Africa ⋅ ⛅ 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 😆
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- Day 4
- Wednesday, July 12, 2017 at 10:17 AM
- ⛅ 15 °C
- Altitude: 604 m
- South AfricaHelskloof28°18’27” S 16°59’8” E
Helskloof
July 12, 2017 in South Africa ⋅ ⛅ 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
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- Day 4
- Wednesday, July 12, 2017 at 4:00 PM
- ⛅ 12 °C
- Altitude: 794 m
NamibiaKaras27°33’37” S 17°46’19” E
And another one ...
July 12, 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 inRead more
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- Day 4
- Wednesday, July 12, 2017 at 4:41 PM
- ☀️ 30 °C
- Altitude: 787 m
- NamibiaKaras27°33’41” S 17°45’42” E
3's
July 12, 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?
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- Day 5
- Thursday, July 13, 2017 at 8:32 AM
- ☀️ 33 °C
- Altitude: 821 m
- NamibiaKaras27°30’52” S 17°49’53” E
Day 5 - Canyon Roadhouse
July 13, 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.
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- Day 5
- Thursday, July 13, 2017 at 5:50 PM
- ☀️ 33 °C
- Altitude: 983 m
- NamibiaKaras27°31’38” S 17°32’13” E
Day 6 - Fish River Canyon
July 13, 2017 in Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
After a quick shopping trip to Keetmanshoop for 2 new tyres, we got to Fish River Lodge.
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- Day 6
- Friday, July 14, 2017 at 8:55 AM
- ☀️ 33 °C
- Altitude: 835 m
- NamibiaKaras27°28’43” S 17°29’35” E
Day 7 - Fish River to Sossusvlei
July 14, 2017 in Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
After a very comfortable night at the Fish River Lodge, we're making our way up to Sossusvlei.
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- Day 6
- Friday, July 14, 2017 at 12:38 PM
- ⛅ 11 °C
- Altitude: 1,396 m
- NamibiaGibeon Constituency25°41’34” S 16°50’22” E
Helmeringshausen
July 14, 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 MuscleRead more
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- Day 6
- Friday, July 14, 2017 at 3:02 PM
- ⛅ 11 °C
- Altitude: 1,321 m
- NamibiaHardap24°49’25” S 16°7’7” E
Coffee stop
July 14, 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 😂
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- Day 7
- Saturday, July 15, 2017 at 10:00 AM
- ⛅ 11 °C
- Altitude: 578 m
- NamibiaWalvis Bay Rural Constituency24°44’26” S 15°17’16” E
Sossusvlei
July 15, 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 themRead more
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- Day 7
- Saturday, July 15, 2017 at 1:00 PM
- ☀️ 16 °C
- Altitude: 912 m
- NamibiaHardap24°50’24” S 15°54’52” E
Sesriem Canyon
July 15, 2017 in Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
A stop at the canyon before going back to camp for some lunch and a snooze 😊
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- Day 8
- Sunday, July 16, 2017 at 8:37 AM
- ☀️ 13 °C
- Altitude: 15 m
- NamibiaRobert Harbour26°38’40” S 15°9’18” E
Sossusvlei to Luderitz
July 16, 2017 in Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
A scenic drive along all the back roads to Luderitz
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- Day 8
- Sunday, July 16, 2017 at 4:06 PM
- 🌬 18 °C
- Altitude: 32 m
- NamibiaLüderitz26°38’53” S 15°9’23” E
Final preparation
July 16, 2017 in Namibia ⋅ 🌬 18 °C
Pauli & Jeff here safely✓
Petrol ✓
Water refilled ✓
Last night in a REAL bed ✓
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- Day 9
- Monday, July 17, 2017 at 8:49 AM
- ☀️ 20 °C
- Altitude: 15 m
- NamibiaLüderitz26°39’4” S 15°9’20” E
About to head off into the wide beyond
July 17, 2017 in Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
With Volker and Johnny of Desert Magic
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- Day 9
- Monday, July 17, 2017 at 9:30 AM
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Altitude: 47 m
- NamibiaLuderitz Constituency26°38’10” S 15°13’9” E
Entering the Sperr Gebied
July 17, 2017 in Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
After each driver had to blow into a breatherliser at the security section, we headed to the Restricted Area.
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- Day 9
- Monday, July 17, 2017 at 10:00 AM
- ☀️ 23 °C
- Altitude: 45 m
- NamibiaLuderitz Constituency26°38’53” S 15°13’53” E
Charlotten Tal
July 17, 2017 in Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
A diamond mine last used 100 years ago. 480 000 carats mined here.
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- Day 9
- Monday, July 17, 2017 at 10:15 AM
- ☀️ 23 °C
- Altitude: 82 m
- NamibiaLuderitz Constituency26°37’54” S 15°12’27” E
Deflating tyres and briefing
July 17, 2017 in Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C