Category: Africa

We wouldn’t have gone to Namibia if it wasn’t for our friends, Claudiu and Nina, from Emotions by Motion, who organised this trip. Windhoek airport is tiny and when we landed we were suprised to see a couple of VIPs: a large plane from the US Air Force and, right…

We left Swapkopmund and started driving north along the Skeleton Coast. We heard on the news that there were three lions spotted close to the beach near a place called Mile 14. We looked for them and met a group who were probably military hunters doing the same. We didn’t…

Swakopmund is a nice town and we found some interesting shops with local produce – some were just kitschy souvenirs, but some were nice cosmetics or leather products. Recycle Nespresso pods are widely used to make all sort of figurines of different sizes. The houses are quite pretty – very colourful…

We had an early start as the gates to Namib Desert Park open at sunrise (6:45 am the day we were there). There were about 8 cars ahead of us and they opened the gate at 6:45 am on the dot. The convoy spread out quite quickly as people drove…

After leaving Gocheganas, we drove through Rehoboth, the town of Basters, where we stopped to refuel. The houses are not the nicest, but people seemed really friendly. We noticed an interesting pattern of building fences in Namibia, with some of the metal poles being only half-height. We’re not sure why,…