Connecting Khorixas and Windhoek, we rode the final segment of this second stage, which we had begun a year earlier in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. During this last leg of the journey, we had our first face-to-face encounters with San hunter-gatherers and Himba herders: finally, some nomads! Having known our […]

After a serene sojourn in Swakopmund, we leave the coastal beach resort and stick to the Skeleton Coast until Henties Bay. From there we exit the Atlantic coastal chill and climb east towards Spitzkoppe, the famous 1,728m high red granite mountain. The Namib Desert and central plateau are hot and […]

The first months of 2025 have been singularly wet in Namibia. One of the driest country in the world, it has experienced heavy rains and widespread flooding. The consequences have been loss of life, evacuation of people and broken infrastructure, amongst others. In true Afro-optimism, the Afrikaners of Northern Cape […]

Since Tanzania we have told people who asked that we were on our way to South Africa. Further down the road, we made it more specific, and said we were cycling to Cape Town. Since reaching the multicultural city we declare “Namibia!” as the next target. Of course this is […]

If you ask Google Maps to find a route between Prince Albert, where we published the previous blog post, and the Atlantic port city of Cape Town, the application will draw a straightish line going from east to west, with a travel distance of 393 kilometres. In an effort to […]