The ultimate guide for independent travellers seeking inspiration, advice and adventures beyond their wildest dreams
Travelling through South and East Africa by air will lead to one true inevitability. You will probably end up transiting through Johannesburg on an unbelievably regular basis. Jozi is one of the largest airport hubs on the entire African continent and from there, you can pretty much get anywhere. However, many smaller airports provide a […]
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When I think back on all the trips I have done so far, my road trip from Cape Town to Windhoek will definitely go down as one of my all time favourites. The scenery and adventure in Namibia is ever-changing, diverse and truly exciting. Planning a big road trip like this one can be a […]
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From Sossusvlei, we ventured North until we reached Swakopmund, which is where we experienced the first hurdle in our Namibian adventure. We arrived at our backpackers in the afternoon and quickly settled in for dinner and an early night, after all, it had been a pretty enormous day of driving. We got up the next […]
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Sossusvlei is, without a shadow of a doubt, the most famous and well known sight in all of Namibia. Located in the heart of the Namib desert, Sossusvlei is essentially an enormous salt and clay pan which is surrounded by some of the highest sand dunes in the entire world – some of these dunes […]
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In the previous Namibia post we travelled to Kolmanskop – an abandoned mining town that is slowly being reclaimed by nature. This week we travel to Lüderitz, a seaside town, which is kinda the last thing you’d expect to exist just a 10 minute drive from what seems like an endless desert. This tiny town […]
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I don’t know how I learnt about the existence of Kolmanskop. I don’t recall if it was the internet, TV or even just a good old fashioned book that alerted me to the presence of a tiny abandoned town in Namibia. What I do know is that as soon as I decided to travel through […]
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On a whim, as we were sitting in our rental car in Cape Town getting ready to start our road trip in Namibia, I began doing some browsing on my phone and somehow, came across a listing for a truly stunning looking lodge on the edge of Fish River Canyon. When planning our route through […]
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Have you ever travelled to a country that took every expectation you had about it and then just blew them to smithereens? If not, then you need to add Namibia to your bucket list immediately! I had wanted to visit Namibia for years. I had dreamed about climbing the enormous sand dunes of Sossusvlei, photographing the ghost […]
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I only have a handful of travel related regrets, but unfortunately, I have a new one to add to that list. I thoroughly and wholeheartedly regret visiting the town of Saksun in the Faroe Islands. The town itself exudes a dark and dreamy kind of beauty and looks like nowhere else on the planet. It […]
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The diverse and dramatic landscapes of the Faroe Islands seem to beg to be hiked, but the unpredictable and largely rainy Faroese climate can make hiking unpleasant and rather hazardous. Lake Sørvágsvatn is a fairly easy hike, but despite this, I wouldn’t recommend doing it in the rain. This is partly due to the slippery rocks […]
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