good morning we're on our way from ludaritz to sossusvlei this morning
and we're taking a bit of a back road the d707 i think it is i'll confirm that really really
beautiful road i mean the terrain is so stunning
there's a lot of these melon type things i think it's a
nama melon or nama something all along the road
so this is the shop and the restaurant the restaurant's quite vibey nice spot for a
beer and a burger but the shop was very very minimally stocked when we were there
there are a lot of accommodation options around sossusvlei from kind of affordable to movie star
price range desert quiver camp is about five kilometers from the entrance to sossusvlei
and is really nice self-catering chalets which are quite reasonably priced we didn't book
and while there were a couple of other guests they didn't have any problem accommodating us
there's really comfortable beds air conditioning a nice hot shower and a braai spot really nice
it's a bit of a crossover between camping
and self-catering there is this kitchen which has got the basics
you need to bring your own utensils although you can get from reception with a small deposit
there's wi-fi at the bar area and this really cool swimming pool we didn't swim
because it was still quite cold in july but be really nice in summer i imagine
just after seven when i went down to the entrance to sossusvleiand we are in fact the first in the
queue and years gone by when we've been here at this time of the morning there's rows of cars and
buses and tour vehicle not nearly as busy as it has been the guy has arrived to let us in we hope
i'm going to deflate my tires to about 1.6 bar
creates a better profile we're going through the thick sand that's what we're doing
from here we go into the dunes
a little bit of breakfast
so something really special this water still standing in sossusvlei several years we've been
coming here i've never seen that and there are even some flamingos there behind me sossusvlei
means dead end marsh and it's where the tsauchab river which only flows very occasionally finds
its way to the ocean blocked by the red dunes of the namib desert some of them are up to 400 meters
high it's one of namibia's most popular tourist attractions and can get really busy in normal
times although at the moment it's less so so a great time to go if you want to avoid the crowd
quite a walk to get to deadvlei not far it's just over a kilometer but it's over dunes but it's so
worth it i mean look at this today it's quite a breeze so it's not too bad but it does get very
hot trees are up to 800 years old and they've just been standing here through the centuries