Experience The Exciting Cape Namibia Adventure Route
Keywords: africa, africa tourism, south africa, tourism, travel
Cape Town is the ideal starting point for your holiday as the international airport provides access to all the major travel routes from America, Asia, Europe and the rest of Africa.
Cape Town, also known as the ‘mother city’ offers a plethora of activities ranging from hiking up Table Mountain to joining a helicopter flight to Cape Point from the V&A Waterfront.
Spending your first few days in Cape Town you can explore the West Coast and the Cape Winelands. Accommodation ranges from good quality Guesthouses to up market Boutique Hotels - the selection is endless.
Making your way slowly north towards Namibia you stop in Springbok, the heart of the Namaqualand. When in season (July - September) this area turns into the most spectacular flower wonderland.
Various small National Parks offer visitors unique views of this arid landscape. A small detour will bring you east to the Orange River and the Augrabies Falls.
The two major border posts into Namibia are at Vioolsdrift/ Noordoewer when coming from the town of Springbok and Nakop/ Ariamsvlei when having gone the detour via Upington.
The border crossing is fairly quick and after just another 2 hours drive you arrive at the second largest canyon in the world - namely the Fish River Canyon.
By staying at one of the lodges in the immediate vicinity or spending the night in the nearby town of Keetmanshoop a visit to the Fish River Canyon and Hobas viewpoint makes for a nice day excursion. Driving west one can visit the small harbor town of Luderitz with its old German colonial architecture.
The long drive can be broken up by an overnight or short lunch break in the settlement of Aus which is also home to the wild Horses of the Namib Desert. At Garub there is a permanent waterhole for these desert dwellers and you are likely to see the feral horses.
The Ghost town of Kolmanskop is only 20 km east of Luderitz and well worth a visit back in time. The town was built in the 1920’s during the diamond rush and was abandoned when bigger and better diamonds were found further along the coast. The area is still abandoned and the desert has encroached over the entire town, giving an eerie feeling and real meaning to the word “ghost.”
Heading north to the central Namib Naukluft Park you will find the red sand dunes of Sossusvlei and the Sesriem Canyon. See the Tsauchab River disappear into these massive giants of the Namib Desert. The sediment brought down by the ephemeral river forms the pan that is known as Sossusvlei.
Having experienced the many highlights this tourist route has to offer, a 4 to 5 hour drive will take you to Windhoek and an afternoon flight back to Cape Town or straight on to Europe.
You could of course drive this route in opposite direction or add on to your travel and explore northern Namibia or the rest of South Africa, the choices are endless! For your next holiday why not set a bit more time aside and enjoy the best of two countries, South Africa and Namibia.
For enquiries please contact Africa Tourist Info (also known as ATI Holidays) www.infotour-africa.com Tel. ++264 61 228 717 Fax. ++264 61 250 258
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