Beautiful this land is, but bloody tough to survive in.The ruined house of the Lewis family here is testominy to that. They struggled for 12 years before admitting defeat and heading for some other hills! They named the near by spring, in Afrikaans, Twyfelfontein = "Doubtful Spring". I am not sure that you can ever sleep easy knowing that your only source of water might just give up the ghost without warning. It is here too that local San communities h...

This is the land of the Damara San. A hardy and self-sufficent people reduced to their current way of life by one colonist's policy or another. Under their own independent government's land re-distribution program they are slowly getting, at least, some of their land back. And what stunningly beautiful land it is! If Sesriem and Sossusvlei were beautiful, then this was outstanding. With the sun setting, and still no sign of our destination seeming to get any clo...

Some says that once you have seen the seal colonies on Pelican Point, there is no need to see the Cape Cross seal colony. We totally disagree. You cannot possibly imagine what 200,000 seals looks like, smells like or sounds like. Until you get there. Even the drive up to Cape Cross is special in itself. The landscape is so totally alien here, it would make the perfect place to make sci-fi movies. The landscape changes, but doesn't really. "Campsites" o...

Walvis Bay and Pelican Point Sunday mornings are quiet in Swakopmund, at the best of times. But when the fog is thick and it is ungodly early, it is like a desert-ed town (like that? Desert; desert town! Ah well…). Nothing but our lift stirs. With the Lamprecht family collected, we head out to this spit of land for today's kayaking. Past radiply developing property projects, the old town centres and Walvis (pronounced "Val Fis") Bay's salt works and ...

Heading north toward Solitaire. What's special about this place. Well, it has only three houses. One of which is the "country club" and the other is home to Moose's apple pie. It is well worth the drive. Just take some custard for an enhanced experienced. You will not be disappointed! It is also a place where old casr go to die! But the air is so dry that they will find these vintage machines long after we humans are nothing but a whsiper on the winds...