Category: Weekends

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Weekend at Spitzkoppe – Matterhorn of Namibia

Anyone who has traveled from Windhoek to Swakopmund will be familiar with the imposing outline of the Spitzkoppe mountains.  Standing on a flat plain at an altitude of 1728m above sea level, they should...

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Weekend at Waterberg

Summer is not the best time of the year to go to the Waterberg as we were to find out when we paid the area a visit.  However, we duly set off from Windhoek on...

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Weekends at Ameib Ranch

The First of Several Weekends at Ameib Ranch – June 2006 Someone in Underberg once said: “Here comes the tortoise” when I drove the Toyota into their driveway.  I smiled when I realized that they were...

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Weekend at Homeb

A Weekend in Homeb – October 2006 Rob gave me a wonderful little book called ‘The Namib’ by Mary Seely – which gives one all sorts of interesting bits of information about the desert. ...

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Weekend at Omaruru

A Weekend in Omaruru – July 2006 Most  Namibians would probably look at you with disbelief if you told them you’d gone camping in Omaruru for the weekend.  Let’s face it, Omaruru isn’t high...

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Weekend at Isabis

A Weekend at Isabis – February 2006 (Jane) Isabis is a farm some 130 kms south-west of Windhoek in the Gamsberg region.  Situated in the catchment area of the Gaub River, a tributary of the...