Blog Posts in Category: Namibia

Day 3: Deadvlei, Big Daddy Dune and Bushman’s Desert Camp

Alastair BegleyLandscape, Namibia Short Link

Today the plan was for a very early morning to see sunrise over Deadvlei, before climbing up the tallest dune in Namibia at 325m and then making the drive to our next stop, at Bushman’s Desert Camp to break up the journey to Walvis Bay. The stats below exclude the driving in Sossusvlei. The drive to Deadvlei Parking We set our alarms at 4:15 so that we could be packed up and in a good position in the queue for the inner gate. The drive through the park to the campsite along the tar road was, well fast, maybe not the best idea in the dark with animals around, but at least I wasn’t at the front of the convoy so it was somewhat safer. When we arrived at the main parking, I elected not to let the tyres down to the recommended 1.5 bar, and just continued with the pressure we had been using on the dirt roads in order to save time. Thankfully this did not result in us getting stuck, but after one unnerving section near the start I engaged low ratio and diff lock for the. Read the full article…

Day 2: Lake Oanob Resort to Sesriem & Sossusvlei

Alastair BegleyNamibia, Wildlife Short Link

Today was a day where we packed an awful lot into a single day, and had a fantastic, if not slightly tiring, time while doing it. It also happened to be Christmas Day, not that it really felt like it due to the heat and the activity packed day. We drove from Lake Oanob Resort to Sesriem via the Spreetshoogte Pass. Once we were at Sesriem we first explored the canyon, before returning to the campsite for an early dinner and then heading out to the dunes for some photography and then to climb Dune 45 for sunset Lake Oanob We woke up fairly early knowing that we had a long drive ahead of us, while also wanting to make the most of the day when we arrived. Our day stated off wonderfully watching two Southern Masked Weavers building a nest, while sat eating our breakfast overlooking Lake Oanob. Breakfast and packing up the truck was not the quickest affair, given that it was the first time we were getting used to everything, but we were on the road by 7:30. The journey to Sesriem via the Spreetshoogte Pass The. Read the full article…

Day 1: Windhoek to Lake Oanob Resort

Alastair BegleyNamibia, Wildlife Short Link

Today our plan was simple, collect the 4×4, do some shopping and take a short drive down to Lake Oanob Resort to start our trip. Summary: Our plan largely went as expected, the pickup from Bushlore took longer than expected, we had assumed two hours and it took closer to three, but in fairness there was a lot of information for them to share about their very well thought out vehicles, lets just hope we don’t need to use the high lift jack! On our way out of Windhoek we stopped in a supermarket to pick up some food for the next week and some other general missing items we had already left behind or decided were not good enough (power adapters and a hat). Again this took quite a while but eventually we were ready to set off down to our destination, to sort out the van and enjoy dinner. While were were driving down south on one of the few tar rods in Namibia, we quickly saw plenty of wildlife, including boks&baboons, along with plenty of stunning scenery. As were were arriving I remembered that there was an. Read the full article…