We have no problem staying in the wild with no water or electricity. We did that yesterday, for example, on the Spreetshoogte Pass. We like to forego a little luxury that many consider to be essential. But we experienced a wonderful night under a twinkling starry sky. And an unforgettable morning as we looked at sunrise down from the top of the pass into the green Namib-Naukluft that lay at our feet.

After breakfast we drove down a few hundred meters on the steep road. Also, on this side of the pass, the landscape was dressed in a light green. After about eighty kilometers we approached the Namib Desert Lodge. What we had read about it made us want to stop here. The track led over a plain lined with flowers to the lodge, which is beautifully situated at the foot of petrified dunes. We planned to camp here but it turned out differently …

PS. The offer for NAM $ 750.00 per person (CHF 47.00) for dinner,accomodation and breakfast was simply too good to refuse. (Covid 19 is causing many lodges to make special offers – one man’s joy, the other’s pain!)