Category: Africa

There is a morning that I missed out of the Etosha post as it was so incredible it deserves it´s own space. Writing this as a seperate interlude also allows those in whom lions don´t inspire a level of awe – that tingly feeling when you get close to an animal the size, strength and…

We left our friendly guesthouse near Oshakati full of excitement. We were on our way to Etosha National Park. Not just the jewel of Namibia but amongst the best national parks in the whole of Africa. Vast plains teaming with wildlife of all kinds and plenty of lions! As we arrived at the gate our…

We arrived in the large town of Opuwo relieved to find plenty of fuel but sad to see the obvious poverty in the area. The Spar supermarket had too many empty shelves, the fruit and veg was rotting and there were groups of children and Himba women begging outside. This is not something you see…

One benefit of leaving the Skeleton Coast earlier than expected was to make the afternoon much more sedate as getting to the campsite at Twyfelfontein was now very achievable. This area in particular is very dependent on tourism with many sites to see on the standard tourist trail. So the whole place was devastated by…

Whether we were reluctant to leave the south or whether our plans really were getting more difficult it is hard to say. The sites we had chosen to see around Cape Cross were the Messum Crater, Brandberg Mountain and Rock Paintings and then up north on the Skeleton Coast. If you look at all these…

We were heading for one of Namibia´s most picturesque mountains, Bloedkoppe (pronounced Blood-Cop-y) in the Namib Naukluft Park. We had secured a two-day permit into the park in Swakopmund along with a night camping at the foot of the mountain. On the way we stopped off to see the Martin Luther Steam Train. Famous for…

We left Sossussvlei behind heading for the Naukluft Mountain Park. It was a short drive of just over an hour but when we arrived we found the 4×4 trail had been closed for many years since the rains had brought down boulders blocking the way. The campsite was expensive and even though the staff tried…

In the UK there are 281 people for every square kilometer of land, a total of around 67 million. Namibia is nearly four times the size of the UK in terms of land mass and there are 2.67 million inhabitants – that´s about 3 people per square kilometer. A good year of rainfall is around…

Let me tell you about Namibia. I first visited this amazing country in 1999 when I hired a car and drove around for a month with my then partner. It was my first time in Africa and I fell hopelessly in love with the country and the continent there and then – a love affair…