Namakwa 4x4 & South Namibia

Marty · Post by **Marty** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 11:31 am

Damn, this reminds me of our trip.
oi vey, ek't nognie pics ge-upload nie.
Sal gou 'n plan maak. Maar is nogal nice om te sien by hoeveel van die selfde plekke ons was.

Laat ek gou 'n plan maak en begin upload en ons route wat ons gery het.

OOOOMS · Post by **OOOOMS** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 11:34 am

Bosfebok wrote:
OOOOMS wrote:
OOOOMS wrote:
wbisschoff wrote:Looks like a martial eagle... or a berghaan?
You wanna call a friend
Millionaire.jpg
........what will it be A or B......or perhaps C ?

OOOOMS wrote:
Bernie wrote:Looks like a Martial Eagle.....I cannot see the crest...
Sorry both wrong.....

OK - Quick quizzz:?:
Name the correct bird in the tree? (and no it's not called an eagle..... )

Winner will get a free www . hilux 4 x 4 . co . za Club sticker for his vehicle (black or white, mods excluded)
Where are the 'birders'........?
Getting warmer :wink2:

Bree-kop Arend?? Cannot see the detail, but it looks like this fella : http://www.outdoorphoto.co.za/gallery/s ... nd&cat=523" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Bulletjie-3 · Post by **Bulletjie-3** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 1:35 pm

Witborskraai

OOOOMS · Post by **OOOOMS** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 1:43 pm

Bulletjie-3 wrote:Witborskraai

Vir daai moet jy jou stickers asb afhaal.....

Bulletjie-3 · Post by **Bulletjie-3** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 1:48 pm

Ok die bonnet is nou klaar gepolish waar moet ek nog !!!!

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 1:51 pm

Duidelik ken julle mense nie julle voels nie!!

Kan julle nie sien dis 'n PIKKEWYN nie !!??

OOOOMS · Post by **OOOOMS** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 1:55 pm

Doom wrote:Duidelik ken julle mense nie julle voels nie!!

Kan julle nie sien dis 'n PIKKEWYN nie !!??

Ai tog.......

Stuur asb jou CV die kant toe

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 2:05 pm

OOOOMS wrote:
Doom wrote:Duidelik ken julle mense nie julle voels nie!!

Kan julle nie sien dis 'n PIKKEWYN nie !!??
Ai tog.......

Stuur asb jou CV die kant toe

Jy het mos jou eie Van...!
Hoekom sal ek nou my Cool Van vir jou wil stuur?

Ou vale1 · Post by **Ou vale1** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 2:26 pm

OOOOMS, lyk my jou trip report vat nou langer as die trip self, jy's nog nie eers in Namibie nie en jy sit en klets oor alles behalwe ............. soos Tommie se: jou wegjaag is naby

Kom nou man, ons wag almal

OOOOMS · Post by **OOOOMS** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 2:35 pm

Ou vale1 wrote:OOOOMS, lyk my jou trip report vat nou langer as die trip self, jy's nog nie eers in Namibie nie en jy sit en klets oor alles behalwe ............. soos Tommie se: jou wegjaag is naby Kom nou man, ons wag almal

Koos...soos Tommie seg: jou agt man

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 4:53 pm

Ou vale1 wrote:OOOOMS, lyk my jou trip report vat nou langer as die trip self, jy's nog nie eers in Namibie nie en jy sit en klets oor alles behalwe ............. soos Tommie se: jou wegjaag is naby Kom nou man, ons wag almal

Haai.....jou a.g.t ook...

........wag nou eers vir 'n regte voel kenner :!:

4x4Maniac · Post by **4x4Maniac** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 6:51 pm

OOOOMS wrote:
OOOOMS wrote:
wbisschoff wrote:Looks like a martial eagle... or a berghaan?
You wanna call a friend
Millionaire.jpg
........what will it be A or B......or perhaps C ?
Werner.......?

I phoned a friend and its still not helping

I also think then it has to be some form of kakkertjie.

