Swakopmund is truly an adrenaline capital, and our trip optional activities included sand boarding, quad biking, fishing, sky-diving, sea kayak, etc.  We chose para-sailing for our first activity.  It was…

The Cape Cross Seal Colony is a breeding reserve for the Cape fur seals who lay and play along the shore.  Seals are truly smelly, but it was fun to…

We spent the night bush camping near Spitzkoppe, a huge collection of boulders and rock formed by the collpse of a huge volcano and subsequent erosion.  Spitzkoppe is now called the Matterhorn of…

The Himba are a semi-nomadic people who lived mostly in northern Namibia’s Kaokoland.  They herd cattle and goats, moving from place to place with the seasons.  The houses they build…

We stocked up on provisions at Outjo(settled in 1880).  There was a yummy German bakery there, and lunch was sausage rolls and meat pies. Mmmm.  By late afternoon we reached…

Our morning game drive highlight was a close encounter with a lion.  We had seen a few from a distance, including a male clearly annoyed his female companion had strayed…

Our next camp was Halali, set in an area of dolomite outcrops and with it’s own floodlit waterhole.  It was dustier and more spread out than Namutoni, and our site made…

Even before we entered Etosha National Park, there were giraffe standing by the side of the road.  We entered through the eastern gate and had a game drive on the…

Continuing on our overland trip through Zambia, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa, we were able to stock up on food and supplies in Rundu for the next few days camping. …

We had a VERY early morning to make up for the flights we missed the previous afternoon.  Sunrise, however, was gorgeous.  Seeing the delta from this new perspective helped everythingfall…