I’d hoped to join some travellers in a rent-a-car adventure. But when that fell through … I signed on (with 20min notice) to one of the very many camping safaris touring white tourists through Africa.

The vehicles are awesome.

Comfortable enough to sleep. We had 12 tourists (GER, JPN, USA, GBR, NED, SWE, ITA, ARG, CAN) in a vehicle that seats 14.

The scenery is reminiscent of other deserts of the world.

Truck stops reminded me of the Australian outback.

For lunch, the truck pulls over in the middle of nowhere. Campers and staff whip up a healthy meal.

The BIG attraction of Namibia is the animal life. Everywhere.

We were LOVING the tour, so far.

Happily, we arrived at camp early enough to watch the sunset from Elim Dune located 5 km past the Sesriem gate.

Giddy tourists.

It’s quite shocking to watch the colours change at sunset.

We camped here, one of the most popular campgrounds in the nation, just inside the Sesriem gate of Namib-Naukluft National Park.

Though tents were provided, I slept in my own.

I have thousands of group photos from this trip, but posted only a few from day 1 on flickr.
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Part of the 3-day dunes tour with Wild Dog Safaris, Namibian$3590 / person departing every Tuesday from Windhoek. That’s about US$330.

We were refunded US$20, reluctantly, when one of our road stops was cancelled. The ticket price was about $20 / person at the Cheetah farm.