We hired a car and traveled about 350km SE of Swakopmund into the Naukluft massif. This is a sand stone & dolomite range that sits on a 1000 foot granite base. Even though it's part of the Namib desert, in the canyons, underground springs and rivers break to the surface forming deep cool green pools like the one we found here.
The farm itself had horse stables, a mechanics dream of a repair shop (along with tourism car repair is a cash cow here). There were about 20 guests, Germans, French, South Africans and an Italian couple which made for an interesting conversation at the family style dinner.
The following morning Mary & I hopped a ride with couple doing a game drive up into the surrounding foothills, where they would drop us off so we could hike back down to the lodge.
Once they dropped us off we headed down a gorge and hiked along a delightful stream lined with fig and wild olive trees, and cool green pools like the one in the first pic.
Once we returned we headed off towards Sossusvlei and Desert Homestead which is a series of bungalows and a common lodge in the grassland just a few kilometers from red dunes of the Namib desert.
Tomorrow we wander the dunes and dried pans (water holes) or "vlei" of the Desert and than that evening ride out across the veld on horse back for what's is known as a sun downer.
MH Holden PLS
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Tacoma WA
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The farm itself had horse stables, a mechanics dream of a repair shop (along with tourism car repair is a cash cow here). There were about 20 guests, Germans, French, South Africans and an Italian couple which made for an interesting conversation at the family style dinner.
The following morning Mary & I hopped a ride with couple doing a game drive up into the surrounding foothills, where they would drop us off so we could hike back down to the lodge.
Once they dropped us off we headed down a gorge and hiked along a delightful stream lined with fig and wild olive trees, and cool green pools like the one in the first pic.
Once we returned we headed off towards Sossusvlei and Desert Homestead which is a series of bungalows and a common lodge in the grassland just a few kilometers from red dunes of the Namib desert.
Tomorrow we wander the dunes and dried pans (water holes) or "vlei" of the Desert and than that evening ride out across the veld on horse back for what's is known as a sun downer.
MH Holden PLS
[email protected]
Tacoma WA
iPhone communications
Thanks for taking me along on your adventure--look forward to it each day--Barb Carey
Posted by: Barb Carey | 08/13/2011 at 09:29 AM