Not really sure what to say about this place. A life changing experience....The journey was leaving Victoria Falls via Air Namibia to Windhouk, Namibia. This is about 40 miles from the Atlantic Ocean (as the crow flies) divided by the highest sand dunes in the world.We were greeted by a contracted &Beyond bush pilot. He loaded us into his Cessna 210 and off we went for a 1 1/2 hour flight to &Beyond Sossousvlei Desert Lodge. The lodge is a main building, ten guest cabins, observatory, and dining.Three nights at the lodge we had a wide veriety of activities to choose from. The lodge has an observatory equiped with telescope for observing the night sky. The resident astronomer was a very nice fellow from Portland, Oregon. We stayed out late at night and "solved the worlds problems" through observation and discussion. Ronnie was our guide for three days, Austin was our butler, and Sally was our hostess. After every desert outing we greeted at the lodge to fresh moist towels, and a cool drink (champagne for evening events). I'll just share some pictures......
In summary, we hiked the orange dunes into Deadvlei, rode ATV's out to watch sunset, evening trips out into the dunes for gin & tonics at sunset, hiked into ancient caves to see cave paintings, and took a hot air baloon ride over the Namib Desert.
4 comments:
Stunning pictures! Sounds like you are having an incredible time. Glad you are solving some of the world's problems while you're at it! Continued safe travels to you. Jo
What an amazing trip. We can hardly wait to see all you pictures and hear your incredible stories.
Kind of forgot to check your blog and I'm BLOWN AWAY by the photos and the realization that it's even grander in person. Now I want to go to Africa even if I have to drag Karin along.
Looks incredible, I can't wait for my chance to go...
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