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Fortunately, it was less wet than at Victoria Falls in the Caprivi Strip. The long strip in the north of Namibia, which extends eastward to Zimbabwe, is named after the former...

After not being able to include the Victoria Falls in our itinerary in 2019 due to time constraints, they were now at the top of our bucket list. Since 1989 UNESCO World...

Those who have ever tried to plan a trip to Botswana will know the despair when, a few months before the trip, you realize that all campsites are fully booked up a year in...

Botswana - Into the wild! After almost six months, we left South Africa behind and headed into the wilds of Botswana. After just a few meters, we found ourselves in the middle...

Panorama Route Before we head to one of our major highlights, the Kruger National Park, we spend a few days on the so-called 'Panorama Route'. As the name suggests, this part of...

After the frigid nights in the Drakensberg, the warmth on the Indian Ocean coast feels almost unreal, as if we were in another country. The iSimangaliso Wetland Park doesn't...

Winter is coming! That's how it feels when we drive from the small town of Hogsback to the southern foothills of the Drakensberg. Due to the rain in the past few days, we are...

Garden RouteOne of the many advantages of being a teacher is - in addition to the fulfilling job itself - the holiday time. In South Africa, summer vacation is from...

Somerset West After almost two months, 6000 kilometers of driving, countless hours in the car, and 40 nights in our beloved rooftop tent, we have arrived in Somerset West - our...

Frohe Weihnachten!For the first time, we will be spending Christmas together in the South and have chosen a particularly beautiful region for it: the Winelands near Cape Town....

Augrabies Falls National Park First stop of our road trip through South Africa: the Augrabies Falls, which plunge up to 56 meters into the depths before winding their way...

Fish River Canyon The Fish River, with 650 kilometers the longest river in Namibia, meanders through the Fish River Canyon in the deepest south of the country during rainy...

Wild Horses of Garub On the way from Lüderitz back inland, an inconspicuous brown sign on the tar road in the middle of nowhere points to a "Wild Horses View Point". This seems...

Lüderitz After our stop in the Tiras Mountains, we leave the Namib-Naukluft National Park and continue to Lüderitz. The gravel road takes us through the colorful Tiras...

If there is war, we go into the desert. Well, something like that. The next section of our road trip takes us to the Namib-Naukluft National Park, which extends to the south to...

Moon LandscapeOn the way to Swakopmund we make a short detour to the so-called Moon Landscape. As far as the eye can see, rugged, rocky hills line up one after the other. A gust...

Omaruru The road from the Erongo Plateau to the north towards the original Damaraland takes us through the small town of Omaruru. Although Damaraland officially belongs to the...

From Windhoek, we first drive to the Erongo Region, which stretches from central Namibia towards the west coast. The landscape in this region, covering over 60,000 square...

With just over 300,000 inhabitants, Windhoek is considered a cozy city by German standards - about the same size as our previous home, Freiburg. However, that's where the...

November 9th is the date we have been eagerly anticipating for months. For over a year, we have been making plans that have been overturned, rebuilt, and become more concrete...

Goeie dag and welcome to our little travel blog! Here we will share our road trip experiences and beautiful places with you in the coming weeks and months, and tell you a bit...