2019 Namibia

01-01 Bagatelle Kalahari Game Ranch

The ranch is on the edge of the Southern Kalahari and has huge red sands dunes.

01-02 Fish Canyon Lodge

The lodge is located 20 km east of the Fish River Canyon. Walkways lead to natural stone chalets nestled amongst granite boulders.

01-03 Fish River Canyon

Fish River Canyon is Africa’s largest and the world’s second largest canyon. Hot, dry and stony, the Canyon is 160 kilometres in length, at times 27 kilometres in width and 550 metres in depth.

01-04 Luderitz

This seaside town borders the pinkish sand dunes of the Namib Desert. We visited the nearby ghost town of Kolmanskop, which has been taken over by the desert dunes. We also visited Elizabeth Bay Mine.

01-05 Desert Homestead Lodge

The wide grassy valley in which the lodge is situated is sheltered by the Nubib, Tsaris and Naukluft Mountains with a view reaching the distant dunes of the Namib Desert in the west.

01-06 Sossusvei

Sossusvei is famous for its towering apricot coloured sand dunes. Sossusvlei itself is actually a clay pan set amidst these star-shaped dunes which stand up to 300m above the surrounding plains.

01-07 Swakopmund

Founded in 1892 as the main harbour for German South West Africa, Swakopmund is the capital of the Skeleton Coast tourism area. While there we did a day tour to Sandwich Harbour and a half day Eco Dune Tour with Batis Birding Safaris.

01-08 Mowani Mountain Camp

During our stay, we visited the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Twyfelfontein to view the rock carvings, along with seeing Burnt Mountain and the Organ Pipes. We also did the Guided Nature Drive to see the desert-adapted Elephants.

01-09 Grootberg Lodge

The lodge is on the edge of the Etendeka Plateau and has far-reaching views over the Klip River Valley. We did a sundowner drive on top of the plateau and a full day black rhino tracking in the valley.

01-10 Estosha National Park

We spent two days driving to various waterholes. You could arrive and there would be nothing and within 10 minutes it was crowded. There certainly is a “pecking order” when it comes to taking turn.

01-11 Onguma Game Reserve

The camp is on the eastern border of Etosha National Park and has 34 000 hectares of private wilderness. We did a sundowner drive and the next morning spent three hours at the water-level hide.

01-12 Nhoma Safari Camp

The camp is adjacent to the Ju/’hoan village and was built by Arno and Estelle with the help of the community. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay and our two hunting walks with the bushmen.

01-13 Okonjima Nature Reserve

Okonjima is home to The AfriCat Foundation. During our game drives we saw cheetahs and leopards. Many of the leopards are radio-collared for their protection but they roam freely and hunt within the 200 square kilometer nature reserve.