The decision not to take Sea Bunny to Namibia on leaving South Africa was founded on a mix of things. Firstly we wanted to spend longer then the two weeks that our insurers would cover us for in Namibian waters. Secondly the established anchorages at Luderitz and Walvis Bay, unless a local offered his mooring, there was a risk of dragging and very rolly conditions that would limit our travel to short trips and we wanted to get a real feel of the country. Thirdly leaving for St Helena from South Africa gave a better wind angle.
Maybe this will be our last camping trip. It certainly was memorable. Namibia is the ideal country for a 4WD with tents on the roof and fully equipped for sprightly geriatric camping with good gravel roads and little traffic. Doing 5,000 kms in a vast deserted ghost country with good basic facilities, charming people who travelled huge distances to work. There is not the race card as in South Africa, the Germans have left their mark and the diamond and gold diggers have gone.
We added the trip to our visit to Victoria Falls, flying direct from there to Windhoek. Our route took us north and east from Windhoek to the Waterburg Plateau, from where we visited a community of the Herero people, then to and through the Etosha National Park to Opuwo and a visit to the Himba people, Twyfelfontein for World Heritage rock art, the Namib/Nauklauf desert, sand dunes near Sesreim, Fish River Canyon and finally the edge of the Kalahari desert before returning to Windhoek and flying back to Cape Town.
The maps below show an approximation to our route..
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