| Leg 2 - Namibia |
Our first stop after crossing the border at Sendlingsdrift is the impressive Fish River Canyon with its hot springs at Ai-Ais. This canyon is over 550 metres deep and one of the biggest canyons on earth. It stretches over 160 km through one of the driest regions in Africa. |
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Fish River Canyon |
Kokerboom (
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| From here the road takes us via the coastal town of Lüderitz into the oldest desert on earth, the Namib desert. At Sossusvlei the red sand is sculpted into dunes over 300 metres in height. |
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Ghost town in the desert |
Sossusvlei Dunes |
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| Again we head for the coast to Walvis Bay and Swakopmund. These two coastal towns will be the last towns we are visiting along the Atlantic coastline before we reach Tangier, Morocco. |
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Flamingos in Walvis Bay |
Swakopmund |
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| We continue our travel east towards Windhoek, the capital city of Namibia and on via Gobabis towards Buitepos, the border post into Botswana. |
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Windhoek - Namibias capital |
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Leg 2 - Estimated distances and duration |
| Sendlingsdrift - Lüderitz |
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| Lüderitz - Swakopmund |
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| Swakopmund - Windhoek |
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| Windhoek - Buitepos |
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| Accumulated estimates from start at Cape Agulhas |
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| Above travel distances are between major travel beacons and do not include any deviations such as excursions to tourist attractions, scenic routes, game drives etc. |
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| Other Information |
Unfortunately, we can not cover all great travel destinations and tourist attractions in Namibia but will mention some of them here for you to explore:
Northern Namibia: Kaokoland, Etosha and Kavango (Caprivi) Regions
Western Namibia: Damaraland and Naukluft Region
Southern Namiba: Karas Region
Central Namibia: Hereroland, Central and Hardap Regions |
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| For more information on Namibia and its multitude of tourist attractions please visit Africa Adventure's Southern / East Africa travel directory on www.africa-adventure.org |
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| Please visit our Namibian sponsors |
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Zelda Game & Guest Farm / Gobabis |
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