On day 12, we had to say goodbye to Etosha and head towards Windhoek, the capital city of Namibia. It’s REALLY starting to get hot, and we had a TON to do when we got to Windhoek, so we unpacked pretty quickly upon arrival at Urban Camp (which is adorable AND has WiFi, if you’re […]
So the Acacia Africa Desert Tracker Tour that I’m a part of is conducted (as are most, from what I understand), in English. Now, you’d think that speaking the same language, we would all, well, understand each other. That’s where things get interesting. Just to jog your memory, our group consists of: Two Kiwis, Three […]
Day 10 After our epic cheetah adventure, our wildlife viewing was only beginning – on Day 11 we started heading towards Etosha National Park for our stint of game drives in one of Namibia’s largest National Parks/Wildlife reserves. What’s really cool about the “park” is that the animals are just going about their normal lives, […]
Today we drove. And we drove. And we drove. It was SO incredibly hot that pretty much the entire bus was passed out for the entirety of the drive, aside from when we hit the shopping mall with bathroom and ATM. I’d say everyone woke up and hopped off the bus at that point! Then […]
This morning we got to sleep in until checkout of Amanpuri at 10 since we only had a drive of 150 kilometers. I actually woke up naturally at around 8:30am and popped off to the breakfast café. Apparently included in our accommodations was hot breakfast, so I ordered scrambled eggs with cheese and “very cooked” […]
I can’t even begin to articulate the insanity of this day, so please bear with me while I attempt to recreate everything for you all. After our night out, I did one of my typical “wake up 5 minutes before I need to go somewhere” act, and I had a decent headache from the night […]
Day six was another drive day so this will be short and sweet! We hopped on the bus in the morning and I zipped myself in my sleeping bag on my seat to take a nap. I was dozing for a while when I woke up to an “OH SHIT!” and “Stop the truck!” I […]
Day 4 Day four was our first REALLY look driving day, where we had to cover 600 kilometers… which in a car on regular roads wouldn’t be so bad, but in a safari truck through the Kalahari Desert can be an interesting challenge… We got up REALLY early, like, before sunrise early, so we could […]
Today we got up hella early because we had a decent distance to cover AND we had our first border crossing – South Africa into Namibia via the Voolisdrift Border Post. We had a quick breakfast and since Jane and I are tent experts now, we had everything packed up pretty quickly, so I was […]
After waking up and having our first breakfast together, we hopped back in the truck (whose name is Mara, btw!) and headed towards the Gariep (Orange) River. The river is named for the Dutch version of the White House, in case anyone is curious! The Orange River is en route to the Namibian border and […]
