Today we drove another 5 or so hours to our campsite which is literally in the middle of nowhere. Well, there is a village nearby but it's a Himba tribal village and this is the purpose of our visit. Once again I'll quote from our itinerary regarding the Himba's:- "The Himba are descendents of the Herero people and still speak a dialect of the old Herero language. There are about 20 000 - 50 000 Himba people living in the Kunene region, where they have recen...

Quote from our itinerary:- "The Spitzkoppe (also referred to as Spitzkop, Groot Spitzkop, or the "Matterhorn of Namibia"), is a group of bald granite peaks located between Usakos and Swakopmund in the Namib Desert. The granite is more than 700 million years old and the highest outcrop rises about 1 784 m above sea level. The peaks stand out dramatically from the flat surrounding plains. The highest peak is about 700m above the floor of the desert below. A mino...

So today most of the group went to take part in their various activities which included quad biking over sand dunes, a boat trip to see the dolphins and sandboarding. Adam and I spent the day with Christina, Simone and Stefanie and our first stop was at the local snake park. On arrival the owner's wife showed us a baby iguana which was only 2 days old and being kept in a little margarine tub. It was pure white like an albino although they say it will start t...

This morning we crossed the Tropic of Capricorn on our way to Swakopmund, the coastal town that is famous for its range of activities on offer. On the way we had lunch at the Walvis Bay Lagoon where there are often Flamingo's but all we saw were Pelican's and the lagoon itself wasn't very nice and was very smelly. On arrival in Swakop' we were dropped off at the local activity centre where there was a lot of advertising about the fact Brad Pitt and Angelina J...

Early start today! We got up and loaded our sleepy selves onto the truck at 5.30am. Don't worry, we didn't have breakfast first or have to pack up our tents at this stage as we were coming back for them so all we had to do was get dressed and climb onto the truck for a snooze. I'm not sure how long we drove for, I was asleep, but in what seemed like no time Siziba announced that it was time to get up and go climbing! In front of us was what is known as Dune 45...