Our grand tour

Even this morning there’s plenty of action at the waterhole. Like watching a play on a wild stage. Ah, great to see all these animals! They are still plenty around. What must it have been like two hundred years ago?…

No north, no cultural experience. We head straight to Etosha. It takes us longer then expected to reach the tarmac road, as we have to drive on off road tracks through deep sand, and rocky riverbeds, over stoney hills past…

Our plan, made the evening before as everything by now has changed anyway: leave Khorixas, stop over at the petrified forest head on to Opuwo. Reality: Looking at the map, the petrified forest is canceled straight away, it’s too far…

Der Plan: Tweifelfontain hat viel anzubieten, also noch ein bisschen erkunden. Wir wollen vor allem zum versteinerten Wald, wo man auch noch einmal die Welwitschia sehen kann. Dann weiter nach Opuwo, wo der kulturelle Teil unserer Tour beginnt… Die Realität:…

The plan: We visit the Rock paintings at Brandberg then have lunch at the campsite so the boys can have a dip in the pool then head off to Tweifelfontain where you can find more rock paintings, a petrified forrest…

The plan (made around lunchtime the previous day): We drive past the moon landscape and the Welwitschia plants to Spitzkoppe where we have our lunch and go for a walk, then of to Uis at the Brandberg, where we can…

The plan: head off before nine, drive to Swakopmund, a quaint little German seaside town, past the flamingos in WalfishBay. We set up the tents and in the afternoon drive to the famous moon landscape and the Welwitschia plant (=…

Der Plan: 5:30 Uhr aufstehen, um 6:30, wenn das Tor öffnet, los, und auf die Düne 45 um von dort den Sonnenaufgang genießen. Die Realität: Wir stehen un 5:30 Uhr auf, sind rechtzeitig fertig zum losfahren, aber….. Der Wagen springt…

The plan: Bill is being picked up at 8 a.m. to get the car with our guide Eneaus. Then pick us up, load the car and hopefully hit the road at 9:30 / 10 a.m. Stock up our food and…

After all the organizing, we finally arranged a 10 day tour with Brian’s friend who does private tours now and then… And we spend lots of time in the Kalahari Jazz Cafe. Brian and Nochi become friends and the food…