Namibia | where's your sense of adventure?

Namibia: Qatar business class

by eandl | Jun 29, 2019

As mentioned in the intro post, we booked our trip with miles into business class. We had flown Qatar once before on our way to Oman, so we were quite excited to fly them again, and this time try...

After our last breakfast buffet of the trip we packed up the car and headed south to Windhoek, stopping briefly at a small waterhole just north of the Anderson Gate. ...450km later(!) we arrived in...

Namibia: Etosha National Park

by leandra | Jun 27, 2019

Note: this post contains a small number of the photos from our three days in Etosha - to see more check our gallery page. Wednesday morning we hit the road by 8:45a and were at the Van Anderson gate...

Namibia: Otjiwarongo

by leandra | Jun 26, 2019

The drive from Omaruru to the Hadassa Guest House in Otjiwarongo was straightforward and full of warthog sightings! He was not in a hurry or his tail would be straight up! Upon arrival, we were...

Namibia: Roidina Safari Lodge

by leandra | Jun 25, 2019

As requested in their pre-arrival email, we called the lodge from the winery to give them a heads up on our arrival time, and they said they were expecting us. From the gate it's a about a 15 minute...

Namibia: Erongo Mountain Winery

by leandra | Jun 24, 2019

On the way to our next lodging spot outside of Omaruru we stopped to taste a few wines at one of the few wineries in Namibia, Erongo Mountain Winery. The winery itself is located at the end of a...

Namibia: Swakopmund + Walvis Bay

by leandra | Jun 22, 2019

After our long drive through the mostly boring desert, we got into town around 2:30pm, parked the car in the secure parking area at the hotel and relaxed for a couple hours in our room (#2) at the...

Namibia: gravel roads in the desert

by leandra | Jun 21, 2019

Most of our first week was spent on dirt/gravel roads of varying quality. On our first full day we drove from Rehoboth to Sesriem. On the way the highlight was the Spreetshoogte Pass, which has...

Namibia: Moon Mountain Lodge

by leandra | Jun 20, 2019

By the time we returned from the Water Kloof hike our bags had been delivered to our room, so after a refreshing welcome drink of sparkling lemonade we headed over. Our tent was quite large, bigger...

Namibia: Waterkloof Trail

by leandra | Jun 19, 2019

Before leaving Sesriem we filled up at the petrol station, then pointed Google maps to Namib-Naukluft National Park for the Olive Trail hike... unfortunately, Google gave us bad directions and we...

Namibia: Sossusvlei

by leandra | Jun 18, 2019

Sossusvlei was one of the anchor points of the trip, a destination we had built our itinerary around and had been looking forward to for months. The evening prior we talked with the gate guard and...

Namibia: Desert Camp

by leandra | Jun 17, 2019

After gassing up and a quick lunch in Solitaire we completed the rest of the (very bumpy) drive to our accommodations for the next two nights — Desert Camp. We were assigned the last unit on the...

Namibia: arrival drama + Lake Oanob Resort

by leandra | Jun 16, 2019

Getting off the plane in Namibia was easy - we exited by stairs and walked across the tarmac into the immigration line. That process went fairly quickly as we were shuttled to a shorter ‘residents’...

Namibia: Hertz rental car

by leandra | Jun 15, 2019

During the planning phases of the trip we went through lots of rental options - 4x4 vs smaller car, local vs international companies, etc. Ultimately we wanted a vehicle with some ground clearance,...

Namibia 2019: overview + intro

by eric | Jun 13, 2019

A trip to Namibia had been in our heads for a few years, as the scenery looked amazing - massive dunes, wild coastline, lots of animals. Timing was important, as we wanted to go during their winter...

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