Surrounded on 3 sides by the arid desert and on the west side by the cold waters of the Atlantic Swakopmund is one of the most unusual colonial towns in Africa. It houses one of the best preserved collections of German colonial architecture still standing. Tje pastel coloured buildings in this quirky town come as quite a surprise on this barren coastline. Because of its olde-worlde charm and relaxing atmosphere it is Namibia's premier holiday resort. We fou...

From our camp the previous night we drove 150k in 38 degrees to the coast through the most amazing landscape. We had imagined dry desert but because there have been recent heavy rains the whole area was covered with a very pale short pampas type grass which when blowing in the breeze just looked like low mist covering the ground. We made our way 250k down the coast to Swakopmund along the most unusual coast wilderness in the world. Strong currents and swirling...

We made our way to Etosha National Park where the central feature is a large salt water pan which covers 23% of the park. Driving up to the lake gives the impression of driving towards the sea it is that large. The salt water attracts local wildlife which requires salt in their diet. The north camp at Namuton is based around an old German fort and includes not only camping but some very upmarket accommodation which is a lot cheaper than other places like the ...

Namibia is a photographers dream - it boasts wild sea scapes, rugged mountains, deserts, wildlife, colonia cities and plenty of speace as the population is only 1.8m in a country that is 825,000 sq km. We entered Naminia via the Caprivi Strip where the boundries of Zimbabwe, Namibia, Zambia and Botswana meet. The strip is 500 km long and it took us 2 days to drive through. We were very impressed with the standard of camping in Namibia after our first camp, go...

We made it to Vic Falls without further mishap and quicky found Mramba River Lodge where we planned to stay and where we had arranged to have our parts delivered only to be told they didn't do camping anymore. We quickly found somewhere else called Bushfront Camp and went to book our excursions. I had wanted to go on a walk with lions encounter which was on the Zimbabwe side of the falls but due to the fact that general elections were taking place in Zimbabwe ...