Day 8: Canyons to Lüderitz
For Breakfast we ate the lasts rusks and soft rolls with peanut butter and syrup. We drove past the Cañon Roadhouse again and then turned left towards Seeheim. We stopped about halfway at Mount Canyon, [...]
Day 7: Noordoewer to Fish River Canyon
Today we finally moved closer to the equator again, after being stuck at the same latitude for three nights. We basically just drove from Noordoewer to Hobas. We made a quick stop at Grünau and [...]
Day 6: Sendelingsdrif to Noordoewer via Oranjemund
We got up early again as we wanted an early start. We packed up in good time, but just as we're all ready to get in and go we couldn't close the tailgate. After several [...]
Day 5: Richtersveld
We set an alarm for the first time and managed to pack up and leave an hour earlier. We also ate cereal for the first time as the rusks supply was getting low. [...]
Day 4: West Coast to Richtersveld
This time we really woke with the ocean thundering right next to us. In the misty morning air we made coffee and ate rusks again. We manage to leave by 09:30, but first the Go [...]
Day 3: West Coast
We stayed in bed until the sun baked us out. For breakfast we had coffee and rusks, which the Swiss prefer to eat dry as they don't like the crumbles in their coffee. At 10:00 [...]
Day 2: Yzerfontein to Lamberstbaai
We woke up at 08:00 clock with the sound of waves not too far away. We ate some of the left-over buns of yesterday’s picnic with some peanut butter and syrup. Over coffee we talked for a long time and only left at Yzerfonteint at 10:00.
Day 1: Cape Point – Yzerfontein
We initially planned on starting the trip on the 13th of February, but Hugo's parents wanted to have a proper farewell, so we decided to leave on Sunday the 12th. Lying in bed the morning [...]
Day 0 – Cape Town
The day before the big day finally arrived. Even though we have been planning and shopping for almost a month (yes, not very long), we still had a long list of things to do. We [...]