The camera man should have zoomed properly

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 9:22 pm

Doom wrote:
Ou vale1 wrote:OOOOMS, lyk my jou trip report vat nou langer as die trip self, jy's nog nie eers in Namibie nie en jy sit en klets oor alles behalwe ............. soos Tommie se: jou wegjaag is naby Kom nou man, ons wag almal

Haai.....jou a.g.t ook...

........wag nou eers vir 'n regte voel kenner :!:

Het ek dit geskryf ??? Dit kom nou sleg oor - het dit gedink maar nooit gese nie!

:wink2: (Hier het iemand te veel mag om woorde in 'n mens se mond te le - ek vermoed dis 'n klein boesmantjie...)

Post by **Mud Dog** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 9:54 pm

Willem!! ....

OOOOMS · Post by **OOOOMS** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 6:57 am

Now where was I........?

Oh yes on route to Eksteenfontein

Andrevt's favourite pic......

On route again

PS @ Doom die is nie 'n roosboom nie......

Eksteenfontein from a distance:

This was quite funny...... my daughter Crysten's slops broke the the previous day and she was in a bit of a panic! We told her 'not to worry.....

', tomorrow we will be in Eksteenfontein and you can shop there.....yeh right

Not sure how these little communities survive here

We only found a bottle store & pharmacy combo :!:

ThysdJ · Post by **ThysdJ** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 7:09 am

OOOOMS wrote:We only found a bottle store & pharmacy combo :!:

That is where I bought their entire stock (1 bottle) of KWV 3 year brandy last year, for R10 more than in the big city...

Traveler · Post by **Traveler** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 7:47 am

Mark, it is a brilliant report, and makes me want to go back there real soon.
We are planning this trip again for December.

OOOOMS wrote:
Namakwa Namibia 2011 1657 (Medium).JPG

Glad it ain't just my BFG's that seem a bit "oes" these days.

OOOOMS · Post by **OOOOMS** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 7:49 am

Thys.....I should have known you had raided the town.......

From Eksteenfontein we followed a scenic route towards Sendelingsdrift S28 07.364 E16 53.414

Time for a cuppa

Sign in at the entrance quickly: Richtersveldt NP gate entrance: S28 18.562 E16 56.321

Neat and tidy!

And some pretty flowers!

I then received an SMS from Koos advising that his Prado had been repaired and they were on the road again. They would meet up with us in Namibia (Fish river - Hobas)

We decided to sleep over at Potjiespram (name sounded good to Franken

)
Campsite D!

Roadside maintenance to Franken's chair :wink2:

There is no power at the camp sites and the ablutions were nice and clean

Mike going for a quick dip!

So we spent the night there and decided to cross to Namibia as Koos and 'em were already waiting for us at Fish river

OOOOMS · Post by **OOOOMS** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 7:56 am

Traveler wrote:Mark, it is a brilliant report, and makes me want to go back there real soon.
We are planning this trip again for December.

OOOOMS wrote:
Namakwa Namibia 2011 1657 (Medium).JPG

Glad it ain't just my BFG's that seem a bit "oes" these days.

You must see my back tyres......

They really took a beating

Traveler · Post by **Traveler** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 8:36 am

That Namakwa and Richtersveld made my BFG's look like they had covered 60,000km......

But worth the sacrifice.

Potjiespram has a lovely campsite (can get super dusty when a large convoy pulls in).

Post by **Mud Dog** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:07 am

OOOOMS wrote:
Namakwa Namibia 2011 174 (Medium).JPG

Geez, those must be big chameleons they have there!

Ou vale1 · Post by **Ou vale1** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:25 am

OOOOMS wrote:
Traveler wrote:Mark, it is a brilliant report, and makes me want to go back there real soon.
We are planning this trip again for December.

OOOOMS wrote:
Namakwa Namibia 2011 1657 (Medium).JPG

Glad it ain't just my BFG's that seem a bit "oes" these days.
You must see my back tyres...... They really took a beating

Mine is due for replacement as well, there are more plugs in them than patches on those tubes we used on the river!

Tokkie · Post by **Tokkie** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:53 am

wbisschoff wrote:Looks like a martial eagle... or a berghaan?

