Category Archives: Tourism

The Natioal Rhythmic Gymnastics Competitions brought us to Walvis Bay. Once again we were able to get a nice offer via Stay Today for Egumbo lodge.   The lodge is beautiful, the beds are the most comfortable in all of … Continue reading →

The Caracal walk was the first part of our “Behind the Scenes Tour” on N/a’an ku sê. We also met the Wildlife Biologist, Stu from Scotland, who had a lot of interesting information about human-wildlife conflict and on how to manage it. Our host … Continue reading →

Up early one Tuesday. Driving west of Windhoek with a temperature of 5 below zero! Rewarded on arrival with a great breakfast. N/a’an ku sê! Driving in the cold… …and  putting the young ones on a backie. Arriving – and who … Continue reading →

Sunday and still some hunger for game. If you are in Windhoek driving 30 km north will solve it. Okapuka! This Crocodile is huge! Thanks for the invitation, but no thanks! For a while we thought we would see him … Continue reading →

We  – I, Marie, Saga and Hanna – were convinced that we could try horseriding without previous experience, so… …after a 3-minute lesson we were ready to go… …out into the Kalahari dunes. We passed Björn, Dan and Amanda. They … Continue reading →

Up with the sun… …to meet a bitter cold morning! I think this Lilac-breasted Roller agreed. Brrr… Bagatelle ranch is located in an area with long parallell red sand dunes and in the “valleys” between them is Bushman and Silk … Continue reading →

Thursday and it was time to head north again – 485 km to next stop. But first breakfast… …and a swim in the outdoor pool heated by the hot springs. A short stop on the way… …for Dan to release … Continue reading →

Bethanie is one of the oldest settlements in Namibia.  The church is from 1859… …and the Bethanie Guesthouse is from 1880. Here we had a good night’s sleep… …and breakfast before leaving… …for a drive to Keetmanshoop where we bought two new … Continue reading →

We left Dead Vlei and walked back to the car… …with the world’s highest sand dune behind us and Sossusvlei and the worlds second highest sand dune ahead. This area is full of fascinating shapes and colours… …and we took … Continue reading →

We were up really early, found a flat tire, but managed to pump it up. Drove the 65 km’s to Dead Vlei/Sossusvlei and realised that… …the place was covered in fog and low clouds and with a temperature of 9 … Continue reading →