Now we were truly heading deep inland, deep inside what Nambia has to offer and we were on our way to the famous dunes area of Namibia called Sossusvlei.
Most people must have seen the famous images of the red dunes with the white sand on the ground and the contrast of the dark, black, dead trees. This is Deadvlei and arguably for most the highlight of the area.
The drive from Namtib to Sossusvlei was EPIC!!! I have never experienced the changes in scenery that we experienced that day, from the beautiful rolling and sandy hills into rugged and rocky terrain before we ’descended’ into the Sossusvleu or Sesriem area. Amazing!
Zev fells alseep on the way in and missed the wild Zebras, a beautiful small herd on top of ridge before we saw the next group in the valley below. EPIC again!
We were happy that our friends from Ultimate Routes had booked a few nights for us in a lodge, just outside the gate of the national park, so we had a proper bed and chance to get our laundry done properly too!!
The lodge was great and we enjoyed the breakfast and dinner settings too, not having to cook and try Gemsbok, Kudu and all other wild meats was nice,
The corrugations just outside the park and on the way to the Canyon were less nice as was the same for the amount of ’rooftop tent tourists’ too.
Mostly European tourists, these Hi-Lux driving, who drive 4000 kilometers in 11 days to see all the ’sights’ of Namibia and beyond were less nice, most of them were stuck up and not very social, but the National Parks do like them, as ’International’ guest pay twice what Southern Africans do in most place and THREE times was the ’locals’ do….