Windhoek Travel Blogs

I woke up this morning and took my time getting ready. I had the lady at the hotel front desk call a car for me to take to the airport. I left the hotel around 11 am. There is a check station right outside the city, and when we stopped, the guard came over to the window and asked the driver where w…

The past six days had been pretty much how I had envisaged Africa: friendly people, stunning landscapes, lots of wildlife. However, as it turned out it was only a teaser of what was yet to come, as we entered the prime destination of our trip: Namibia. The difference with the border crossings betwe…

It was great to be back in Namibia for 2 weeks. Most of my previous visits here had been during the dry winter season (May-October). Now summer is the wet season, when storms generally occur in the afternoons. On this trip, after some good rain, I got the chance to see a very different Namibia. I d…

Sunday 12th Today we flew from Johannesburg to Windhoek.  The journey 60km from Windhoek airport to the centre of Windhoek was breath taking.  We scenery is so beautiful and amazingly unspolit.  There are so few people in Namibia compared to the size of the country so you …

Well, nothing exciting has really happened since my "week to remember."  I'm back in Windhoek and have just been bumming around town for almost a week now.  I met a guy at the hostel bar who owns a house here in town but is from Jo'burg.  He was going to drive home this week, so I th…

Namibia? What is your first thought when you hear Namibia? Do you even know where Namibia is? It's okay if you don't because I sure didn't...Did I know about Sousussvlei? No. Did I know that Germany colonized Namibia? No. I knew next to nothing about this enchanting country...and that is what it is…

We were supposed to be leaving Chameleon Backpackers at 9am and getting picked up to be taken out to Harnas Wildlife Foundation situated just past Gobabis. There were 7 of us leaving on this day and we were still waiting at 10:20, so we decided to make a phone call to see where our driver was. "I'l…

I got some extra cash to go to Namibia and do a story on the changes there since independence, since I by accident happened to be there in 1990 when it happened. Actually most of the changes have been for the worse; I shot places I had photos of back then for comparison, but since I haven't finishe…

Never underestimate the beauty of an arid land.

after a 4:30am start and a full days drive with border crossing we were out of the rainy season in Botswana and heading through beautiful rocky desert until we reached the beautiful city of Windhoek, the capital of Namibia. I fell in love with this place before we even got to the edge of the city. …

DUNES, TRIBES AND WILDLIFE

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We have seen Loads of Springbok and Zebra, and a interesting "porn show" from the king of forrest - Lion with his lady.Oryx....it's my favourite

Woke up at 4:30am to the sounds of Karl and Odin packing up their stuff and the guys already working on the truck. We got told to stay in bed as the truck wasn't going to be ready anytime soon. That suited me just fine and I slept in til about 6:30am before getting up and having a nice shower. Took…

    Not much to say about Windhoek otherthan my visit to Joe's Beerhouse.    Joe's Beerhouse.  I shared a Bushman Game platter with Harriet...now I know why the lions put so much effort and invest so much patience into their kills.  I tried:  Crocodile (…