Month: April 2025

It’s a strange feeling – waking up on a plane after an eight-hour sleep and knowing that we still have another four hours left to fly before we arrive. Still,…

The downside of staying at a tour-group hotel without a tour group is that you fall outside the norm. The factory isn’t built for you, so you need to figure…

We bid farewell to our lavish mansion at the Waterberg Windhoek, grateful that the alarm had not gone off in the night. Flight day, which means that the electronics need…

This is it. The final game drive. Or as our daughter would say – it’s the final GAME DRIVE! Da-da-da-daa! Da-da-daa-daa-daaa! Da-da-da-daa! Da-da-daa-da-daa-da! You’ll have that stuck in your head…

We all slept well at Onguma the Fort, and thoroughly enjoy their delicious breakfast. Adults have the eggs benedict: While kids have pancakes: They use honey instead of maple syrup,…

Buffet breakfast at 7 am, bags in the car before 8 am. The bad news – we have another long drive ahead of us. The good news? It’s through Etosha…

Hello everyone – while the blog is a few days delayed, tonight is our last night in Namibia and we are about to re-enter the Travel Vortex for the next…

Despite last night’s scorpion debacle, everyone seemed to get a reasonable night’s sleep. A later departure this morning, as we’ve decided to make this solely a travel / relaxing day….

We’ve got a long drive ahead of us today – heading north along the highway to the seal colony at Cape Cross, then inland to visit Twyfelfontein in Damaraland. We…