There are people who want to have as much action and as many people as possible around them on New Year’s Eve. If there isn’t a bang, then it’s not New Year’s Eve. And if no fire work goes up into the sky either…

We are the kind of people who are looking for peace and solitude on such days. The turn of the year is always a bit of a look back at what lies behind. And you wonder what the new year will bring? It’s much easier to think about it when there is silence all around. At you find this at the Rock Arch!

This arch is located on a small hill in the Namib Naukluft National Park. You need a permit to visit it, but it’s easy to get in Swakopmund and for little money. However, you cannot reserve this place where there is no water and only an outhouse. «First come, first serve» applies. Because we knew that, we set off early in the morning. On the way we met the endemic quiver trees and a few ostriches. We didn’t see giraffes this time that we met on the last visit. However, a jerboa hiding under a ledge…

PS. We weren’t completely alone here either. There were a few birds that were happy that we provided them with water. And there were our kitten and the gerbil playing seek and catch…