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Extended Range Fuel Tanks

by GrumpyDiver

A number of companies rent "extended range" or "double tank" vehicles for trips to out of the way places in Namibia. I can only relate our experience, but it is my understanding that this is common practices amongst many of the companies that rent these vehicles.The vehicles are an aftermarket conversion, where a second non-OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) fuel tank is installed in the vehicle. The second tank is mechanically (through fuel lines) connected to the first tank. In our case, this roughly doubled the fuel capacity of the vehicle (original capacity of 70 l and extra tank took this to 135 l) This meant that a fill up would give us between 700km and 900 km range. This lead to two strange things happened as we drove:1. The fuel guage is connected to the original tank only and the second tank would be the one that was used first. This meant that the fuel gauge showed "Full"...

Just Back - Namibian Road Trip May 2011

by anniemax2

Our party of three middle-aged women travelled through Namibia in May 2011 on a self-drive, custom trip arranged by ATI Holiday Tours, Windhoek, Namibia (http://www.infotour-africa.com). What a huge difference it made to have someone in-country guide us in our choices and make all the arrangements. We loved the beauty and variety of Namibia. We found detailed trip reports on Virtual Tourist and other websites very helpful, so are trying to reciprocate, so I offer some driving, clothing and planning details. We arrived in Windhoek the last weekend in April 2011, visited with our friends and toured Windhoek. The day before our road trip, David (David Cartwright, BSc, Managing Director of ATI Tours) met with us to review our tour plan, give us our book of vouchers, review the rental car and contract, give us really helpful how-to tips about driving around Namibia, and answer our last-minute...

Namibian Explorer with African Routes

by Waxbag

There are really only two options for visiting the park and Namibia in general. One option is to hire a car which is great because it gives you flexibility and allows you to go where you want when you want. This can be expensive unless you have a several people to split the cost.The other option is to take a tour with an overland company. There are various companies that offer trip through Namibia. The one that I used, African Routes, was very reliable and a great value for my money. The guide and driver was perhaps one of the nicest guys I have ever met, and the itinerary was solid.It took the 19 day Namibian Explorer that left from Capetown and ended in Victoria Falls. We visited the Orange River on the boarder of Namibia and South Africa, Fishriver canyon, The Namib Naukluft National Park, Duwisb Castle, Walvis Bay, Swakopmund, Cape Cross Seal colony, Damaraland (rock art), Etosha...

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With Air Namibia to Windhoek

by chicabonita

I traveled from Frankfurt/Germany to Windhoek with Air Namibia. I bought the ticket at a special price for EUR 520 (in USD it is round about 550). It was a new plane, the service was excellent and there was enough place between the rows.In 2004 I booked my flight last minute with www.ltur.de for EUR 532. It was also with Air Namibia. On L Tur's homepage you always find serval offers! The prices vary. From Frankfurt you have non-stopp flights with Air Namibia four times a week. The flight takes about 10 hours.

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Moving around Namibia

by magor65

Public transport in Namibia is far from ideal. The railway network is scarce, trains are slow and unreliable - that's why train travelling is not popular. As for the system of roads it is good. It's made up of excellent tarred roads (7800km) linking main cities and good gravel roads (64 800 km) leading to majority of tourist attractions in Namibia. The problem is that a few long distance buses take you only from one main city to another. And what next? How to get from there to your destination which is still a hundred km away?So the best solution it is to hire a car. I'd love to come back to Namibia one day and try this option. But sometimes it may be impossible. It was so in my case. As I travelled only with my sister-in-law, renting a car would be at least insensible and also too expensive. That's why we decided to join a guided-tour. There are a lot of offers of such trips and...

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Road trip in Namibia

by GitaP

Most Namibian roads from Windhoek the capital to Namib-Naukluft National Park in the south are on gravel roads. A normal tarnsmission car is fine although a four by four with its superior traction is better. Greatest danger fro tourists driving in Namibia is overturning their vehicles becuase they're driving too fast or they hit an animal. But its the ebst way to see this beautiful country - so just be careful. Never drive after dusk and don't drive to close to the edge of the road where loose gravel can cause you to skid. On most roads you can comfortably travel between 70 and 100km.

KEEP LEFT

by DAO

Driving in Namibia is on the left hand side of the road. That’s the rule for paved roads. For salt, sand and gravel roads you drive where ever you need to in order to avoid car-killing rocks and animals. Keep a watch out for other cars coming towards you on unpaved roads. They are also trying to avoid animals and rocks which destroy instead of looking out for you.

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birds, overtaking, waving and Over-Landers

by smirnofforiginal

Mostly you will have the roads to yourself - although every bird in the country will try to bombard you as you drive - I am sure they sit there on the roadside "ahhh oncoming car let's play "chicken" with it - you fly left - you right and you, you fly head on'. I sadly believe there is probably not one car that goes through Namibia without killing at least one beautiful bird. I got two that I am aware of and was so up - we had to reverse and give them a bush burial!If you do encounter other drivers, 9 out of 10 times they will, regardless of whether they are local, tourist, black, white....) smile and wave to you. I think a lot of tourists, especially the ones in more dubiously able cars, are simply just relieved to see another automobile.We met one 2WD that was stuck in the sand and with the help of us and another car (it was obviously a busy section of road to have 3 cars...

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of borders, papers and pens....

by smirnofforiginal

To take the car across the border you must have all the necessary paperwork. If it is a hire car you will need chassis numbers, engine numbers, registration numbers, letters of authority blah blah blah... and do tke a note of the colour of your vehicle... ours was actually silver but by the time we concluded our trip... the colour under all that dirt realy was anybodies guess!!!And what can I tell you about the borders? Make sure you ALWAYS have a working pen. Do not be tempted like me to give that last bic biro away to the child who desperately wants it because you could end up like me - stuck at the border - penless, waiting for the next vehicle to come along so that I could borrow their pen to fill out all the paperwork - you may get lucky... Mrs Sunglasses behind the border desk may like you and allow you to use her pen. Clearly, I was not liked!Paperwork... You will get writers...

The utter darkness...

by smirnofforiginal

As with all of Africa - the sun sets fast and then is is VERY DARK!There are bad roads, drunken people staggering to their villages, big animals, small animals, other vehicles (on occasion!)... there is not a lot of fun driving in Africa in the dark and it is quite dangerous and tiresome. So, set off in good time, know where you are going and when the sun starts to sink.... you must race against it :-D

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Q:  Hi, I've been looking into planning a trip to Namibia and Botswana, but I haven't been finding much useful information as to how... 

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A: The two countries share a huge border. I've been through the crossings at either end of the Caprivi Strip so could offer general comments (although better travelled... 

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