Roadtrip Namibia · 2024
Windhoek · Namib Desert · Spitzkoppe · Etosha National Park · Damaraland · Windhoek
November 30, 2024
Wow, Etosha! Grinning Giraffes and intimidating Elephants.
Lions—I always thought lions would be the most frightening animal on a safari. Who could have known that they would just lie lazily in corners like pissed-off cats, and we would suddenly be stuck in the middle of a herd of furiously stampeding elephants?
We are on a road trip through Namibia in a rental car. After the Namib Desert in the southern part of the country, the dusty, bumpy roads now take us north to one of the most amazing wildlife areas in the world—Etosha National Park.
Here you can drive around to your heart’s content on your own self-drive safari and spend hours peering into the bush or onto salt plains with your camera and binoculars. Spoiler: It's virtually impossible not to see tons of animals unless you have a bucket on your head.
Refuel, refocus, and join in our drive—as we go off on an adventure with the striped, spotted, curious, dangerous, and quirky inhabitants of our beautiful planet.
November 23, 2024
Namib Desert: Where the Sand glows and the Sky is on Fire.
The dark shape on the crest of the dune silhouettes starkly against the evening sky. Four strong legs, a tail, and two horns, both almost a yard long, thin and pointed like spears. An oryx antelope -standing there like a messenger from the gods in “the area where there is nothing.” That is the literal translation for the Nama language term “Namib Desert” in Namibia, Africa.
But despite the seemingly endless supply of orange sand hills, the enormous aridity, the hot winds and the few wiry-looking bushes, there is so much that we find here: stardust on earth in the form of trillions of glittering grains of sand, fiery African sunrises and sunsets, animals that range from tiny beetles to giraffes as tall as houses—and an almost disquieting ancient silence.
We now take you with us on our road trip through Namibia, to the top of one of the largest sand dunes in the world, to the moonlight over red infinity, and to Namibia's Death Valley with its improbable, 900-year-old ghost trees. So, hop in your desert buggy and let’s go!