Category: Africa

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,…

Gocheganas was our first stop after leaving Windhoek. We started seeing wildlife pretty much as soon as we turned onto the gravel road: two meerkats that crossed the road, some baboons (which apparently can be quite aggressive), a kudu, some springboks and waterbucks. Gocheganas lodge is on top of a…