Namibia 2007 (part IX): Fish River Canyon
Fish River Canyon, Namibia: From the incredible Sossusvlei, our journey took us further south to the gigantic Fish River Canyon. The Fish River Canyon in southernmost Namibia is the country’s […]
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Namibia 2007 (part VIII): Sossusvlei
Sossusvlei, Namibia: After leaving the beautiful Naukluft Mountains behind, we entered the sea of dunes around Namibia’s most popular sight: Sossusvlei. Sossusvlei is a famous clay and salt pan surrounded […]
Namibia 2007 (part VII): Namib-Naukluft National Park
Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia: Our journey took us from Homeb through the Namib-Naukluft National Park towards Sossusvlei. The scenery of the Naukluft Mountains is very beautiful and the wildlife abundant! […]
Namibia 2007 (part VI): Homeb
Homeb, Namibia: We left Swakopmund in the early morning and entered the vast Namib Desert. Our first stop was the tiny settlement of Homeb located ca. 70 km off the […]
Namibia 2007 (part V): Swakopmund
Swakopmund, Namibia: After a seemingly endless drive along the Skeleton Coast, we finally arrived in Swakopmund. Swakopmund is Namibia’s fourth largest city (slightly above 40,000 inhabitants) and characterized by German […]
Namibia 2007 (part IV): Skeleton Coast
Skeleton Coast, Namibia: Once we reached the Atlantic Ocean after leaving Khorixas, we had to drive for a seemingly endless time along the coast towards south. The so-called Skeleton Coast […]
Namibia 2007 (part III): Khorixas
Khorixas, Namibia: After leaving the Brandberg, we drove north to Khorixas and further into the barren Namib Desert. The area around Khorixas is famous for the large numbers of Welwitschia […]
Namibia 2007 (part II): Brandberg
Brandberg, Namibia: We left Windhoek and drove through the wide savannah landscape to Namibia’s highest mountain: the Brandberg. With a maximum altitude of 2573 m, the Brandberg Massif dominates the […]
Namibia 2007 (part I): Windhoek
Windhoek, Namibia: In February 2007, I traveled to Namibia together with my parents. In the coming three weeks, we had a fantastic road trip covering almost the entire country. We […]
West Africa 2012 (part VIII): Dakar
Dakar, Senegal: The flight from Conakry to Dakar took only 1.5 hours, but brought us into a new world. All of a sudden, we were within one of Africa’s most […]
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