We enjoy the service of the Sossusvlei Dune Lodge again before we leave this part of the Namibian desert. The route takes us further north, where we cross the Tropic of Capricorn. Also...

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We decided to take advantage of the lodge's offer of a guided trip into the Vlei. This saves us a trip in the dark and the tour through the deep sand...

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The night brought hardly any cooling and so in the morning it was already over 30 degrees in the shade. But at least we had shade, because the sun was rising behind the lodge's local mountain...

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Before we temporarily leave the coast, we take another closer look at Lüderitz. It is a small town with only 16,000 inhabitants, 400 of whom are white and, according to our guide...

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Today we have to set an alarm clock because Heinz from Sandwich Harbour 4×4 is picking us up promptly at 8 a.m. for our tour to Bogenfels. Bogenfels is both the name...

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After we have settled our outstanding bill with the resort, we set off towards the north. We don't get very far at first, as a police checkpoint doesn't like the fact that we are being stopped from behind...

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We actually don't have anything planned for today, but that's about to change. By chance we find out that there is a 4x4 trail in the nearby Aussenkehr National Park that is supposed to be very worth seeing....

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We leave the superbly designed Canyon Roadhouse and continue our journey to the south of Namibia. Our stopover is Ai-Ais, which means "very hot" and refers to the thermal springs....

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Today we only have a short journey ahead of us and therefore some time to test the African version of bureaucracy. Our SIM card from the Namibian provider MTC, the "top dog" in the country, did not work, although...

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After a long breakfast, the journey continues south. We don't have a long stretch ahead of us and it is also paved, but there are a few stops along the way...

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