Bikepacking Namibia Tour
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 904.52 mi
- Elevation gain
- 24,987 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 27,188 ft
- Max elevation
- 6,340 ft
- TrailRank
- 31
- Min elevation
- 133 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- 17 days 9 hours 29 minutes
- Coordinates
- 2694
- Uploaded
- May 18, 2019
- Recorded
- May 2019
near Windhoek West, Khomas (Republic of Namibia)
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Itinerary description
"Namibia" means the country of the open spaces: after my tour by bicycle across a significative part of this facinating country, I can confirm that its name is really appropriated.
I spent in Namibia three weeks, and I cycled 15 days to run the present trail.
The most interesting places visited where the famous dunes at Sossusvlei, the Orange River and the Fisher River Canyon.
The most fascinating thing was cycling in the wild desert surrounded by wild animals like Oryxes, Springboks, Baboons, Giraffs, Ostriches, ...
Generally speaking the tour is easy due to the general good conditions of the roads and to the fact that the area is touristic and many cars can give you support in case of need, for example supplying water.
The 15 stages were
- Day1: Windhoek - Rehoboth (92 km) (asfalt)
- Day 2: Rehoboth - Klein Aub (88 km)
- Day 3: Klein Aub - Solitaire (107 km)
- Day 4: Solitaire - Sesriem (91 km)
- Day 5: Tour in Kulala Park (54 km)
- Day 6: Sesriem - Wolwedans Dunes Camp (93 km)
- Day 7: Wolwedans Dunes Camp - Betta (93 km); note that it is not possible to go forward south from Wolwedans Dunes Camp: it is forbidden.
- Day 8: Betta - Namtib Desert Camp (111 km)
- Day 9:Namtib Desert Camp - Aus (120 km)
- Day 10: Aus - Rosh Pinah (170 km) (asfalt)
- Day 11: Rosh Pinah - Ausserkeher (113 km)
- Day 12: Ausserkeher -Ai-Ais (78 km)
- Day 13: Ai-Ais - Hobas (72 km)
- Day 14: Hobas - Fisher River Canyon - Hobas (23 km)
- Day15: Hobas - Keetmanshoop (150 km) (last 32 on asfalt)
I came back to Windhoek by car.
I spent in Namibia three weeks, and I cycled 15 days to run the present trail.
The most interesting places visited where the famous dunes at Sossusvlei, the Orange River and the Fisher River Canyon.
The most fascinating thing was cycling in the wild desert surrounded by wild animals like Oryxes, Springboks, Baboons, Giraffs, Ostriches, ...
Generally speaking the tour is easy due to the general good conditions of the roads and to the fact that the area is touristic and many cars can give you support in case of need, for example supplying water.
The 15 stages were
- Day1: Windhoek - Rehoboth (92 km) (asfalt)
- Day 2: Rehoboth - Klein Aub (88 km)
- Day 3: Klein Aub - Solitaire (107 km)
- Day 4: Solitaire - Sesriem (91 km)
- Day 5: Tour in Kulala Park (54 km)
- Day 6: Sesriem - Wolwedans Dunes Camp (93 km)
- Day 7: Wolwedans Dunes Camp - Betta (93 km); note that it is not possible to go forward south from Wolwedans Dunes Camp: it is forbidden.
- Day 8: Betta - Namtib Desert Camp (111 km)
- Day 9:Namtib Desert Camp - Aus (120 km)
- Day 10: Aus - Rosh Pinah (170 km) (asfalt)
- Day 11: Rosh Pinah - Ausserkeher (113 km)
- Day 12: Ausserkeher -Ai-Ais (78 km)
- Day 13: Ai-Ais - Hobas (72 km)
- Day 14: Hobas - Fisher River Canyon - Hobas (23 km)
- Day15: Hobas - Keetmanshoop (150 km) (last 32 on asfalt)
I came back to Windhoek by car.
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Bonjour
Merci pour vos partages.
Quels mois avez-vous fait Namibia tour?
Y avait-il du vent?
Merci
JPP
@vttjpp: Bonjour,
J'ai fait le voyage entre fin avril et mi-mai.
Du nord au sud, le vent était presque toujours favorable et jamais particulièrement intense
Hi, any parts of this route which you'd recommend as stand-out? I'm planning a route in Namibia myself, and would love any tips. Thanks!
@Moinudin Gallotta: sorry for my late answer: it was a strange period without connection here on Wikiloc...
The moust interesting parts of the trip, in my opinion, was the area of sand dunes (from Solitaire to Wolwedans Dune Camp) and the area of Orange River up to Fisher River Canion.
Hope you can ride this path soon or later!
My best whishes,
Edoardo
ciao edoardo, sto programmando per la fine del mese prossimo un tour in solitaria in namibia e mi è piaciuto molto il tuo itinerario: dove posso trovare maggiori informazioni? grazie. carlo