2024-1 – Namibia and nearby

Our trip to southern Africa wound up with six days in the country of South Africa, where we visited Cape Town and then topped off the trip with a couple of relaxing days in nearby Stellenbosch wine country. This was

We weren’t too upset about leaving Etosha National Park since we had planned two days of game viewing at private game reserves on our route back to Windhoek. And we treated ourselves by booking lodges for our final two nights

We left Damaraland and entered Namibia’s famous Etosha National Park through the western gate, to begin our 3-night stay, camping and staying at a couple of lodges as we did our self-driving game drives. We’d love to say that Etosha

Still in Damaraland, but at the northern edge, we drove to the Palmwag Concession to camp for two nights. We needed to stay a couple of nights so that we could enjoy a really special activity in the early morning

Having decided to skip camping with the seals at Cape Cross on the Skeleton Coast, we were able to add an extra night in Damaraland, an area of more than 100,000 square kilometres (over 10% of the whole country). Sandwiched

The morning of March 12th we broke camp at Sesriem and headed inland and to the north. Inland because you cannot drive through the sands dunes, and north to get to the Skeleton Coast accessible through near Walvis Bay and

As we coasted back down into the Namib desert to the Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) campsite at Sesriem, we didn’t have high expectations. NWR has a somewhat spotty track record on travel forums, and we’d just come from NWR-managed Duwisib

The morning of March 7th we picked up our 4×4 and camping equipment, finished our food shopping, and hit the road to the south of Windhoek. A long, boring drive from Windhoek to the Kalahari Desert, with only a few

We left Windhoek the morning of March 7th on our 18-day, 4×4 camping trip with every intention of posting updates and photos every few days as we usually do. However, this trip turned out to be different for a number

Arrived in Windhoek late afternoon and settled into our apartment.  Next morning, wandered downtown to check out the capital city’s main attractions. Spent some time at the Independence Memorial Museum. Large statue of the first president of Namibia, Sam Nujoma,

After our recovery days in South Africa, we took a quick flight to the tiny country of Lesotho, notable for a few quirky facts: A quick description of our visit: Have spent the last couple of days in the country

Following nearly 40 hours of flying and driving, we spent a couple of recovery days at a game lodge north of Johannesburg. Gorgeous safari tent accommodation in the middle of the Dinokeng Game Reserve. Spent a day and a half