The dead trees you see in the pictures are more than  4 000 years old. They stand in the #1 Namib tourist site Sossusvlei and is many photographers dream to be able to visit. As we came there were lots of people with big cameras (me being one of them) looking for nice angles.

We came here directly from Swakobmund. The first night we camped in tents at the Sesriem Campsite Namib-Naukluft National Park.  On our way here we left the Tropic zone passing the Tropic of Capricorn.

We past a small village with 91 citizens, Solitaire. They had a sign with rainfall. Not much…

Desert mean that more water evaporates than is falling as rain. This amount of rain is far less than what evaporates. So we now were in a true desert, even the oldest one in the world. We were about to rise the tents and I was a bit concerned about how I would be able to sleep. But it was actually quite ok, the desert cools down and the night was pleasant. This time we slept on the roof of the car and that was much better. Even Stephan didn’t sleep on the ground. Another guide got bitten in the ear by an Jackal in just this camp so he slept in the car. Before we went to sleep we had an amazing sun set with very nice light.

The next day we got up early, we wanted to be the first in to the park and to se the dunes as the sun rises. So at 4 o’clock we packed everything, had a fast shower and went on to the camp. The gates opens at 5 and we were the first. It was still night and as we drove the daylight slowly took over. We arrived at dune 45, the most photographed dune in the world right in time as the sun came over the horizon.

After that we went on to Deadvlei. Marta, Stephan and Masha climbed up a part of Great Daddy, the dune overlooking Deadvlei. I stayed down and toke som pictures of these amazing trees.

Maybe you can see them up on the dune?

Our last night in Namibia we spent in Le Mirage an extremely nice lodge. Masha and I even booked the room in the tower to get the experience of sleeping under the stars.

 It was amazing!

Now I’m back in Johannesburg. The next 4 days we will spend in Kruger Park looking for cats. We will live very remote without any Internet or even mobile service. So this blog will now rest for a while. I would like to say thanks to Stephan for being such a great man helping us out with everything. If you ever would like to do some Safari or so in Southern Africa, contact The Fly in Safari Company. The will take very good care of you!