A NAMIBIA ROAD TRIP - ETOSHA NATIONAL PARK - Anderson Gate (www.AfricanSafaris.travel)

ITINERITINERARY NAMIBIA 2019
This is a Vblog series of our recent road trip in Namibia.
The Itinerary:
Windhoek - House on Olof Palme
Namib Desert - Sossusvlei - Le Mirage Desert Lodge
Swakopmund/Walvis Bay - Swakopmund Luxury Suites
Damaraland - Damaraland Camp
Etosha National Park - Onguma The Fort
Namibia has been called the Land God Made in Anger, it is vast and wild...few countries in Africa can match Namibia's sheer natural beauty. Louis and I have been there many times and we continue to return, it is still one of our favorite safari destinations. This trip was a road trip, A way to maximize your time in Namibia is to take a plane for some of the long distances. Plenty of visitors opt for a combination of flying and driving to pack in as much as possible if you don’t have the kind of time we had... But have to say there is something special about a road trip! We had fun travelling companions and that does make all the difference!
Another thing that is special about Namibia it is the first country in the world
to enshrine environmental protection in its national constitution, ensuring that roughly 40 percent of the territory is designated for conservation.

We started out in Windhoek, the capital of Namibia had a great time at Joe’s beer house and headed out in the morning to the great dunes at Sossusvlei, giant red sand dunes, rising from the arid salt pans, are an amazing sight.
We stayed at the Mirage Desert Lodge which we really enjoyed. We all agreed that was some of the best food on the trip, the dining room had lots of ambiance and the food was really fantastic!
Swakopmund, known as Swakop in Namibia is the country's biggest coastal town and a resort for Namibians on holiday. The city's German origins are quite pronounced in beautiful old German colonial buildings throughout the city, making an even starker contrast for this town sitting at the edge of the Namib Desert. Swakopmund is like a German North Sea town with an African flair.
One thing Swakopmund isn’t is boring. It’s Namibia’s most popular holiday destination, and there are myriad attractions for enjoying the great climate including surfing, fishing, lolling around on the beach and finding ways to terrify yourself – it’s the adventure sports capital of Namibia.
We stayed at Swakopmund Luxury Suites Bed/Breakfast in the town center, it was an ideal base from which to explore this delightful town and a couple of blocks from the beach. Restaurants and cafés abound all a short stroll away and the town has several galleries, museums and craft markets to explore. Nature and adventure activities including marine safaris, living desert tours, quad bike trails, horse trails, paragliding and skydiving and much, much more.
Other, more adventurous, we drove on destinations include, in the north-west, the bleakly beautiful, fog-bound Skeleton Coast, and the mountainous desert scapes of Damaraland. This area boasts magnificent desert scenery, fascinating geological formations, archaeological sites and a unique variety of desert fauna and flora. We climbed among the fabulous Twyfelfontein rock engravings. And we were lucky to see the famous Desert elephants. They are adapted to living under the particular conditions of the desert. They routinely move great distances between feeding grounds and the scattered waterholes where they drink during the dry season.
Etosha National Park is unique in Africa. The park’s is a salt pan so large it can be seen from space. Abundant wildlife that congregates around the waterholes, giving you incredible game sightings like the endangered black rhinoceros, lion, elephant and large numbers of antelope. Must see, must do! Have to say Onguma – The Fort was a beyond fabulous stay!
All shot on iPhone!