Black-Breasted/Chested snake eagle
Swartborsslangarend

OOOOMS · Post by **OOOOMS** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 10:15 am

Tokkie wrote:
wbisschoff wrote:Looks like a martial eagle... or a berghaan?
Black-Breasted/Chested snake eagle
Swartborsslangarend

Clever man, you got it

Well done you sticker is on its way

PM sent

arnize2 · Post by **arnize2** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 10:47 am

Was nou so meegevoer met hierdie storie, dit voel eintlik of ek met 'n kort vakansie was.

mervyn · Post by **mervyn** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 3:15 pm

Eish Mark

This is just as exciting as the overview you gave me last week of the trip. I like the picnic spot at Ramansdrif. I can see why you would like to spend a few days there....and would you look for every excuse to 'go the shops for milk and bread'?

The Legend · Post by **The Legend** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 5:38 pm

ThysdJ wrote:
OOOOMS wrote:We only found a bottle store & pharmacy combo :!:
That is where I bought their entire stock (1 bottle) of KWV 3 year brandy last year, for R10 more than in the big city...

Nog steeds a bargain Thys

Post by **Haboob** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 8:34 pm

Very nice as usual Mark, your trip reports are why I always want to go on holiday. Will you manage to get this one finished?

Post by **Mud Dog** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:25 pm

Haboob wrote:Very nice as usual Mark, your trip reports are why I always want to go on holiday. Will you manage to get this one finished?

Rampie · Post by **Rampie** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 10:50 pm

Baie dankie OOOOMS
Dit was 'n stunning verslag! Ek verlang sommer Namibia toe.
Julle het seker h3l warm gekry.
Mooiloop

OOOOMS · Post by **OOOOMS** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:42 pm

You funny guys....

Woke up to an early morning sunrise,

border opens at 08h00 so we made sure we were there at 07h30 just before the main rush, towards the ferry! And true, about x8 vehicles arrived, but we were first

Or rather Franken was

Two, two at a time :!:

Then Mike & Sonya followed:

Checked in at the Namibian side and on the road again!

Turned right and followed the river once again

The beauty of the mountains and the freshness of the river....breathtaking..... :!: :!: :!:

And more....

Stunning piece of gravel this (C13/D212 [Gravel])

Time for a break

Then some time ago I read an article about a short riverbed drive in a WegRy Mag and jotted down the co-ords.....(Tx Ali & Team) this was awsome

I would have camped here.....but Koos and his crew were expecting us at Hobas :wink2:

So we pushed on!

Turn-off to the canyon is here: S28 16.452 E17 22.105 Exit here: S28 12.656 E17 26.287
a nice 20km drive!
.....to be continued!

Post by **Mud Dog** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:57 pm

Amazing rock-faces in that riverbed!

What's the idea of the takkie tied to the rear bumper?

..... and your bone is slipping down!!

Niel · Post by **Niel** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 12:06 am

Mark, what do they charge these days to cross the river at sendelings?

OOOOMS · Post by **OOOOMS** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 12:15 am

Mud Dog wrote:Amazing rock-faces in that riverbed!

What's the idea of the takkie tied to the rear bumper?

..... and your bone is sliding downwards!!

Takkie, I picked up along the road...actally x2! Lost one along the way and still have the other

Will have to work on the bone

Niel wrote:Mark, what do they charge these days to cross the river at sendelings?

Niel, not 100% sure but recall something in the region of R100.00 per vehicle :wink2: Can honestly not recall the exact figure?

Bulletjie-3 · Post by **Bulletjie-3** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 7:33 am

Beautiful but looks if it can be hot over there.

Traveler · Post by **Traveler** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 8:06 am

Ai Mark, nou maak jy my erg lei aan kroniese heimwee. *sug*

Post by **george** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 8:28 am

I have a picture of that exact rock face.

Gunta · Post by **Gunta** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 3:38 pm

Awesome pics guys

ThysdJ · Post by **ThysdJ** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 3:44 pm

george wrote:I have a picture of that exact rock face.

And you licked it very much?

Post by **george** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 3:45 pm

ThysdJ wrote:
george wrote:I have a picture of that exact rock face.
And you licked it very much?

Bietjie souterig

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 3:51 pm

Mud Dog wrote:
What's the idea of the takkie tied to the rear bumper?

