Oct 2010

From there we travelled along the R382 to Port Nolloth with the intention of camping at
McDougall’s Bay, but upon our arrival the weather was so bad that we decided to carry
on driving. 29km from Port Nolloth we turned right onto a gravel track that eventually
joined up with the R355 which we followed across the Spektakel- and Sandhoogte
Passes to Springbok, were we pitched our camp at the Springbok Caravan Park.
Total distance for the day was 558km (399km on tar and 159km on gravel) and our
travelling time was 9½ hours.
Wednesday 13 October
After a cold night it was time to head for home, and we headed south on the N7 to
Malmesbury and then to Stellenbosch via Klipheuwel.
Total distance for the day was 580km (all of it on tar) and our travelling time was 7 hours.
CONCLUSION
This has been yet another memorable trip with my favourite travelling companion during
which we finalised most of the arrangements pertaining to our emigration and were able
to travel through some diverse habitats where we were able to see and experience some
wonderful landscapes.
We drove a total distance of 3827km in the 12 days, of which 2962 km was on tarred
roads and 865km on gravel roads and tracks and our average fuel consumption for the
trip was 8.29km/l.
We had no problems with the vehicle, the packing system or any of the ancillary
equipment.
This was our 57th trip to Namibia since 1994 and of these 28 had been undertaken in our
faithful Landy, which we have owned since new and now has 272387 problem free and
funtastic kilometres on its odometer.
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© J Snyman 10