Ready to "Go" @ 05h00

UK visitors ✓
Swiss visitors ✓
4x4 vehicles✓
Food ✓
Biltong ✓
G&T's ✓✓✓
Wine ✓✓
Warm clothes ✓
Passports ✓
Pienk Padstal

Once again the Pienk Padstal stop was worth a giggle 😂
Day 1 Done & Dusted

Freezing cold when we left at 05h30 ... 😨
Arrived safely at Augrabies after about 900km!
Day 2 - The Richtersveld

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 exceptionLeia mais
Day 3 - Tatasberg

Lovely to have to whole camp to ourselves 😆
Richtersveld 1

Richtersveld 2

Amazing scenery and wide open spaces.
Day 4 - Sunrise @ Kokerboomkloof

Beautiful quiet campsite. Amazing sunrise over the hills.
Shit happens ....

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

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 ...

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 inLeia mais
3's

They say things happen in 3's ..... 😲😨
Thankfully we had 40l on the roof ☺
Day 5 - Canyon Roadhouse

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

After a quick shopping trip to Keetmanshoop for 2 new tyres, we got to Fish River Lodge.
Day 7 - Fish River to Sossusvlei

After a very comfortable night at the Fish River Lodge, we're making our way up to Sossusvlei.
Helmeringshausen

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 MuscleLeia mais
Coffee stop

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

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 themLeia mais
Sesriem Canyon

A stop at the canyon before going back to camp for some lunch and a snooze 😊
Sossusvlei to Luderitz

A scenic drive along all the back roads to Luderitz
Final preparation

Pauli & Jeff here safely✓
Petrol ✓
Water refilled ✓
Last night in a REAL bed ✓
About to head off into the wide beyond

With Volker and Johnny of Desert Magic
Entering the Sperr Gebied

After each driver had to blow into a breatherliser at the security section, we headed to the Restricted Area.
Charlotten Tal

A diamond mine last used 100 years ago. 480 000 carats mined here.
Deflating tyres and briefing
