Hallo,
Wir sind ein Familië (mein man und ich und 2 Söhne (15 jahren)) aus Gent (Belgien). Wir sind neu hier und planen unsere erste Reise zu Afrika (Namibië).
Ich habe schon viel gelesen ins Forum! Meine Deutschkenntnisse sind ausreichend um die tolle Reiseberichte zu verstehen, aber es ist nicht leicht für mich auf Deutsch zu schreiben. Ich möchte gerne in Englisch weiter gehen. Natürlich können Sie auf Deutsch antworten!
We have already booked our flight from Frankfurt to Windhoek (30/06/2017). We are spending 3 weeks in Namibië.
We consider to book a 4x4 hillux car (with 2 rooftents) by Safari car rental. I read very good comments about them!
We'd like to combine camping and farmhouses (we find the lodges too expensive). We like nature, animals and walking.
Our route:
- arrival Windhoek 5h30
- Kalahari (1 night) (Bagatelle Ranch farm) (Bushmen walk??)
- Keetmanshoop (1 night)(Quivertree forest)
- Fish river (1 night)(Hobas camping)
- Tiras mountains (1 night)(Koiimasis or Namtib)
- Sesriem/Sossuvlei (1 night)
- Naukluft (1 night) : olive trail (Naukluft camp) or Quivertree gorge trail (Bullsport)???
- drive to Swakopmund : Spreetshoogtepass / Gamsbergpass?
- Swakopmund (3 nights): boot tour, Tommy's living desert tour, quad riding (although I think our sons are too young to drive?), Welwitschia drive?
- visit Cape Cross; Spitzkoppe (1 night)
- Twyfelfontein (1 night)
- Kamanjab (Cheeta farm?) or Palmwag? (1 night)
- Etosha park (4 nights) : Olifantsrus-Okaukuejo-Halali-Onguma; or we spend the first 2 nights in Okaukuejo and take the Anderson gate instead of the Galton gate?
- 2 nights in Waterberg area or route Outjo-Omaruro?
We still have 2 nights to fill in.
But I have some concerns:
- Is it worth it the drive to the Fish river canyon, just to do some little walks/view points? The drive to the Tiras mountains the next day will be also very long?!
- We'd like to visit the San people and a Himba village, but like many tourists I have a strange feeling about it... I read about Marius (camp Aussicht) on the forum: is the visit to the Himba's there maybe less touristic?
- Is it worth it to spend the extra 2 nights in Purros or Opuwo? Or more nights in Damaraland? I think Caprivi is too far.
Any suggestions for the route or accomodations are wellcome!!
Für die hoffentlich vielen Antworten schon mal vielen Dank im voraus.
Ilse, Filip, Robbe und Seppe
Wir sind ein Familië (mein man und ich und 2 Söhne (15 jahren)) aus Gent (Belgien). Wir sind neu hier und planen unsere erste Reise zu Afrika (Namibië).
Ich habe schon viel gelesen ins Forum! Meine Deutschkenntnisse sind ausreichend um die tolle Reiseberichte zu verstehen, aber es ist nicht leicht für mich auf Deutsch zu schreiben. Ich möchte gerne in Englisch weiter gehen. Natürlich können Sie auf Deutsch antworten!
We have already booked our flight from Frankfurt to Windhoek (30/06/2017). We are spending 3 weeks in Namibië.
We consider to book a 4x4 hillux car (with 2 rooftents) by Safari car rental. I read very good comments about them!
We'd like to combine camping and farmhouses (we find the lodges too expensive). We like nature, animals and walking.
Our route:
- arrival Windhoek 5h30
- Kalahari (1 night) (Bagatelle Ranch farm) (Bushmen walk??)
- Keetmanshoop (1 night)(Quivertree forest)
- Fish river (1 night)(Hobas camping)
- Tiras mountains (1 night)(Koiimasis or Namtib)
- Sesriem/Sossuvlei (1 night)
- Naukluft (1 night) : olive trail (Naukluft camp) or Quivertree gorge trail (Bullsport)???
- drive to Swakopmund : Spreetshoogtepass / Gamsbergpass?
- Swakopmund (3 nights): boot tour, Tommy's living desert tour, quad riding (although I think our sons are too young to drive?), Welwitschia drive?
- visit Cape Cross; Spitzkoppe (1 night)
- Twyfelfontein (1 night)
- Kamanjab (Cheeta farm?) or Palmwag? (1 night)
- Etosha park (4 nights) : Olifantsrus-Okaukuejo-Halali-Onguma; or we spend the first 2 nights in Okaukuejo and take the Anderson gate instead of the Galton gate?
- 2 nights in Waterberg area or route Outjo-Omaruro?
We still have 2 nights to fill in.
But I have some concerns:
- Is it worth it the drive to the Fish river canyon, just to do some little walks/view points? The drive to the Tiras mountains the next day will be also very long?!
- We'd like to visit the San people and a Himba village, but like many tourists I have a strange feeling about it... I read about Marius (camp Aussicht) on the forum: is the visit to the Himba's there maybe less touristic?
- Is it worth it to spend the extra 2 nights in Purros or Opuwo? Or more nights in Damaraland? I think Caprivi is too far.
Any suggestions for the route or accomodations are wellcome!!
Für die hoffentlich vielen Antworten schon mal vielen Dank im voraus.
Ilse, Filip, Robbe und Seppe
