This post is mainly a photo journey of my road trip up through southwestern Namibia from the South African border in the Ai/Ais-Richtersveld Transfrontier Park to Windhoek, mainly to give you a visual picture of what the landscape is like in this section of the country.
After leaving the Transfrontier Park, I drove about 6 hours north and overnighted at a wonderful private campsite called Tiras just north of the town of Aus. There were only two fully equipped sites nested in the rocks of a hill on the edge of the Tiras plains. I was the only camper and had the elevated site perched up on the rocks overlooking the plains and the mountains beyond. Check out this site – if only Nancy were here with me to enjoy a glass of wine on the deck:
The following day I drove another 6 hours or so to just north of the town of Solitaire (near Sesrium on the map) to another wonderful campsite called Bushman’s Desert Camp. This time I opted for the exclusive bush site in a little riparian oasis in the desert a few kilometers from the main camp. Check out this for desert solitaire:
I left campsite before sunrise to get an early start on my last 5-hour leg of the drive to Windhoek and look who I ran into just outside my campsite:
For the remainder of this post, I am simply going to upload random pictures of the landscape along my route. No descriptions other than to say that this area has some spectacular desert mountain landscapes almost completed uninhabited by humans. In fact, in the 16 or so hours of driving I passed a couple of small villages and perhaps a dozen vehicles. That’s right, less than 1 vehicle per hour! And these are on the main roads between the widely scattered “towns”. This puts to shame the “loneliest highway in North America” (i.e., Hwy 50 in Nevada). This is true lonely driving at its best:
Next stop, Windhoek and happy reunion with Nancy!!!
From the Wildside:
Beautiful landscape! Where are the people in that photo of houses? I don’t see anyone, not even children. 🤷♀️ On my way to see you! ❤️
Such a beautiful place but I know you’re looking forward to having company and share those quiet places. Enjoy!
Kathy
I love roads like those .. reminds me of south Dakota… I also can’t believe when I here people around in here say that there poor living in the houses we live in…we live like kings..have a great trip
We don’t realize what we have until you see homes like those. I’ve seen them all over the world.
So glad Nancy will be with you for the next month? Do you get together with mark and Kirsten again?
Yes, long-lonely roads! hard to stay awake.
I mostly like the US because of our abundance of wild lands. It appears that we have little compared to Africa. So appreciate your sharing your journey!