Our second leg of the trip to Africa was the Country of Namibia, this is already west of the continent and is bathed by the Atlantic Ocean. As the trip to Kili would be relatively short, we chose me and two friends to do this extension. Giovana joined us, my daughter, in what would be our first self-drive in Africa.
Known for having the oldest desert on the planet, the country that was once a German colony, surprised us by the organization. Its capital Windhoek is characterized by the development, that surpasses many countries known as developed. This time, our group opted for a Self Drive, model of travel in which we take the direction of our transport vehicle ourselves. We rent a pick up 4×4, we count on the valuable help of the travel agency Namibia Adventures to book everything, including our transportation, camps, hotels and many tips for the formation of programming, and how it helped us, for those who started from zero level of knowledge of that place.
We know the Etosha Park, where we stayed in campsites for two nights, literally in the middle of nowhere and surrounded by wild animals. From there we left towards the coast, Swakopmund and then to Walvis Bay, place where we could enjoy a catamaran ride, see dolphins, seals, pelicans and enjoy a delicious seafood buffet, incluindo Ostras 🙂
After that fantastic start, we head south, more specifically for Sossousvlei, middle of the desert, with the largest sand dunes in the world, unmatched visuals on the planet. We photograph a lot, we went up to famous dune 45, it was really fun because this is a part of the park that is closed at night, around 5 in the morning the gates are opened and a real car and truck rally takes place in search of the best space.
After that stop at 45, aided by all the strength of our pick up 4×4, in that moment we realized the real difference of this type of vehicle, we managed to get to the mysterious Dead Vlei, immense ancient lake that dried up centuries ago, leaving only petrified logs. The justification for these trunks not rotting is the relative humidity of the air below 10%, it rained hard here in 2011 only, these trunks are estimated to have been here for more than 900 years, a show of images and life history that can only be found here.
To finish in high style, on the last day of the trip we took a balloon ride over this place that most resembles a passage in the Bible.
I hope you enjoy and travel with us through African countries.
See more photos on the website:
www.sergiosousa.com.br/portfolio/viagens-internacionais/183702-africa
Marcos
Espetacular!!!!
De tirar o folego!!!