Henties 2017 - competition
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2018 11:38 am
Namibia Henties 2017 – 2018 Trip Report
Day one (21st December 2017) - left home 03.15am. The stretch of road to be covered for the day was Brackenfell to Mariental, 1199km. With 2 over excited kids in the car we managed to do minimal stops en-route, one for a road side brunch and the other at Noordoewer border crossing. We arrived at the border crossing just before midday. Between toilet breaks, not getting all our passports returned and extremely under enthusiastic officials on the Namibian border post, it took us about 45mins to hit the road again. Next stop – Mariental. We arrived at our destination for the evening in the midst of a thunderstorm. Knackered and hungry, we headed to Tahiti’s for some grub and back to our accommodation for a good bath and some sleep.
Day two – left Mariental at about 07h00. Destination – Henties bay (approx. 650km). First pit stop – the traditional Tropic of Capricorn photo. Due to it being our travel companions first time in Namibia, we opted for a “more scenic” gravel route to Henties. We turned off the main road just before Rehoboth, and followed the dry gravel road through Klein Aub, over Remshoogte Pass, into Solitaire. Murphy’s Law, with only one spare tyre on board, we had a blow out just after Solitaire. Dust & scorching heat we managed to get the tyre changed in no-time, back en-route to Henties, over yet another pass and through an amazing canyon, Kuiseb Pass & Canyon. Arrival time in Henties was late afternoon.
The Henties arrival was “one for the books”. Our accommodation was, let’s say “slightly different” to what we had envisaged. Our hosts were however amazing, made us feel at home, and needless to say the kids loved the zoo (6 cats, 2 dogs, chickens, ducks, tortoises, a penguin and 2 snakes, one a spitting cobra) which was to be our home / ground zero for the next fortnight. The next two weeks held many exciting excursions of its own. These were, to name a few, travelling many kilometres and catch the famous Henties fish, not so lucky for us in that department. Mile 108, drinking the “boot” beer in Swakopmund, climbing the amazing dunes of the Namib (well some of us at least), a visit to the “dead sea’, new year’s day braai on the beach and a visit to all the bars we could find in Henties
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Day one (21st December 2017) - left home 03.15am. The stretch of road to be covered for the day was Brackenfell to Mariental, 1199km. With 2 over excited kids in the car we managed to do minimal stops en-route, one for a road side brunch and the other at Noordoewer border crossing. We arrived at the border crossing just before midday. Between toilet breaks, not getting all our passports returned and extremely under enthusiastic officials on the Namibian border post, it took us about 45mins to hit the road again. Next stop – Mariental. We arrived at our destination for the evening in the midst of a thunderstorm. Knackered and hungry, we headed to Tahiti’s for some grub and back to our accommodation for a good bath and some sleep.
Day two – left Mariental at about 07h00. Destination – Henties bay (approx. 650km). First pit stop – the traditional Tropic of Capricorn photo. Due to it being our travel companions first time in Namibia, we opted for a “more scenic” gravel route to Henties. We turned off the main road just before Rehoboth, and followed the dry gravel road through Klein Aub, over Remshoogte Pass, into Solitaire. Murphy’s Law, with only one spare tyre on board, we had a blow out just after Solitaire. Dust & scorching heat we managed to get the tyre changed in no-time, back en-route to Henties, over yet another pass and through an amazing canyon, Kuiseb Pass & Canyon. Arrival time in Henties was late afternoon.
The Henties arrival was “one for the books”. Our accommodation was, let’s say “slightly different” to what we had envisaged. Our hosts were however amazing, made us feel at home, and needless to say the kids loved the zoo (6 cats, 2 dogs, chickens, ducks, tortoises, a penguin and 2 snakes, one a spitting cobra) which was to be our home / ground zero for the next fortnight. The next two weeks held many exciting excursions of its own. These were, to name a few, travelling many kilometres and catch the famous Henties fish, not so lucky for us in that department. Mile 108, drinking the “boot” beer in Swakopmund, climbing the amazing dunes of the Namib (well some of us at least), a visit to the “dead sea’, new year’s day braai on the beach and a visit to all the bars we could find in Henties
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