Spitzkoppe Travel Blogs

The Spitzkoppe Park and campsite are administered by the Spitzkoppe Community living nearby. 4 bungalows located at the entrance can be rented for a very modest price. There are also a number of camping sites inside the park all located in beautiful settings. You won't find any water there so you'…

Today was the first day on the tour that wasn't wildlife orientated. We spent the night in a bushcamp underneath the Spitzkoppe, a 1728m high granite dome. The surroundings here are just magnificent. It reminded me a bit of the red centre of Australia, only with zebras. The camp-site was as basic…

This is probably my favorite spot location that I have been to in Namibia so far. I used to travel to Namibia 3 or 4 times a year for work, and when driving between Windhoek and Swakopmund, whenever possible, I would make a detour to that unique and special place, this isolated mountain l…

Vandaag rijden we naar de kust en is de reis dwars door Afrika van de Indische naar de Atlantische Oceaan een feit. In Cape Cross worden we geconfronteerd met een enorme kolonie zeehonden, die net gejongd hebben. De beesten maken een luidruchtig kabaal; geblaat en gehuil vullen de lucht. Jakhalzen …

Awake 5am, left camp just after 7am. First stop was in Outjo for 40min as Susan and co needed to do shopping. I bought a few things from a tourist shop. Dad picked a fight again. Listened to 'The Power of One' on my ipod. After a wrong turn that took us about 30min out of our way we finally made it…

    The changing scenery over 500km is astonishing.  At the beginning of our journey we were travelling through miles and miles of desert, by the end we were inbetween green rolling hills, desert and huge rock formations and boulders scattered across the land.  It was so be…

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