Day 4 – The Namib desert

As mentioned earlier, Namibia has no less than two deserts.

The Namib Desert or shortly the Namib is considered to be the oldest desert in the world. With about 80 million years on the counter, the desert is still in pristine state due to the extreme climatic conditions. The 200 km wide sandy desert stretches from north to south along the Atlantic coast of Namibia over a length of about 2,000 km, starting in Angola in the north to the Orange River in the south. The Namib is part of the Namib Naukluft National Park, which is Africa's largest wildlife park.

Today we mainly drive from one desert to another. It is a 400 km drive to our lodge in the Namib Naukluft National Park. The first 200 km is over beautifully landscaped roads which South Africa constructed at the time. The last 200 km on a so-called paved road. There is a strong wind that blows up the sand. Worse is it when a car overtakes us. For a few minutes we are stuck in a mini sand storm caused by the car.

Even if an opposite car passes us, we are in the fog, or rather in the sand. Fortunately, that does not happen often. Ove a distance of 200 km we count exactly 6 cars…and a lonely pedestrian, only God knows why.

In the distance we see the mountains appear. Our lodge is located next to the so-called petrified dunes. A picturesque setting for the next two nights.