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Track 12-MAY-16 Damaraland

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Distance
254.59 mi
Elevation gain
3,990 ft
Technical difficulty
Easy
Elevation loss
2,992 ft
Max elevation
4,493 ft
TrailRank 
35
Min elevation
4,493 ft
Trail type
One Way
Time
one day one hour 36 minutes
Coordinates
2401
Uploaded
July 6, 2017
Recorded
May 2016
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near Kalkbron, Kunene (Republic of Namibia)

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Damaraland, the land of the Damara with their language "Click Clack"
Infinite landscapes, rocks of impossible shapes and endless tracks define the land of the Damara. We circulated at more than 100 kms / hour in some sections and our goal was to find a campsite before nightfall, we were lucky: Madissa Camp (run by two young Dutch). A wonderful place in the middle of the immense plain dotted with acacias and installed near a promontory which we climbed to the top, not before Miki paid a few beers of the bet that morning. The landscape from above was overwhelming, we spent some time relaxing from that intense day and testing the photo cameras with the magnificent light and landscape conditions of the African sunsets, unique in the world, that would give us our trip repeatedly.
The next day Lito and I got up early to climb back to the mountain at the foot of the campsite and! What a sunrise! We had the rest of the group in a bird's-eye view and it seemed that they prepared breakfast, we were already late. Twyfelfontein was waiting for us with its more than 2000 engravings, carved into the rock with quartz edges, among which is a map of the area in which the ancient SAN settlers delimited the areas of rain so precious in this area with a climate in the that at the moment one drop had not fallen more than 2 years ago. There were also many animal engravings among which we highlight the "jirafonte" which as its name suggests is a mixture of ...
In the visit to each one of the attractions of the area: Organ Pipes, Burnt Mountain and Petrified Forest a guide is required who accompanies you along the tours of about 45 mins each. They all spoke the Damara language "click clack" which consists of a collection of clicks with the mouth to accompany certain words, they made the demonstration and all clicking like children. Around noon, it was time to continue the route to Etosha, having a pleasant surprise, from Khorixas! There was an asphalted road !. We went out almost at the top and with the sneak of the car whistling when we passed, at about 130 kms / hour, we arrived at the Anderson Gate of the Etosha National Park. That is, before nightfall and with time to settle during the day and set up our camp.

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