The next morning we were up at 5 and left at 5:30 for Sossusvlei. We got to the park at 6, when the gate opened, and went straight to Dune 45. The kids wanted to climb the famous dune and you really have to do it first thing in the morning before it gets hot.…

The next day was bittersweet. We said goodbye to the game drives and headed off to the mountain area of Namibia called Spitzkoppe. It was amazing! This place ended up being one of our favorite places of the trip. We got there in late afternoon and set up camp. The spots are very far apart…

We woke at 5:30 and packed up camp. Today we would drive all the way through the park to the opposite side and stay in Etosha Village. We were on the road by 8:30. We saw cheetah in Fischer’s pan, an elephant in the road, a spotted hyaena on the road to Halali camp, lions…

The next day we left around 10am to Okonjima after a leisurely morning. We had much shorter drives now that we were into Namibia. We had a picnic lunch at Okonjima. We got very lucky and were upgraded to some very nice chalets with a view over the plains. There were very few people staying…