Namibia Over-landing trip: 19 days through one of Africa’s most incredible countries. Namibia’s scenery is so extreme that in all likelihood you will have never seen anything like it before. Add to that the amazing people and this is pretty much the trip of a lifetime.
Namibian landscapes are hauntingly sparse, deep in rare colours, and incredibly beautiful. There are vast tracts of no trees, and no water, and no cell phone coverage. On the Skeleton Coast, rusting shipwrecks founder in the shallows and disintegrate on the beaches. It must have been terrifying to get washed up on this coast a hundred years ago, relieved to be out of the sea and on dry land, only to realise you’re hundreds of kilometres away from fresh water.
Despite the parched landscape, life thrives here. Foraging on desiccated acacia trees, and tufts of dried grass, and drinking water from the morning dew, Namibia’s animals manage to survive. In the dunes, in the desert, on the plateaus. This is an epic place. It’s wetl worth a long visit, just be prepared to be bathed in dust and sunshine. We only managed 19 days, we could’ve spent a year here. Next time.
