Desert Magic Tours has exclusively obtained a new route between Luderitz and Walvis Bay along the awesome Namib Desert coastline. Part of this new route ventures into areas closed to the public for 108 years until 2016. This new route is the highlight of the Namib Desert and involves scenery and dunes unrivalled by other Namib routes. We visit wll known shipwrecks along the route and all the awesome big bays (Boats Bay, Hottentots Bay, Spencer Bay, Oyster Cliffs, Easter Point, Franciscus Bay, Meob Bay, Conception Bay, as well as Sandwich Harbour).
Part of this exciting new route ventures into unknown territory and involves some dune driving rated 4 to 5 in difficulty and clients should therefore have done one of the existing Namib Desert trails. The adventure starts at Luderitz where the group assembles for dinner and briefing before venturing into the desert the next day. Venue and time will be conveyed to you beforehand. (Participants have to organise their own accommodation in Luderitz)
Depart from Obelix Village 09h00. After breakfast we will proceed to the Naukluftt National Park on route to Saddle Hill. We will encounter different landscapes and wild life, dune streets will prepare you for the late afternoon dune drive experience.
We will arrive at Saddle Hill basecamp (Atlantis) late afternoon to enjoy a memorable evening at our base camp facility which provides accommodation, ablution facilities, and catering equipment. Bedding not included.
After breakfast we will depart to the old mining town Ophyr, to experience history and old mining equipment. On route you can expect relaxing beach driving, entertaining dune driving and a visit to a natural rock blow hole in the sea, where after we enter into spectacular dunes.
We will also visit Otavi Shipwreck, Mercury Island and Spencer Bay, to reach the basecamp early afternoon. Evening proceed with a dinner by our chefs.
Todays driving is tricky as well awkward dunes will await us. We cross the dunes in a northerly direction, past the United Trader (Shipwreck), through Devils Workshop and should reach Knoll Point beach by early afternoon. We inspect some old Diamond mine dating back a 100 years. Driving here is fairly difficult and routes may vary according to tides and difficulty of dunes. We pitch camp just South of Sylvia Hill or near Knoll Point. Awesome scenery and dunes and a rush of adrenalin is for certain.
We move away from Easter Point through some technical dunes to Sylvia Hill. Lots of history here with a seal colony, penguin cave and some 800-year old Strandloper settlements. After viewing we now venture on top of the famous 230m high ‘Lange Wand’ (tall wall) with St.Francis Bay on our left. Stunning views and roller-coaster dunes take us past Black Rock in the vicinity of Meob Bay. Once again, the tide might alter the route and take us towards Fishersbrunn where we set up camp for the night.
Today we have a fairly long beach drive past Meob Bay with its historic long boats and Customs station from German colonial days. We proceed past saltpans all the way to the 90m-long ‘Eduard Bohlen’ shipwreck lying +/- 800m away from the sea.
We view Conception Bay along the small ‘Lange Wand’, pass the ‘Shawnee’ (shipwrecked tug boat) all the way to Sandwich Harbour. At this beautiful setting we pitch camp for one last night in the Desert.
Our last day takes us through Sandwich Harbour spectacular roller-coaster dunes until we finally reach the beach north of Sandwich Bay. This is the end of dune driving for us and we travel to the Walvis Bay Salt Refinery where we pump tyres and hand back radios. We travel convoy-style to a restaurant in Walvis Bay where we finish the trip with a nice lunch and cold drink. After planning your next adventure with us, we finally depart until the next time!
We will supply breakfast and dinners, lunch excluded.
The total distance to be covered on this route is +/- 650 km (from last fuelling point – Luderitz)
Experience the breathtaking landscapes and unique attractions.
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