Sesriem Travel Blogs

First day, first lesson   During my previous visits to this country I had felt a very strong sense of freedom when driving along the Namibian roads, across those huge open spaces of sheer natural wonder. Even more so on this trip, as I come here with no fixed itinerary, driving a 4x4 p…

And so we arrived at Sesriem, a little settlement named after nearby Sesriem canyon. 'Ses riem' is Afrikaans for 'Six leashes', and comes from the time when the river at the bottom of the canyon was used for water supply, and you'd need to tie six ox-wagon leashes to your bucket in order to reach t…

Climbing "dune 45" Ooooh noooo, This time I had to get up very, very, very urlie, like 4AM to get to the "dune 45" Famous and one of the biggest dune... We wanted to be the first with out foodmarks of others in action and watching the sun comming up... We arrived there around 5AM.. We were lucky t…

Woke up 7am but dozed on and off til 8:15am when I finally got up. I'd packed up all my stuff last night so it was a very easy and relaxing start. We finally pulled out at about 9:30am and dropped Cat and Jo off at their new accomodation. Hopefully Jo will be feeling a bit better by the time we see…

2002 undergraduate study abroad trip during my junior year at Pomona College. I spent 4 months living with several families in Botswana, 1 month assisting on a TB surveillance at a refugee camp I was living at, and finally 1 month traveling around neighboring countries, mostly on my own.

Een korte rit brengt ons naar Sesriem. Waarom zijn we eigenlijk de vorige dag in Solitaire gestopt? We dalen af in de Sesriem canyon, maar zijn niet echt onder de indruk. Jeeps brengen ons diep de Sossusvlei in, waar we geconfronteerd worden met een bizar woestijnlandschap. Hoge zandduinen en verze…

Namibia, Botswana and a few days in Zambia and Zimbabwe

Lots of animals, sand, rocks and great scenery packed into this 4 weeks' trip

Next morning. The truck should leave 06:00u. So, you can have a slight idea, the feelings I had when I got in this vehicle. After some 3,5 hour sleep, I had to wake up and break down the tent in the darkness. The sun will be up over one hour. Having some delicious instant coffee and dry sandwiches,…

The second phase of  my Raleigh Expedition is an envrionmental project in the famous tourist spot in Namibia - The Red Sand Dunes in Sesriem. We spent more than 2 weeks to reinstate a recycling area. Sorting rubbish and crushing cans and glasses were the main jobs. We also spent 2 days to…

You are probably thinking what can you possibly do on a three hour desert walk? It turned out to be full of facts, a great guide, and beautiful dunes. Our guide was telling us about how the San and the Bush people are one in the same and how most of them have actually moved out of the bush. True Sa…

rondreis

A 4 weeks journey through Namibia, with a rental 4WD

Brian and I quit our jobs in Holland and left Amsterdam in October 2005. We spent several months backpacking from Ethiopia down to South Africa then up to Zambia. Heres just a few highlights of our trip.

After a decent English breakfast shopping for the next few days: two days of camping, so take allong breakfast, lunch and dinner, and drinks for the ride. We leave for Sesriem at 11 AM. The road, the C26, turn into a gravel road after a few kilometers of tarmac. The gravel roads are actualy wider …