JOHAN & ADRI SNYMAN'S DAMARALAND TRIP REPORT : 9 - 26 ...

316km for the day (1km on tar and 315km on gravel, sand and rocky roads and tracks) and our
travelling time was 11 hours.
Wednesday 14 December
After obtaining a permit to do so, we drove the Crowther’s 4wd-trail through the Palmwag Concession
Area. This 4wd-trail passes through a very scenic part of Damaraland and does not see a lot of
visitors. It ends near a man-made waterhole next to the Hoanib River, and it was good to see that the
waterhole is in working order again after being destroyed by elephants about 2 years ago. We
encountered a number of giraffe and a lot of elephants in the Hoanib River. We turned left into the
Ganamub River after we passed through the Poort and pitched our camp on high ground next to this
river.
Along the way the Landy’s odometer reached the 300 000km mark. It has been a 3 rd vehicle in our
household since we purchased it “out of the box” 13 years ago and has basically only been used on
4x4 routes and overland trips during this period. Ownership has been problem free to date and we
have been to some truly amazing places with it. It is fitting that it reached this landmark whilst on tour
in our favourite part of Southern Africa.
© J Snyman 6