Day 12 -Etosha NP - Windhoek (450 KM): Jobie's House Leaving Etosha was another early start - We were still on watch for the ever elusive Leopard ……. but no sign yet. A long day's driving with a stop for provisions, made longer by Heinrich (volleyball belly) stocking up for a siege despite the fact that we had another stop scheduled in two days time ……. He eventually returned with a full trolley and a security escort. Arrived to the capital of...

Day 10 '& 11 - Etosha National Park Etosha is the major game park in Namibia and everyone was looking forward to our time there..... It had 4 of the Big 5 living there and it was huge. The real game drive started and true to form we spotted a Lion actually hunting,we waited a bit to see some action and suddenly it jumped out of hiding and sprinted to catch a zebra. Unfortunately for the Lion the zebra was too alert so ran away faster than the lion could fo...

Day 9 - Khorixas - Outjo (340 KM): Today we started off with a trip to the Petrified Forest, which was an area full of these stone trees, which were over 260 million years old.. However the real highlight of today was a visit to the Himba tribes - where there is still around 120.000 people belonging to this tribe living in Namibia. Although it was a bit fabricated for the tourism - it was still very interesting. The viilage has a population of 10 Men, 35 Wome...

Day 8 - Swakopmund - Khorixas (320 KM): Into our second week and we now have 4 more people in the truck and a long day's driving in front of us. We moved onto the Skeleton coast and stopped to look at one of the many shipwrecks to be found (apparently the reason for it's name) Our first proper stop was when we arrived at Spitzkoppe, the highest point in Namibia at 1728 metres and with the nickname of Namibia's Matterhorn, because it has a similar shape to th...

Day 7 - Swakopmund This is our first day off and away from the truck and a chance to do our own thing ...... A welcome break from the intensity of the full group 24/7. Woken up early by Annette buzzing around - she is like a child on Christmas morning. We ( Annette & I) were picked up at 9.30 AM for our Quad bikes and then did a 2 hour adventure across the dunes ...... Didn't realise the power of these bikes and controlling them on steep dunes was sometimes...