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Tuesday 24th August - Swakopmund to Vingerklip
Distance: 310km
After our fun day off yesterday go kart racing and quad biking in the sand dunes (it's a hard life!) we start today by following the coastal road north towards Henties Bay passing through terrain that can only be described as barren! At Henties Bay we leave the Atlantic and turn inland. Over the horizon in front of us is the Brandberg Massif that covers an area of approximately 650 km⊃2;, on a clear day you can just make out another of Namibia's famous mountain peaks, the Spitzkoppe, some 100 km to the South east of our track. We then enter Damaraland.
Damaraland is another of Namibia's very scenic areas, with plenty of wildlife along the way. At the small mining town of Uis we stop to refuel and have lunch. Namibia's most famous rock painting "The Brandberg White Lady" lies within this mountain range.
Our night's accommodation is at the stunning Vingerklip Lodge. The lodge is set on a slight rise overlooking the strange geological feature known as Vingerklip, or Finger Rock, a 35 metre-high striking pinnacle of rock and natural obelisk balancing vertically on its own.
The Lodge was built to blend in with the surrounding landscape, with a spectacular restaurant set on a cliff top some 600ft above the lodge.We climbed up there in time to sit on the deck and see the sun set over the Finger Rock while having an aperitif! followed by dinner looking out to the horizon and the lodge below.
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