Epic is the only word to describe the vast, untouched and immensely photogenic Namibian landscape. The open space and the scale of the diverse scenery is mind boggling .
Would I want to live somewhere so remote? Not on your Nellie. Would I visit again? In a heartbeat.
There is more, so much more to write about Namibia, but here’s a quick summary of our highlights:
An Ode to Namibia
We had red sand in our pockets
Golden dune sand in our shoes
Epic landscapes stretched forever
Got the post Namibia blues
Drank a Windhoek beer in Windhoek
Saw fairy circles, oryx, stars
Got a flat tire in the desert
‘Cos roads are gravelly, not tarred
Scoffed apple pie in Solitaire
Drove to the farm that time forgot
But the sunset was to die for
And the weather roasting hot
There was action and adventure
Dune-boarding downwards at high speed
Quads and camels in the desert
Thankfully no pants were peed
Pelicans, seals and flamingos
Champagne and oysters out at sea
A tall burly German sea captain
A lonely shipwreck and seaweed
A return trip in the planning?
Plenty more things to be done
Salt pans, ghost towns and cave rock art
Explore a whole new can of fun
Planning a trip to Namibia?
Check out our family road trip highlights. We travelled from Windhoek to Sossussvlei and then headed on to Swakopmund. The drives are long, but the unfurling scenery is hypnotic and incomparable.
When planning for our trip I asked for advice for friends who had already visited. Here are the 5 essential ‘know-before-you-go’ tips for travelling to Namibia. They are all useful and worth checking out if you’re planning a holiday there. We found them useful, number 5 would never had occurred to us.
Namibia is epic.
Go. See. Do. Be.
Expatorama 
Its on my list. I visited Windhoek once with its pretty houses, but unfortunately didn’t get out in the desert. It looks spectacular.
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Thanks Joan. The desert is stunning. I’ve never been anywhere quite like it. So beautiful and peaceful and a surprising amount of plant, insect and animal life. It’s hard work hiking up the dunes in the heat. Our kids preferred Swakopmund with all it’s adventure activities.
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That looks like an amazing adventure. I love all the photos!
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Cheers Amanda. It really was an adventure – all of it, but especially the bit where I clocked 52kpm hurtling down the dunes on a flimsy bit of ply board. I highly recommend everything we did, even staying at the ‘Farm that Time Forgot’ and getting up ridiculously early to get to Sossusvlei to climb a big red dune.
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Good one! As for travel tips, a friend of mine wrote this as a guest post on my blog some time back, it might come in useful as well: http://www.joburgexpat.com/2014/05/travel-in-namibia.html
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He he, thanks Sine. Looks like you had quite the time of it with all those flat tyres. We were very lucky and just had one (while it was parked up at the Rangers station at our lodge, so they fixed it for us).
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Aaah, that is almost too convenient!
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Sooo lucky. There were 2 enormous screws.
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WAOOO ! Your picts are incredible, I never thought of adding Namibia to our bucket list but now .. Great post, thanks for sharing!
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Hi Estelea – Do consider going at some point, it’s fab. Maybe not with under 5’s though – there’s a lot of time in the car and small children wouldn’t be old enough for some of the activities. Otherwise, I completely recommend it.
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Well noted, thanks 🙂
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