Walvis Bay, Swakopmund, Skeleton coast and the Himba, Namibia The day after our desert trip was Sunday we were planning on going to Swakopmund for a couple of nights but we decided to stay put and wait for the garage that Len had recommended to us to open on the Monday. It was relax time and with electricity we let the kids go on their tablets and I caught up with the blog, Edwina used the Laundromat and I also found the petrol cap in the back of the car. On Mo...

Driving the kids over the largest sand dunes in the world, Namibia Planning is something important especially if you don't want to miss out on unique experiences, so before we set off on our year trip I had booked the Faces of the Namib tour a 4x4 desert tour crossing the Namib desert from East to West, it's a unique five-day/six-night off-road tour through incredible desert, specially designed to incorporate dune driving adrenaline thrills along with other uniq...

Sossusvlei, Sesriem and Deadvlei, Namibia We leave the Kalahari early in the morning heading to Sesriem where we would be camping for 2 nights in the desert. Most people come to Sesriem to visit Sossusvlei and Deadvlei and we were no exception, it's probably the most visited tourist destination in Namibia. We arrive in the afternoon and its roasting hot and are desperate to find a campsite with shade, we drive round the sandy campsite, each pitch has a stone cir...

Relaxing in the Kalahari Desert, Namibia We leave Lüderitz early and head into the heart of the Kalahari Desert. It's a 7-hour drive, pretty much desert all the way, and in over the 380 kilometres we only pass four vehicles. We pulled into a rest area for lunch and as I was getting out the car I hear a loud hissing noise coming from the rear "Damn, we have a puncture" I tell the others. We km's away from anything, I work out the hydraulic jack, change the wheel...

Heading into the desert and seeing a ghost town, Namibia We pack up camp early and leave Amanzi Campsite, we have a big day ahead and hope to reach Lüderitz tonight, it is around a 7 hour drive. We punch the location into the GPS and head off down the road, around 40 mins up the road we arrive at Aussenkehr the first town on our route, we were informed there was a Spar supermarket here and we could stock up on supplies. As we approach we see a large area filled...