Our second day in Luderitz was spent discovering the town and its surrounds and it was another really interesting day.
Our safari drive was a door-to-door service starting at 09:00. As we drove past the service garage we were surprised to see that our car had already been collected from the rail siding. Our first view of Bogenfels On the other side of Luderitz, we stopped to pick up a…
With 90kms to go to arrive in Luderitz there was an unexplained sinister clicking noise coming from the engine. Then there was no more power steering and the engine was overheating so it was turned off and we moved off the road.
As the crow flies, the distance between Swakopmund and Luderitz is about 450kms but one can only go this route along the coast if part of a safari tour. We had to travel the long way around which was 800kms. We decided to do this trip over 4 days stopping…
We were so thrilled when we heard that Lyn & Tyrone had been transferred to Swakopmund on the West Coast of Namibia. Lots of new things to see and do.
What is a dune? A silly question?. Everyone knows that a dune is a huge pile of sand along the coastlines and beaches of many countries so why ask the question?
Through my previous blogs we have seen that Namibia is a country of differences. When I first asked friends and family their ideas of what Namibia is like 90% said sand dunes, desert and a dangerous coastline but it is much more than that.
One of the best days we had while in Gobabis, the 2nd time we were there, was a visit to Harnas Wildlife Foundation.
From Etosha we drove the 110 kms to Tsumeb where we were to spend the night at the Minen Hotel, a beautiful place in the old German style.
A year after our first visit we went to Gobabis, Namibia again but this time we flew from Durban to Johannesburg to Windhoek where Lyn met us and drove us the 2 hours back to Gobabis.