Ready to "Go" @ 05h00
9 de julio de 2017, Sudáfrica ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
UK visitors ✓
Swiss visitors ✓
4x4 vehicles✓
Food ✓
Biltong ✓
G&T's ✓✓✓
Wine ✓✓
Warm clothes ✓
Passports ✓
Pienk Padstal
9 de julio de 2017, Sudáfrica ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Once again the Pienk Padstal stop was worth a giggle 😂
Day 1 Done & Dusted
9 de julio de 2017, Sudáfrica ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Freezing cold when we left at 05h30 ... 😨
Arrived safely at Augrabies after about 900km!
Day 2 - The Richtersveld
10 de julio de 2017, Sudáfrica ⋅ ☀️ 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 exceptionLeer más
Day 3 - Tatasberg
10 de julio de 2017, Sudáfrica ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Lovely to have to whole camp to ourselves 😆
Richtersveld 1
11 de julio de 2017, Sudáfrica ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Richtersveld 2
11 de julio de 2017, Sudáfrica ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Amazing scenery and wide open spaces.
Day 4 - Sunrise @ Kokerboomkloof
12 de julio de 2017, Sudáfrica ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Beautiful quiet campsite. Amazing sunrise over the hills.
Shit happens ....
12 de julio de 2017, Sudáfrica ⋅ ⛅ 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 de julio de 2017, Sudáfrica ⋅ ⛅ 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 de julio de 2017, 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 inLeer más
3's
12 de julio de 2017, 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 de julio de 2017, 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 de julio de 2017, 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 de julio de 2017, Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
After a very comfortable night at the Fish River Lodge, we're making our way up to Sossusvlei.
Helmeringshausen
14 de julio de 2017, 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 MuscleLeer más
Coffee stop
14 de julio de 2017, 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 de julio de 2017, 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 themLeer más
Sesriem Canyon
15 de julio de 2017, Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
A stop at the canyon before going back to camp for some lunch and a snooze 😊
Sossusvlei to Luderitz
16 de julio de 2017, Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
A scenic drive along all the back roads to Luderitz
Final preparation
16 de julio de 2017, 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 de julio de 2017, Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
With Volker and Johnny of Desert Magic
Entering the Sperr Gebied
17 de julio de 2017, 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 de julio de 2017, Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
A diamond mine last used 100 years ago. 480 000 carats mined here.
Deflating tyres and briefing
17 de julio de 2017, Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C