Anyone who has traveled from Windhoek to Swakopmund will be familiar with the imposing outline of the Spitzkoppe mountains. Standing on a flat plain at an altitude of 1728m above sea level, they should...
Summer is not the best time of the year to go to the Waterberg as we were to find out when we paid the area a visit. However, we duly set off from Windhoek on...
The First of Several Weekends at Ameib Ranch – June 2006 Someone in Underberg once said: “Here comes the tortoise” when I drove the Toyota into their driveway. I smiled when I realized that they were...
A Weekend in Homeb – October 2006 Rob gave me a wonderful little book called ‘The Namib’ by Mary Seely – which gives one all sorts of interesting bits of information about the desert. ...
A Weekend in Omaruru – July 2006 Most Namibians would probably look at you with disbelief if you told them you’d gone camping in Omaruru for the weekend. Let’s face it, Omaruru isn’t high...
A Weekend at Isabis – February 2006 (Jane) Isabis is a farm some 130 kms south-west of Windhoek in the Gamsberg region. Situated in the catchment area of the Gaub River, a tributary of the...
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