Lap Of Namibia Blog

We have always spoken about a “ trip into Africa” but done nothing about it. Just short of a year ago I met Roger Pearce at the Scottburgh Classic Car Show. Roger is a well known personality in classic car circles and has done numerous trips in Africa including driving to Cairo 5 times! He told me about the Lap of Namibia and I was sold!

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Day 14

Regrettably we have reached the last day. A wonderful, amazing, exciting, adventure is drawing to a close. We leave Grunau this morning and head for the SA border. In a way it's a relief to be going home after 14 fun-filled days. I haven't…

Day 12+1

Today promises to be a great adventure. We leave Keetmanshoop behind having managed a trickle shower and head for Grunau via the Fish River Canyon. Another place I've always waned to visit, but I don't really know why. Same reasons as Etosha…

Day 12

After a good night's sleep we left our hotel and were on our way. Windhoek is a lovely looking city, but unfortunately we didn't have time to look around. Had to get back on the road again........ The hotel forecourt The road out of…

Day 11

Swakopmund to Windhoek today - 380k's. We started the day with a great breakfast, followed by Oohs & Ah's as the pelicans arrived to scavenge on the rocks, exposed by the low tide The sea was beautiful and the first clear morning…

Day 10

Today would turn out to be a highlight of our tour. We were to spend the day in Swakopmund and go on a trip into the desert. We had no idea what to expect. We woke early for breakfast at 7 - service is slow - as we had to meet the tour operator…

Day 8 cont’d and day 9.

Well we continued on our way to Swakopmund with things getting more and more deserty. ( I think I may have said that before!) We finally reached our hotel, again, tired hot and thirsty! A lovely hotel with wonderful beds, spacious room and…

Day 8

Day 8 was supposed to be a drive to Twyfelfontein, but because the SL & SLC had taken a bit of a pounding on the rutted dirt roads we decided not to follow the rest to Twyfelfontein, but instead to head directly for Swakopmund, where the…

Day 7

Still in Etosha and eager to move on to the next overnight stop, Okaukuejo, about 120k's away. Well, the road was something else! Very rutted and the day was hot. Thank goodness for aircon and power steering. We tried going slowly and we tried…

Day 6

Today we leave Tsumeb and head for the Etosha National Park. I have always wanted to go to Etosha, don't know why, but I suspect it is because of the articles I have read about it as well as pictures I have seen. Also, it's far away and seems…

Days 3,4 & 5

Internet Connection was very poor on these days so I have decided to post a whole lot of pictures and say something about them by way of a quick catch up. Then I'll be back on track. Our hotel at Maun - very comfortable and very good food. The…

Day 2

Clearly our trip through Botswana is just a means of getting to Namibia, evidenced by the 2 nights we spend in Botswana compared to the twelve in Namibia. That should have been obvious from the start, but never having traveled to Botswana before,…

Day 1

Day one kicked off at the Olivedale Corner Shopping Centre where we met some of the folk who were coming along on the ride, the rest having left directly from their various homes. A few cars set off and I decided to go after them. By…

And so it starts.

So, we're off! We left a drizzly misty Hillcrest at 9.30am heading to Jo'burg for the start of our trip tomorrow. On the way we stopped off in Hilton to wish Lea a happy birthday and to say hi to the girls. After something warm to…