ATMs were common in towns of any size, although not all had the same withdrawal limits. Security guards were often stationed outside the machines, especially those on the street in towns and cities. Arriving at Windhoek airport was, to be honest, more enjoyable than expected.
The immigration process only took a few minutes, requiring filling in a landing card, answering a couple of questions, and receiving a stamp in my passport. Despite having staff sitting behind the desks, all the money exchange places were closed until 2pm. Not helpful, since we landed at 1: Once that was done, it was a matter of getting the keys to the rental car, signing a few documents and checking for damage, then heading for the exit. The entire process took a little under an hour, helped by travelling with just carry-on luggage to avoid the lines at the baggage belt.
Other languages are very common — in fact, English is the first language of less than one percent of the population. Afrikaans and German are widely spoken by the white population of Namibia, along with Portuguese, mainly by the Angolan community. Online information about this was sparse when I researched it, but I got to test out the theory at a police checkpoint within a few minutes of leaving the airport.
My license was handed back to me without comment. Deciding on a rental vehicle was harder than usual. We were visiting at the end of rainy season, and were torn about what to do. In the end, the choice came down to cost as much as anything else. We rented through Avis, but did it via Rentalcars. The roads in Namibia are variable, to say the least. The chances of taking such a route, however? The B1 runs the length of the country from the South African to Angolan borders, the B8 and B2 do the same from Botswana to Swakopmund on the coast, and there are a few other stretches of beautiful tarmac between major centres.
After that, all bets are off. I spent a lot of time on D roads. Roads with any other letters looked more like goat tracks, and we luckily never needed to take them.
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Even the gravel roads, though, varied a lot. It will take longer — sometimes, much longer — than you expect to get anywhere. I ended up anticipating tarmac like a heroin addict looks forward to their next fix. By the end, I was literally cheering every time we bumped off the dirt onto a paved road, and cursing whenever we left it. You drive on the left in Namibia, but I spent as much time in the middle of the road, or weaving from side to side desperately searching for a smoother patch of dirt, as I did anywhere else.
Fortunately, in such a huge, sparsely-populated country, anything except the highways had virtually no traffic. So, in hindsight, was a 2WD car the right choice for Namibian roads?
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Most rental companies offer something like a Toyota RAV 4 or Nissan X-Trail, which would have fitted the bill perfectly, albeit at a higher price. I added the extra insurance via Rentalcars. Some of the high-end 4WD safari-type rental vehicles are fitted out for camping, with a roof-mounted tent, cooking facilities etc, or you can bring your own camping gear with you.
That will at least be some slight comfort when you notice the large hole in your bank balance.
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We found the best meals to be on the coast. Swakopmund, Walvis Bay, and Luderitz all had excellent seafood available, at several different restaurants. Inland, seafood gave way to game meat. Several of the lodges and camps had buffet dinners, which, while not my first choice of meal options, did mean we could try a wide range of unusual options. Kudu, oryx, impala, zebra, warthog my personal favourite , and several other unusual options, cooked to order on the barbecue.
While there were many dining choices in the larger centres, burgers, pasta and the like dominate in smaller towns and villages.
While we never had a truly terrible meal, we kept a supply of snacks, fruit, etc in the car, so there was always an alternative. Nothing says classy like a packet of potato chips for lunch at a watering hole in Etosha, right? Tap water is drinkable, albeit often with a strong chlorinated taste, throughout most of the country. I also kept several litres of bottled water in the car, in case of a breakdown or other problems. Still, the regular stuff is tasty enough, especially ice-cold after a long day of driving.
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Anyone I asked about attractions had helpful suggestions, not only for their particular town or area, but often for completely different parts of the country. Staff welcomed us into every bar, cafe, or restaurant we walked in to, and were happy to recommend whatever was good on the menu that day. When I checked with a gas station attendant if there was somewhere in town we could get the car washed, he gave me directions several times until I could repeat them word for word, then offered to jump in the car and guide us the few hundred metres instead. What more could I possibly ask for?
Likewise, we had no problems with personal safety or security. Windhoek has a bit of a reputation for petty crime car break-ins, especially , but we spent so little time there, it was hard to tell. A guy in a high-vis vest offered to watch the car while we picked up supplies at the supermarket — whether he made any difference to the outcome is debatable, but regardless, the car was how we left it, and my new friend was happy with a few coins for his efforts.
Elsewhere in the country, the greatest risks were from wild animals or bad roads, not humans. Driving too fast on gravel is the most common cause of accidents, as is falling asleep at the wheel. There were signs everywhere throughout Etosha advising visitors not to lean from their windows, or get out of their vehicles. A few people still did, and I was tempted to thank them for deflecting the attention of the lions and leopards away from the rest of us.
We took generic malarone tablets for two days before arriving in Etosha, and a week afterwards, and used a DEET-based bug spray to keep the few mosquitoes we saw at bay. As it turned out, power and Internet were both fine, but neither were without issues. There were no problems with the electricity supply anywhere else in the country, but Swakopmund seemed to be having problems, with three lengthy power cuts in as many days. Several restaurants and bars offered it for free, as did some hotels and lodges. Call and text coverage was more widespread, but even then, there were long stretches without any signal.
We visited in February, though, which is the end of the rainy season, That could have meant anything from no rain at all, to heavy afternoon downpours. The rest of the time, it was relatively cool at night especially in the desert , with temperatures rising quickly after 10am. Still, we saw and did a hell of a lot in 12 days, on a roughly anti-clockwise loop around the country. Stopping only for supplies at a supermarket in Windhoek, the highway portion of the drive to our accommodation was uneventful.
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