"Walvis Bay to Swakopmund – an interesting drive" Walvis Bay Tip by toonsarah

Walvis Bay, Namibia: 10 reviews and 11 photos

Lagoon at Walvis Bay

by toonsarah

Driving north from Walvis Bay you have high red dunes on your right and the grey Atlantic Ocean on your left. But this isn’t the wilderness it sounds. The coast-line is dotted with small, slightly incongruous resorts, while on the dunes tourists are sand-boarding and riding buggies. If like us you’ve just arrived from the dramatic scenery of Soussesvlei it all looks a bit bizarre!

There are several good places where you can pull over and enjoy the views, and the road itself is a delight – one of the few tarred roads in the country. But watch out for fog – it may not look like you thought it would but for all its commercialisation, this IS the Skeleton Coast.

Address: Approx 50kms south of Swakopmund

Review Helpfulness: 4.5 out of 5 stars

Written Jan 13, 2007
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kenHuocj Jan 2, 2013 at 2:06 AM

Etosha is one of the forgotten Great Nature reserves, Hone Badgers are vividly described inRobert Ruark's books. Memories of my limited visit to SWA/Namibia
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  toonsarah Jan 2, 2013 at 2:51 AM
  
  Yes, we really enjoyed seeing the honey badgers :-)
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  kenHuocj Jan 2, 2013 at 3:19 AM
  
  never seen them, but as a student did a study on Meerkats