Monat: November 2016

Arrived in Walvis Bay / Swakopmund in the evening, we just recognized that Africa can be very very cold… It has been something around 10 degrees in the evening, even less during night. And very windy as well.

As the morning started with an very awesome Sossusvlei dune view, we went back before high noon to walk through Sesriem Canyon and follow our route towards Solitaire.

From Hammerstein Lodge we started at 4:30 AM towards Sossusvlei Dunes to be at the entrance gate as early as they open. Actually we were car no. 11 which ist not so bad at all 🙂 So the gate opened and we drove the 70 km into the Sossusvlei park, passing a lot of very…

The next day started with an early start, something around 5 AM, to see as much animals as possible during our Lapa Lodge Game Drive.

Some hours later in our Ford Ranger 4×4, partly road, partly gravel road, we arrived in Mariental. Mariental is a very small city, but also a good escape to Kalahari dessert – the place where we had our next lodge.