Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
Road trip through Namibia
The travel section of the Times Online has a great article today about a 3000-mile road trip across Namibia, the south African country that falls along that continents Atlantic coast. The 15-day journey sent author Holden Frith across stark, yet strikingly beautiful, landscapes in a country that has wide open spaces and remote regions that few visit.The article offers a long, and very detailed look, at Firth's journey. He breaks down his travels on a day-to-day basis, and gives an excellent description of not only where he's been, but the people he encountered and the amazing things that he, and his traveling companion, saw along the way. For instance, in the first few days in the country, they visited a region known as the Giant's Playground, where strange rock formations stretch for miles, and appear to have been stacked up by some unknown force. From there, the journey continues through such places as Fish River Canyon, one of the wildest and deepest gorges in the world, and past the Sperrgebiet, or Forbidden Zone, which is off limits to tourists because of the number of diamonds that can still be found there.
Each passing day of the road trip seems to reveal some new, and intriguing, location that gives us a glimpse of Namibia's appeal to adventure travelers. Whether it's exploring the remote and arid Namib Desert or driving the Skeleton Coast, so named for the ancient shipwrecks that litter its beaches, the country offers hidden wonders at every turn. And while the majority of travelers to Africa head to Kenya or South Africa to go on a classic safari adventure, Namibia has plenty of unique experiences of its own, and since it remains squarely off the radar for most travelers, there aren't the crowds that are common elsewhere.
Filed under: Arts and Culture, Hiking, History, Africa, Namibia, Camping
Get a WordPress.com Blog
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Willy Aug 5th 2009 3:50PM
Spent 10 days in Namibia, loved every second of it. Be sure to hit Swakopmund, the sandboarding capital of Africa. These guys are great outfitters:
http://www.africa-adventure.org/a/alteraction/index.htm (It looks like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WslkHK29n0E)
Camping in rural Namibia is dynamite, too -- all stars, no city. Amazing.