Category: Namibia

We had been invited to spend a few days at a private game reserve run by our friend’s daughter and her partner, staying in the posh lodge and being treated to five star service. It was a very generous offer and we were extremely excited about it. The only trouble was, we had just spent…

Kaokoland is a remote, rugged wilderness known for its stark desert landscapes, vast open plains and untouched terrain. It is also the home of the nomadic Himba people although there is less than one person for every three square kilometers We have always wanted to go but you do not go alone. It’s not dangerous,…

We had driven nearly 5,000km from Kenya to Namibia and, after a wonderful few days with our friends Theuns and Thea, had finally arrived in Windhoek –  a city that had become so familiar it was like being home. At Urban Camp we were welcomed back with open arms and made to feel as though…

After a much needed day taking a breather in Etosha we headed straight across to Grootfontein to visit our friends Theuyns and Thea. Winter was definitely behind us now, summer was slowly creeping up and with it the temperatures The thermometer in Henry hadn´t reached 50 degrees for almost a year and now we were…

As we prepared to leave Namibia without having made any decisions on buying a farm we needed to clear our heads and get some perspective. And what better way to do that than to spend a day surrounded by beautiful, peaceful animals whose simple lives always make things feel a lot easier. We spent the…

Henry and I may have been feeling better physically but emotionally James and I were in turmoil. Our desire to live in Namibia and build a conservation reserve was extremely strong but so was our need to keep travelling – and everyone was telling us we couldn´t do both. Or maybe we could but it…

Do you ever feel like your life is going round in circles? I hate repetition and get bored very quickly without variety. For me, one of the best reasons to travel is because no two days are the same – most days you wake up in a different place, often a different country, with a…

We had had enough of Landrovers! Henry´s gearbox and clutch were back in and apparently working well after a shakey start but he was now spewing oil everywhere. It could be a small problem, it could mean taking the whole gearbox off again and wasting even more time waiting for yet more parts. At this…

We are often told that we are in the lucky 0.1% of people who get to live their dream. And everyone who says it is absolutely right. But two weeks after arriving back in Namibia from the UK, our dream seemed to have become a nightmare. It´s not that having Henry´s gearbox fail was the…

Our last blog was a rollercoaster ride of excitement at finding a potential home in Namibia combined with being completely floored by what I thought was going to be a minor operation but is listed on the NHS website as a major operation and one which is renowned for being one of the most painful…