Namibia

Hallo,

I have booked an hotel not far from Solitaire and I was told that my tour to Sossusvlei will start from Sesriem at 6AM
hence I should leave my hotel at around 4h30 and drive the 50 Km along the C19 in the dark
I am a bit scared of having to drive on a non tarmac road in the dark not even counting possible animals and so on
Hence my question: would you dis-advice the driving in the dark or could I stil do it if I drive quite slowly and safe
Any feedback from people having done ths in teh…

Hi, I'd like to visit a bushmen viillage near Tsumkwe. I need a trustworthy guide in Windhoek who knows very fine that area because I'd like to reach an authentic village. Thanks for some info

Hello, I'm a solitary traveller and I'd like to reach Himba people with my local guide. Can I ask some questions please? I hope you can reply me to all my question please.
What is the easiest and cheapest way to reach Himba people from Windhoek?
Can you give me some emails of reliability local guides who know very fine those villages?
How much expensive can be this trip?
I'd like to reach a remote village and stay there one week. I'd like to take a short documentary.
Thanks a lot for your precious…

My husband and I will be self-driving in Namibia for 5 weeks this coming May/June. We'll be all over the country - from Kgalagdi to Damaraland to the Caprivi. I am interested to hear if anyone has had experience using the Tracks4Africa app on their iPhone. I know that the Tracks4Africa maps on the Garmin are quite good. However, we don't have a Garmin. The description of the iPhone app says that it works, even when you don't have cell phone or internet coverage. Does anyone know if this is…

I would like to take the train (Starline) from Swakopmund to Windhoek, departure in Swakopmund at 8.45 pm, arrival in Windhoek at 7.00 am. Is this a safe and reliable (on time) train?

My wife and I (in our early 60's) hope to drive up to Namibia next year, possibly during late August/early September.

We anticipate camping for most of our 14 nights away, but with 2 or 3 luxury stop-overs to cut the dust.

We've never been to Namibia but we realise we'll never see it all without exhausting ourselves, so it would be helpful if anyone could offer us some sound advice. Good. clean camp sites away from the madding crowd would suit us.
We'll be travelling from Montagu (Western Cape)…

Hallo,

I will drive in January from Joburg to Capetown via Upington- Fish river- Luderitz- Sossuvlei - Keetmanshoop and down to Capetown so only tarmac road in ZA but non tarmac road in Namibia ( around fish river an dthen from Aus- Hemrinhausen, solitaire and to maltahoehe)

We are 2 people so we do not need a big car but a car to pass on non tar road even if we wil drive slowly and cool
renting the car in JNB airport, which car would you advice for such a trip
thx for advice
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We will arrive at Windhoek International Airport and then follow the route: Eningu Clayhouse Lodge - Auob Lodge - Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. As we have to buy water and some supplies for the first days, we really have to stock up for our stay in the Kgalagadi, as we will stay tehre for 4 days with 5 people and experienced before rather empty shops (no bread, vegetables, fruit) in the park. Any advice on:

-where to shop when we arrive - just some water adn cookies etc.

-where to stock up…

We are arriving at Windhoek around 7:30pm and leaving the next morning for Etosha, any recommendation for inexpensive lodging near the airport?

We are heading to Namibia in 8/2014 and are looking for opportunities to do a 2-4 day hiking trip. We've both been to Namibia before, as well as to other African countries, so we know what's involved re safety etc. However there seem to be relatively few places where you can hike unguided and with only 2 people. Any suggestions anyone??

Also I wonder if anyone knows of professional climbing guides in Namibia? We are interested in climbing the Spitzkoppe but when we passed by on our last trip…