Oct 20, 2017 | Namibia & South Africa
We drove via Walvis bay to see the migrating flamingos and then hundreds of kilometres on dirt roads. We passed the Tropic of Capricorn. So we’ve been to the equator (Ecuador) and the tropic of the goat within one year. We stopped to see some Quiver trees. They...
Oct 10, 2017 | Namibia & South Africa
We had a long day driving through the desert to Swakopmund. The name comes from a combination of the river “Swakop” in the local language and “mund” from the German occupation. Swakop means “river of excrement” and mund means mouth. So Swakopmund is the “mouth of the...
Oct 10, 2017 | Namibia & South Africa
We have a very international group. Our CEO (Chief Experience Officer) is from Zimbabwe, our driver from South Africa, and in our group of 18 we have people from Canada, Australia, Belgium, Mexico, Switzerland, USA, Denmark, Germany, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Scotland...
Oct 6, 2017 | Namibia & South Africa
Despite the Baboons running across the road in front of us we made it from the airport to our hotel in Windhoek where we will meet the G Adventures Tour group tomorrow. I saw an advert for Ostrich riding in Namibia which sounds fun. Michelle isn’t prepared to...
Oct 4, 2017 | Namibia & South Africa
We’re on our way to Windhoek via Doha and Johannesburg – a 36 hour journey. Big backpacks we’re glad to check-in. Being careful not to fall backwards and end up with our legs and arms in the air like a stuck beetle! Excited to join our group and...
