Day 8 After waking up early we left the nondescript NWR campsite in Khoriaxas around 9.30am for another day of driving. We were headed another 200 miles north to see the famous desert elephants in the Hoanib valley. The drive was stunning, again. It was mostly driving along flat plains surrounded by low mountains. The first area were all flat-topped mountains similar...
Day 1 We arrived in Walvis Bay after a fairly long trip: 9 1/2 hours night flight from Frankfurt to Windhoek, arriving at 8am to a bright and chilly Namibian morning, then the rest of the day transferring to Walvis Bay. Points to note: You’ll need to know the name of a hotel in Namibia to fill out the Visa form correctly on landing. We had nothing booked, and...
The purpose of this post is to cover the steps we had to take in order to get our vehicle from the UK to Namibia. There is a fair amount of paperwork and cost involved, and I will outline it all below. These steps will be very similar for shipping vehicles from anywhere in the world to Western, Eastern and Southern Africa. Quite a lot of work went into preparing the...