After months of planning we finally got on the road but not before an emergency visit to stitch up my hand and fingers (I put my whole hand through a glass window)! Adrienne – Long Walk to Freedom! I think we all learnt a lot on this trip but would seriously like to do it again as its a stunning place. Emma @ 1 years old
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- The adventure begins at the DF Malan Zenex
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- The famous condom picnic tree outside francis town – while we were eating Nandos, Em was discovering the left over condom supply – Yuck
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- A night at Nata Lodge before traveling again.
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- Nata Lodge, a great picture.
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- Emma conquers the ‘croc’ at Drotsky’s but only after we had all double checked that it wasn’t real
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- Take that, and that.
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- The amazing cool river before it spreads into the swamp.
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- Drotskys, Botswana, the northern part of the swamp.
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- Mahongo National Park in Caprivi Strip.
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- Shoo but it is hot!
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- The terrible sandy roads from the North to Kaudom Nature Reserve, there was serious Kalahari surfing going on
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- Smurf doing a little bit of Kalahari surfing. a few seconds later we nearly rolled Lily
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- This was the only promise of wildlife in Kaudom – we saw one departing elephant and 5 million springhares one night while trying to find V’s glasses in the road of the reserve
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- It was stinking hot at Kaudom, we all wished we could be Emma and sit in our basins during the heat of the day
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- Josh and Emma enjoying the giant Namibian sandpit and spent hours making mud pies
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- Emma and Grandad doing a bit of bird studying.
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- Kaudom River plains.
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- Sundowners on Lily at Khaudom.
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- Sunset over Khaudom Game Reserve.
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- Everyone congregated outside the bathrooms in the only bit of shade in the whole camp and was beset with mopane flies
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- The saving grace of Sikereti campsite, they were drinking the water seeping from the bathroom.
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- This is how you stay cool in an unairconditioned car. Em and the sprayer became firm friends on this trip
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- All seated on the Hoba Meteorite which is the largest meteor fragment on earth.
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- The blue of Lake Otjikoto filled with its own species of Chiclids. They are found in only 1 other lake in the world
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- Lake Otjikoto is the 2nd deepest natural lake in Namibia and houses a pile of world war relics
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- Emma taking an icecream break in front of the lion mural.
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- Fort Namoutoni in Etosha National Park.
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- Many hours were spent playing soccer at the Namoutoni campsite
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- Grandad teaching Em all about gravity.
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- The less noxious of the camp visitors. The jackal visitors to Okakajejou bashed open our plastic boxes and ate all our cereal.
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- giaraffe.
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- Springbok munching grass.
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- Zebra at one of the pans.
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- Sue teaching Emma about Zebras, the book version and the real version out the window – a giant mental leap we must tell you.
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- Emma well into the swing of camping, she slept late on a moving day!
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- The giant Etosha Pan soccer field.
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- Water!
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- Contemplation of the Etosha pan.
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- Okakajejou tower.
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- View of the camp from the tower top, the grass did not stretch to the campsite!
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- The enchanted forest.
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- A spotted genet, a welcome sight after the jackals cleaned us out of cereal, they were fighting over our food so much they rolled into the tent and nearly bit Em
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- The christmas frenzy for miss Em, what a way to celebrate.
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- The Christmas meal – Pot roasted Lamb, new potatoes, stuffed pumpkin (corn, peas, feta cheese) & choc mousse for pud …
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- Everyone sitting down and ready to eat at the well appropriated picnic table – note the lack of trees at the Okakajejou campsite!
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- A christmas sundowner of amarula and ice while watching 2 ellies and a rhino drink up.
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- Christmas cheer at the waterhole.
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- Emma feeding Josh some leftover cornflakes that escaped the jackal run!
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- The offroad route to Warmquelle through talcum powder sand with the aid of our gps.
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- The incredible dusty cars after the first dust run – imagine the dust layers after 6 hours of this …
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- Where is the road, GPS is a big help.
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- Lily in nowhere land, we had to cross river beds and climb through the mountains to get to Warmquelle from Etosha.
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- A pause to look at the lack of road.
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- Mountain scenes along the route.
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- Walking back to the car after having to push it out of the sand after taking the wrong route
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- We were delighted to finally arrive at the Warmquelle – Ongongo campsite
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- Ongongo campsite is home to this 2m deep tufa waterfall and pool
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- The road to Twyfelfontein.
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- Our tent after a dust storm, I grumbled while cleaning it up in the Twyfelfontein campsite but …
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- the shack people discovered that night that they were sleeping in the mozzie shacks.
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- Roads into Skeleton Coast Nat Park.
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- The dunes on the road into Skeleton Coast National Park.
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- SMS Seal ship wreck in the Skeleton National Park.
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- Skeleton Coast National Park.
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- Cape Cross Seal Colony, this was a very smelly stop with tons of rotting seal carcasses making a beautiful fermenting smell in the heat.
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- The millions of seals at the Cape Cross Colony.
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- Mile 72 campsite on the West Coast National Park – a cold bleak place with pink pelicans and freezing weather a great change after the heat
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- Moonlight lily and the rods at Mile 72.
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- After trekking the rods through Namibia we had to at least fish even though we nearly spiked ourselves and were only catching mussels
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- Angela armed with Amarula to attack the fish.
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- All the fisher people lined up and waiting.
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- Typical Swakopmund streets.
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- The Swakopmund lighthouse.
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- Cafe Anton in Swakopmund – the home of the yummiest food – mmmm!
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- The moon landscape of the Namib-Nauklauft National Park.
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- Dad, Emma and Adrienne taking a seed lesson with a Welwitshca
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- A close up Welwitchia.
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- The toilet at the welwitschia – ingenious! A turned up black dustbin, heated in the sun ready to brand no hot ash onto your butt.
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- The new years clan, welcome 2002.
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- Sunset at Kalahari bush Breaks just inside the Namibian border
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- The very sad driver attaching the tow rope.
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- The radiator finally gave up in Jwaneng after a day of stopping every 100km to put in water
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- Mom, Sue,Adrienne and Angela sitting in a row while Dad and V oxcetelane torched holes into lilys bumper to attach the a-frame
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- Emma passing time in the scrap car.
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- An amazing sunset to take the smart out of being towed home – traveling faster under tow also helped!