Day 8 : Moon Landscape and Welwitschia Drive East of Swakopmund, the track crosses an immense gravelly plain covered with centuries-old lichens. These organisms, formed from the combination of a fungus and an alga, grow so slowly – less than a millimetre a year – that you can still make out the ancient traces left…
Jour 7 : Walvis Bay and Sandwich Harbour We leave very early. This day is the highlight of our trip to Namibia. We meet a Turnstone guide at our hotel, the Blue Lagoon, at 8.30 a.m. to visit the dunes of Walvis Bay and the Sandwich Harbour lagoon. Arriving at the Blue Lagoon, no sooner…
Day 6 : Cape Cross and the Spitzkoppe Cape Cross The sky is completely overcast, but the wind has died down. Since we were still hungry last night, we head back to the lodge for breakfast. The Cape Cross reserve opens its doors at 10 a.m., giving us plenty of time for a stroll along…
Day 5 : Damaraland and the Skeleton Coast Tweifelfontein – An open-air museum Our first stop of the day was the Tweifelfontein open-air museum. We had visited the site in 1992, shortly after Namibia’s independence. At the time, there were no facilities, and we were free to walk around and admire the engraved rock masses. Tourism…
Day 4 : Ugab River Valley It rained during the night and this morning the sky is still very cloudy. Before breakfast, we want to enjoy the view of the waterhole in the middle of the forest. There are 13 giraffes on the property, who come to walk around the edge of the waterhole every…
Day 3 : Ugab Terraces At dawn, guinea fowl and dick-dicks appear here and there at the edge of the vegetation along the deep sand track to the reserve exit. .We have to head for Outjo. At the crossroads, we take road B1 in this direction. As we go along, we don’t recognize any of the towns…
Day 2 : Hiking This first night, a little hard on our 7 cm mattresses, and our enthusiasm to discover the site gets us out of bed very early. The sun rises, illuminating the red sandstone cliffs that surround the valley at the heart of the plateau’s landscape. .After breakfast and a cup of coffee,…
Jour 1 : Windhoek – Waterberg Wilderness After a rather comfortable crossing of the Atlantic, without those horrible disturbances that always give me the willies, we land in Windhoek. In the airport hall, José spots the sign ‘Wiertz welcome’, held up by a man with a smiling face. It’s Anton, our rental partner, picking us…
Road trip in North-West Namibia Exploring Namibia by 4×4 is an extraordinary experience! The North-West region is particularly fascinating, with its vast deserts, lunar landscapes and spectacular nature reserves. Etosha National Park is home to an incredible diversity of wildlife, including elephants, lions, leopards and rhinos. The park’s roads are accessible by 4×4 and offer…
