Erongo Region

Best travel reports from Erongo Region

Swakopmund - the city on sand

From Brandberg we drive directly to the Atlantic coast; although we have to go through the desert, at least the road is better! During our stop at a coastal town, our...

Time travel to the San

Today we delved deep into the history of Namibia and traveled to the 'living museum' of the San, located in a very remote place amidst bizarre rock formations. The San are...

Namibia 2024: From the sea to the mountains

Namibia 2024: From the sea to the mountains Today we will leave Swakopmund and head towards the Orongo Mountains to Spitzkoppe: The Spitzkoppe (also Spitzkuppe, Spitzkopje or...

Über Südafrika nach Namibia

Preparation is everything. I had to painfully realize that again. Thanks to the energetic support, I actually thought I was well prepared and had items like liters of sunscreen,...

The first day in Namibia

The two hours in line at the airport could have been avoided, but otherwise we had a very successful start: Our driver Duppie (what a luxury!) took us...

Namib-Naukluft National Park

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...

Namibia 2024: Holidays in the mountains

Namibia 2024: Holidays in the mountains Today we want to take it easy and use this wonderful area to relax. So today we'll have a relaxed breakfast at 9:00 a.m. We look...

Namibia 2024: Above the clouds, the …

Namibia 2024: Above the clouds, the … Freedom must be limitless... Today we are fulfilling another wish. We will fly over the coast of Namibia in a Cessna🤩🤩🤩 We are all a...

The Erongo Region - Part 2

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...

With fat wheels through the desert

Movement is good, we thought, considering that one spends many hours in the car and always eats warm in the evening. The pools in our accommodations are so small that after...

The sand dune in the desert

Today my dream of encountering the sand desert in Namibia came true. We crawled on all fours up the steep dune, rewarded at the top with a fantastic view of the entire dune...

Swakopmund

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...

Adventure Namibia, Windhoek, and Swakopmund

#Day 1: Arrival in Windhoek with an overnight stay at Villa Violett and a visit to Joe's Beer House #Day 2: Arrival in Swakopmund after 350 km. A very nice clean city by the...

Swakopmund & Spitzkoppe 🇳🇦

After the desert, we went back to a city. The excitement over having a proper bed and spending 2 nights in the same place at a hostel in civilization was high. On the way there,...

Desert

in the vacation has gained an even more extreme meaning. In Australia,

The Erongo Region - Part 1

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...

Namibia - Deserts, Sand and Sea and a little bit of German

When I think of Namibia, I immediately associate it with deserts and large sand dunes, but also with the fact that it was a German colony from the late 19th century until the...

Walvis Bay/Namibia

30.5.2024 Walvis Bay At around 10:00 a.m. I had completed the immigration formalities, left the ship and took the shuttle bus to the Dunes shopping center. The Dunes Mall has...

Swakopmund and lots of Germany!

In Sossusvlei I left the house in the morning at 8°C, by the time I reached Solitaire around noon it was 26°C (the day before in Sossus it was even 29°C!) and the closer I got...

Week 9 - Namibia

Sunday, January 20, 2019 We have arrived in Namibia. The border crossing was once again very easy and fast. Even though it was Sunday, we had to stop at a supermarket right...

117. Tag Walvis Bay, Namibia 21.03.2026

Arrival in the early morning at Walvis Bay, Namibia, with clear visibility, but an hour later in thick fog.Walvis Bay, in the Namibian region of Erongo, home to Namibia's most...

At the Flintstones'

How was it again "Goal compensates the way" I think something else but this version fits better. After breakfast, we left the foggy and cold Swakopmund. The goal was the Erongo...

The desert is alive

Little but smart

Spitzkoppe

From the completely rainy Tsumeb I went to Spitzkoppe on Friday. A beautiful rock landscape that is always worth a visit! The Spitzkoppe itself is actually just one mountain of...