..... and your bone is slipping down!!

Ek vermoed hy het 'n tekkie op hoe spoed gebars en nou is dit bene in die lig....

OOOOMS · Post by **OOOOMS** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 7:20 am

And on we drove towards Hobas where we we would meeet up with Koos & Rita!

Saw this sign half way up the hill

Upon our arrival, Koos and Rita had already prepared a lovely potjie for us hungry one's

Lovely shaded campsites

With a pool

That afternoon we would take a 15km drive and watch the sun set over the canyon's viewpoints

OOOOMS · Post by **OOOOMS** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 7:46 am

Some pics of the Fish river: Awsome place :!:

From here there are a number of various viewpoints we visited

Start of the hiking trail

And so another beautiful day ended.....

Post by **Mud Dog** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 7:54 am

Love the "KANABEAM - No Entry" sign!

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 1:56 pm

Die Canyon is iets besonders. Van binne en van buite.

mervyn · Post by **mervyn** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 2:05 pm

Eish this is a beautiful part of the world.

OOOOMS · Post by **OOOOMS** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 7:19 pm

Some rain in the distance with the sun rising behind

Some aaaaarsstrech with her little one's :wink2:

Some more is taken in the morning

Time for a cuppa

Then on to Canyon Roadhouse: S27 31.472 E17 48.932
You can easy spend 4 hours here reading all the signs and has plenty of memorabilia :wink2:

Gents:

Ladies:

And when last did you see this......?

From there we headed to Seeheim S26 48.947 E17 48.017

But first some roadside lunch

Jaffels........

Post by **Mud Dog** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 10:04 pm

I think the last time I saw a Jaffel-Iron was about the same time I last saw that "Coppertone" ad!

OOOOMS · Post by **OOOOMS** » Fri Jan 13, 2012 12:36 am

Mud Dog wrote:I think the last time I saw a Jaffel-Iron was about the same time I last saw that "Coppertone" ad!

Oh dear Andy, we must be getting old

Seeheim Hotel:

Quick brain teaser: First correct answer wins a Hilux 4x4 Club sticker

What was placed in this oven / used for

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Post by **Mud Dog** » Fri Jan 13, 2012 8:05 am

bricks.

OOOOMS · Post by **OOOOMS** » Fri Jan 13, 2012 8:07 am

Mud Dog wrote:bricks.

Nope

ThysdJ · Post by **ThysdJ** » Fri Jan 13, 2012 8:18 am

Starts with "L" ??

OOOOMS · Post by **OOOOMS** » Fri Jan 13, 2012 9:41 am

ThysdJ wrote:Starts with "L" ??

Or "K"

ThysdJ · Post by **ThysdJ** » Fri Jan 13, 2012 10:03 am

oooo K!!

nooit so daaraan gedink nie..

Post by **george** » Fri Jan 13, 2012 10:15 am

Praat julle ingels of afrikaans. Ek lick die k$%#! sommer

ThysdJ · Post by **ThysdJ** » Fri Jan 13, 2012 10:44 am

The question was in English, so the "L" clue is English.. the K "alternative" is Afrikaans... No more clues..

Post by **george** » Fri Jan 13, 2012 10:47 am

ThysdJ wrote:The question was in English, so the "L" clue is English.. the K "alternative" is Afrikaans... No more clues..

Lickely i have a sticker

Hannes Meyer · Post by **Hannes Meyer** » Fri Jan 13, 2012 11:32 am

Dit lyk lekker en mag jul almal 'n vreugdevolle jaar he, ek wil net uitnodiging rig aan almal wat by my voordeur verby ry. Jul mag hier kom oorslaap en ek sal jul rooi duine wys. Ek is in Namibie naby Stampriet, pad vanaf Mariental na Gochas en Mata-Mata of Rietfontein grensposte.

Hangover · Post by **Hangover** » Fri Jan 13, 2012 12:25 pm

Jus dit lyk rerig belaglik lekker... Dit mag baie maklik in my droom trippie verander!!!

Hangover · Post by **Hangover** » Fri Jan 13, 2012 12:31 pm

Oja is die antwoord op die quiz dalk Limestone - Kalksteen???