We flew from Cape Town, South Africa to Walvis Bay, Namibia yesterday morning so now we have our second country stamp in our passports! (Unfortunately, they didn't give us a stamp for Lesotho.) What a change of scenery! We didn't realize just how lush and green South Africa was until we landed in sandy Walvis Bay. From the airport, we picked up a car and did a few quick errands in this small port town (bank and groceries) and then embarked on the 5 hour drive down to Sesriem Camp in the Namib Desert. The roads are pretty rough since they are unpaved, but well worth the trip to see the famous red sand dunes in Namibia! It was a whirlwind trip since we start an overland tour today, but we fit in a sunset and sunrise at the dunes. The park gates open at 5:15 a.m., so we were up early to climb Dune 45 (appropriately named as it is 45 km from the park gate entrance. More photos of our adventures in the sand dunes! This may be our last post for a couple of days since we start our overland tour from Swakopmund, Namibia to Victoria Falls, Zambia tomorrow morning...we'll take lots of photos and share more stories soon! You can see our itinerary with Nomad for the next two weeks here.
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Sand in Namibia
We flew from Cape Town, South Africa to Walvis Bay, Namibia yesterday morning so now we have our second country stamp in our passports! (Unfortunately, they didn't give us a stamp for Lesotho.) What a change of scenery! We didn't realize just how lush and green South Africa was until we landed in sandy Walvis Bay. From the airport, we picked up a car and did a few quick errands in this small port town (bank and groceries) and then embarked on the 5 hour drive down to Sesriem Camp in the Namib Desert. The roads are pretty rough since they are unpaved, but well worth the trip to see the famous red sand dunes in Namibia! It was a whirlwind trip since we start an overland tour today, but we fit in a sunset and sunrise at the dunes. The park gates open at 5:15 a.m., so we were up early to climb Dune 45 (appropriately named as it is 45 km from the park gate entrance. More photos of our adventures in the sand dunes! This may be our last post for a couple of days since we start our overland tour from Swakopmund, Namibia to Victoria Falls, Zambia tomorrow morning...we'll take lots of photos and share more stories soon! You can see our itinerary with Nomad for the next two weeks here.
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The pictures are amazing, and so are you for managing to post them! Glad you're having fun!
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