Travelogues Karas

The port city of Lüderitz is closely embraced by the Namib Desert along the cool Atlantic coast. It took many hours to finally reach this place through vast desert...

Once we drive up through South Africa from Cape Town, we quickly head north until we reach the border of Namibia. The roads are still good at first… Endless expanses, epochal...

Our Car Unfortunately, this time we didn't get such a luxurious car as on our last trip. The tent is only accessible from the outside, and the space in the driver's cabin and...

Day 9, 05.01.23, from Lüderitz to Kanaan The birthplace of modern Southwest Africa is the port city of Lüderitz - here the German history of Namibia began. The city is built...

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...

March 24 - 26. Dear fellow travelers! After unfortunately being without any network for a few days, I am now writing a summary here while sitting in a café in Lüderitz: On the...

March 23. We leave Kgalagadi in the morning. Our stay here was not particularly special. It has a kind of zoo feeling and the whole national park, including the campsite, has...

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...

We 💗 Namibia! And we are glad that we don't belong to any Hummeldumm travel group 🤗 Last week, we went on a lion trekking tour in the open Jeep with ranger David from the...

Day 7, 03.01.23, Fish River Canyon After a hearty breakfast, there is only one item on the agenda today: The Fish River Canyon. With a length of about 160 kilometers, a width...

I had to wake up at 6 o'clock because we were leaving for Kanaan. Extremely tired, I at least had a beautiful sunrise😍 The drive was actually fine, especially because we had a...

Day 6, 02/01/23, from Growcery Camp to Canyon Village Maybe we shouldn't have slept directly under a tree that birds have claimed. But this way, we get to see how beautiful...

Day 8, 04.01.23, from Canyon Village to Lüderitz On this day, we notice for the first time that a melted credit card is not necessarily the ideal means of payment for a trip....

Tag 5, 01.01.23, Oranje River Rafting Day 3 Ein neues Jahr, keine Vorsätze, aber wie kann ein Jahr, ein Tag schöner beginnen als wieder mal mit dem Sonnenaufgang zu einem Hike...

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...

Day 4, 31.12.22, Oranje River Rafting Day 2 To fully experience the last day of the year, we get up with the sunrise at 5:30am, grab our first coffee still a bit tired, and...

It was 350km gravel road from Sesriem to Aus, so even further south. We drove past our accident site. Back then (2001), a tire burst at high speed, causing us to spin and roll...

After the third night in beautiful Aus (this time with a mouse), we head east towards Keetmanshoop, the "capital of the south" of Namibia. We bought delicious barbecue food, two...

From Lüderitz, we continue south to our last major stop, the Fish River Canyon. Unfortunately, we cannot go hiking there because it is currently not allowed due to the...

Since we read different recommendations for the campsite, we would like to spend a night there. And we have to agree with all the positive reports: the campsite is a dream and...

We will spend two nights in a hostel in Lüderitz. Camping is not recommended there due to the extremely strong wind and salt. We will stroll through the streets, have dinner at...

We took a trip from Aus to the sweet coastal town of Lüderitz, 120km away. Before that, the kids had a blast in the ghost town of Kolmanskop, an abandoned diamond mining...

Today was the longest stage of our journey. 500 km to Keetmanhoop and mostly straight. Forever straight ahead, with nothing but the landscape on both sides. The drive took about...

The drive to Lüderitz today took about 4.5 hours and about halfway through, the landscape suddenly changed. The Namib Desert showed its face and it reminded me a lot of the...

Today, after a hearty breakfast and final preparations, we drove to Fish River Canyon. About 200 km on mostly gravel road, the last 20 were easily drivable with the 4x4. The...

It took 2 billion years to form the canyon - we took a day to explore it - appropriate?

Today we took a trip to Fish River Canyon and admired the impressive gorge of the second largest canyon on Earth. The hiking trail that starts here can only be done after a...

Yesterday, we enjoyed a great dinner at 'Desert Horse Inn' under a beautiful sunset. I had a spicy pumpkin-apple soup, salad, chickpea curry, and chocolate cake with Amarula...

When maintenance work takes place here in Namibia, it is marked with many signs that are surprisingly accurate. Not only is information provided about the construction site and...

Great rock formations that look like giants have built little towers here - the Giants Playground. There is quite a large area of this rock formation here. You could easily get...