Namibia Stories


Mercedes sports cars to Tractor Trailers

I was planning on taking a bus from Windhoek all the way to Cape Town (approx 20 hours) but the tickets were quite pricey (over $100) so when I met a girl from Alabama who was planning on hitch hiking that way, I asked if I could join her for the adventure. My new friend, Blair, had been living in a small town in Namibia for the last year teaching for ...


Climbing the sand dunes of Sossusvlei

After setting up camp in a spot that luckily was configured to have a huge tree in the middle of it to give us ample shade, we relaxed until the late afternoon. Namib- Naukluft park also imposes a curfew on people like Etosha so we head out to get to see the dunes in the pretty light of the setting sun but we had to rush back as soon as it started to ge...


Continuing on the animal trail

Next on the itinerary was Africat, a rehab place for cheetahs, leopards and other threatened African wildlife. Although it wasn't a true safari type experience, the cats there are kept in very large enclosures and some live quite normal lives - hunting, keeping territories, making dens. Most have been brought there by farmers who have either trapped the...


Spotting wildlife in Etosha National Park

Almost as soon as I discovered how deserted Tsumeb was and started to think that I was going to have to backtrack down to Windhoek to organize a trip to Etosha National Park, I met a wonderful Australian woman traveling with her 11 year old grandson. They arrived at Mousebird Backpackers at the same time as I did and after overhearing me asking about ...